Jacob Ross and Abigail Ross

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Husband Jacob Ross ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Greene Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1856 1 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Ross (      -1813) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -1834) 2

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Abigail Ross ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Greene Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jul 1881 2
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 F Catharine Ross ^{2 3}

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           Born: 16 May 1818 - Greene Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Conklin (1810-1880) 2 3
           Marr: 2 Mar 1838 - Greene Co, PA 2

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2 M Thomas M. Ross ¹

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           Born: 10 Mar 1831 - Washington Twp, Greene Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Rickey (      -1887) 4
           Marr: 13 Mar 1856 1

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Ross

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He was one of the prominent drovers of the time and section.
He donated the land for the first graveyard in his neighborhood, and the lot for the first church (Baptist) that was built in that section of the country.

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General Notes: Wife - Abigail Ross

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With remarkable eyesight and strength, she was out overseeing her farms in Richhill township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, up to a few days before her death.

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Notes: Marriage

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Although they shared the same surname, they were not related.

They had a family of nine children.

1 Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Nelson, Rishforth & Co., 1888), Pg 807.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 798.

3 Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Nelson, Rishforth & Co., 1888), Pg 869.

4 Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Nelson, Rishforth & Co., 1888), Pg 808.