This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------51A850F4B4E827D5C5E805B8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's another one! Pat Bauer -- Patricia McKee Bauer <[email protected]> I'm webmaster for: http://www.ccgs-wa.org (CCGS) http://www.c4ca.org (Cultural Arts) http://blackwells2.homestead.com (Blackwell Family) http://patbauer.homestead.com (Family Tree) http://www.pacifier.com/~patbauer (Reunions) --------------51A850F4B4E827D5C5E805B8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Alexande.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Alexande.txt" More records from "Ross Family History" by J. Montgomery Seaver (1929) Page 22: Prominent British Rosses, Past Generations: Alexander Ross: (1647?-1720); bishop of Edinburgh; in 1678 was admitted to his first charge in the Old Church of Perth; elected to divinity chair at Glasgow; principal of St. Mary's College. With the fall of James II, he became an important figure in ecclesiastical politics; went to London in support of James, but he had already fled. Ross was a man of character, accomplishment and ability; neither on the occasion of the union (1707) nor of the rebellion (1715) did he emerge into public politics. Alexander Ross: (1699-1784); Scottish poet; graduate M.A. at Oxford; ;in 1732 obtained the position of schoolmaster at Lochlee. He was always interested in writing poetry for his own amusement, and finally some were published, his being "The Fortunate Shepherdess." Burns wrote, "Our true brother Ross was a wild warlock, one of the suns of the morning." Dr. Blacklock and John Pinkerton were loud in their praise, also. The poem was for many years, and still is, very popular in the north of Scotland. Alexander Ross: (1742-1827); general; b. Scotland. Served with distinction throughout the American War of Independence; aide- de-camp to Lord Cornwallis and was sent home by him with the dispatches of the Battle of Camden; represented Cornwallis as commissioner in arranging the details of surrender of Yorktown; in 1783 was deputy adjutant general in Scotland; was one of the most intimate friends of Cornwallis, whose correspondence in three volumes was edited by his son, Charles Ross. Page 27: Prominent British Rosses of Today (1929) BRIG-GEN. Alexander Ross: C.M.G., 1919; D.S.O., 1917; V.D.; b. Scotland, 1880; educ. Public and High Schools in Saskachewan; appointed to Command the 21st Infantry Brigade Canadian Militia with Rank of Col. (Hon. Brig.-Gen.), 1921. Living in Canada 1929. Alexander Carnegie Ross: M.A., C.B., 1900; of Birsemohr Lodge, Aboyne; b. 1859; s. of late Major J.; educ., Gymnasium and King's Coll., Aberdeen. Living in London - 1929. Alexander David Ross: M.A., D.Sc., Diploma in Education (Glasgow); B.Sc. (London); F.R.A.S., F.R.S.E., F. Inst. P., A.M.I.E.A.; Prof. of Mathematics and Physics in the University of Western Australia since 1912; b. 1883; s. of late Dr. David; educ. Royal Technical College, Glasgow; mem. of several home, Colonial and American scientific societies. PUblications: numerous researches in magnetism, spectroscopy and metallography in the Philosophical Magazine. Living in Perth in 1929. Rev. Alexander George Gordon Ross: Vicar of St. Marks' Swindon, since 1903; Hon. Canon of Bristol since 1909; educ., New Coll., Oxford (M.A.); ordained 1891. Livng in Wilts 1929. Page 53: Prominent Rosses of America, Past Generations Alexander Ross: Author; b., Nairnshire, Scotland, 1783; came to Canada in 1805 taught in Glengarry, U.C., and in about 1810, joined John Jacob Astor's expedition to Oregon. About 1825 he m. to Red River settlement, became sheriff and was a member of the council of Assineboia. He was the author of several books, including "Adventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River." James Ross: (son of Alexander above), b. Red River settlement, Manitoba, 1835; grad. with honors, Toronto University, 1857. After admission to the Bar of Manitoba, he was appointed, in 1870, Chief Justice of the provisional government under Louis Riel, drawing up the petition of right. Alexander Coffman Ross: Merchant; b., Zanesville, OH, 1812; became a merchant and one of the most enterprising business men in his native place. He was a member of whig glee club in the presidential canvass of 1840, and wrote the famous political song, "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." Alexander Milton Ross, M.D.: Canadian Naturalist; b. Belleville, ONT., 1832; received degree of M.D., 1855; was appointed treasurer and commissioner of agriculture for the province of Ontario. He met Garibaldi and, in 1874, was instrumental in securing a pension for him from the Italian government. He received the decoration of the "Academie Francaise" from the government of France and was knighted by the Emperor of Russia and the kings of Italy, Greece, Portugal and Saxony. --------------51A850F4B4E827D5C5E805B8--