Husband Judge George Ross 1
Born: 4 Mar 1778 - Chester Co, PA 1
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Died: 1849 1
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Father: John Ross (1747-1830) 1
Mother: Margaret Young (1751-1808) 1
Marriage: Abt 1800
Wife Mary Moss 2
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• Note: This may be the same person as : [Unk] Moss.
Children
1 F Jane Ross 3
Born: 1 Jun 1801 3
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Died: 23 Apr 1888 4
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Spouse: David Reynolds (1785-1845) 5
2 F Sarah Ann "Sallie" Ross 6 7
Born: 4 Feb 1805 6
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Died: 1892 8
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Spouse: John Christy (1800-1887) 6 9
Marr: 1830 6 10
3 M Washington Ross 2
Born: 29 May 1817 - Manor Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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Died: 9 Mar 1911 - Rosston, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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Spouse: Margaret Copley (1826- ) 2
Marr: Jun 1844 2
General Notes: Husband - Judge George Ross
He was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he passed his early life. In 1800 he removed to Armstrong County, where he acted as deputy State surveyor, as such surveying and laying out Kittanning in 1803. He passed the remainder of his life in the county, becoming one of its prominent, influential and highly respected citizens. In 1805 he was elected associate judge of the county and continued to serve creditably in that capacity until his death, when he was in his seventy-second year. As early as 1807 he came to what is now the southwestern part of Manor township. He was first assessed in Kittanning township, in 1808, with 100 acres valued at $4 an acre, and for some time he and his family lived in one of the cabins near Fort Green. After William Green and his sons moved (prior to 1804) to the west side of the river, Judge Ross was the first permanent white settler in that part of the Manor. Within a few years, in 1809, he erected the first stone house in that part of the county, the place afterward owned and occupied by his son, Washington. In 1807 he purchased Ross' island, opposite the mouth of Crooked creek, in Manor township, from William Green, paying one hundred dollars for it. What is thought to be the largest panther ever killed in the county was shot on this island. Judge Ross was at one time one of the largest land-owners in the county, having over seven hundred acres. In 1820 he was assessed with a saw and grist mill, erected probably in 1819, at what was afterward known as Ross' Mills, on the right bank of Crooked creek, almost 200 rods above its mouth. The settlers within a radius of from twenty to thirty miles brought their grists to his plant. When the Ross Mill, post office was established June 16, 1843, his son George Ross became postmaster. Judge Ross was an active member of Appleby Manor Presbyterian Church and influential in this connection as in all the other relations of life, being mainly instrumental in having its first house of worship erected. [HAC 1914, 313]
He and his wife had four sons and seven daughters.
General Notes: Wife - Mary Moss
from Washington Co, PA
She was a first cousin of her husband.