The 1898 Daily News history of Buchanan County sketches two Ross men who came to St. Joseph from very different places, and it never says they were related. Dr. James Howell Ross was born at Stanberry, Missouri, in 1864, the son of John A. Ross, a banker born at Cape Brittain, and Martha (Howell) Ross of Albany, Missouri; he trained at the Pennsylvania Dental College and opened a practice in the Ballinger building at Seventh and Edmond streets in 1892. Donald Ross, born on Prince Edward's Island, went to Boston in 1858 and served from 1861 to 1864 in the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry, fighting at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness. He came to St. Joseph in 1871, worked twelve years on the railroad, and then kept the Commercial hotel at Sixth and Angelique streets. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Buchanan County history.
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Parents of Dr. James Howell Ross
Dentist, St. Joseph
DR. JAMES HOWELL ROSS, one of the most successful dentists in St. Joseph, is a native Missourian, born at Stanberry, May lo, 1864. His father, John A. Ross, a banker, was born at Cape Brittain. His mother, whose maiden name was Martha Howell, was born in Albany, Mo. Dr. Ross graduated from the Normal
LOUIS HAX was one of the pioneer manufacturers of St. Joseph. He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, April 18, 1829; came to America at the age of fourteen and to St. Joseph in 1858.
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Civil War veteran; proprietor of the Commercial hotel
DONALD ROSS, proprietor of the Commercial hotel, Sixth and Angelique streets, was born on Prince Edward's Island, and went to Boston Mass., in 1858. He enlisted in company A, Ninth Massachusetts volunteer infantry. May 16, i86i, and served till July 4, 1864, after being in all the hard battles of the east, including Antietum, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness, where he was wounded; was promoted on the field at Fredericksburg. He came to St. Joseph in 1871 and followed railroading for twelve years, after which he engaged in the hotel business. Mr. Ross is prominent in the Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and Free Masons. He was married July 4, 1876, in Kansas City to Miss Annie McCrory, and she has borne him one daughter, Neta,. now thirteen years old.
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Mother of George R. Mokel; she lived in Pennsylvania, and no link to the Ross men above is stated
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