Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Ross and Jane Brown




Husband Joseph Ross 1




           Born: 7 Jul 1812 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: Daniel Ross (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Phillips (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 17 Oct 1844 1



Wife Jane Brown 1

           Born:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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           Died: 7 May 1869 1
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Children
1 M James Ross 1

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2 F Emma J. Ross 1

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3 F Anna M. Ross 1

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         Spouse: George Robinson (      -      ) 1


4 M William Ross 1

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5 M Thomas Ross 1

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6 F Elizabeth Ross 1

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7 M Joseph Ross 1

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8 M Edward Ross 1

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Ross


He was educated in the common schools and a college at Pittsburgh. After teaching school eight years he went into the grocery business in his native city. He was elected prothonotary of Allegheny county in 1868 and served a term of three years with credit and ability. Five years of his life were spent in Kansas and he bought a farm in Cornplanter township, Venango County, PA, in 1863, where, after 1880, he lived during the summer seasons. Upon that farm were twenty-one producing oil wells. He was an active member of the Republican party and a consistent member of the Presbyterian church.

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1083.


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