James S. Ross and Rachel Alcorn

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Husband James S. Ross ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Jul 1812 - Otsego Co, NY 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Sep 1887 2
         Buried:  - Waterford Cemetery, Erie, Erie Co, PA

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         Father: John Ross (      -Abt 1845) 3
         Mother: Lucy [Unk] (      -Abt 1845) 3

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       Marriage: 1868 1

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Ann Wilson (      -1865) 3 - 1836 1

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Wife Rachel Alcorn ²

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           Born: 18 Oct 1825 - Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jul 1890 2
         Buried:  - Waterford Cemetery, Erie, Erie Co, PA

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         Father: John Alcorn (1788-1865) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Mitchell (1785-1855) 4 6

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - James S. Ross

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He came to Erie County, PA, in 1838. With his first wife he had a family of six children, five were still living in 1884.
He was always engaged in farming; was a self-made man, and accumulated his property by industry and economy. He was Captain in the militia in an early day, and served as Collector one term. He received a sun-stroke in June, 1873, from the effects of which he never recovered entirely. In politics he was a Republican.

1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 228.

2 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 6.

3 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 228.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 590.

6 Earl M. Prather, Alcorn Family Genealogy (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 2003), Pg 1.