Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Ross and Eliza Evaline McKee




Husband George Ross 1 2

           Born: 6 Sep 1846 - Manor Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 3
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         Father: Washington Ross (1817-1911) 3
         Mother: Margaret Copley (1826-      ) 3


       Marriage: Feb 1873 3



Wife Eliza Evaline McKee 2

            AKA: Eva E. McKee 4
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         Father: Thomas Vincent McKee (1829-1899) 5 6 7
         Mother: Mary Craig (1835-1907) 2 4 5 7




Children
1 F May Van Antwerp Ross 4

            AKA: Mary Ross 2
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         Spouse: Marcus D. Wayman (      -      ) 4


2 M Capt. James George Ross 2 4

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3 F Elisabeth M. "Bessie" Ross 4

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4 M Thomas V. McKee Ross 2 4

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5 M Washington M. Ross 2 4

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6 F Helen Josephine Ross 2 4

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General Notes: Husband - George Ross


He was brought up on the home place, and received his education in the public schools of the township and at Kittan­ning Seminary. Entering the employ of W. D. Robinson, a merchant of Rosston, Armstrong County, he re­mained with him one year and then began farming, which was his principal occupation throughout his life. In 1888 and 1889, how­ever, he served as assistant postmaster at Ford City. In 1884 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he held for five years, and his fellow citizens chose him at various times as school director and auditor. He was a suc­cessful man in his business enterprises, and possessed substantial qualities which won him the highest esteem of his fellow citizens. In politics he was an independent Republican.

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Sources


1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 314, 323.

2 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 26.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 314.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 323.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 685.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 322.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 90.


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