The 1882 Warren County history sketches six Ross households and never says how one is related to another, so each is kept apart here. The best known is Thomas R. Ross, a Chester County, Pennsylvania, lawyer who came to Lebanon in 1810, served in Congress from 1819 to 1825, and opposed the Missouri Compromise. Benjamin L. Ross, a New Yorker who reached Fort Washington in 1797, was one of the first mail carriers in this part of Ohio, and his son Abner L. Ross, born in Turtle Creek Township in 1805, began carrying mail at 14 and went on to run stage lines covering seven hundred miles. Theodore Ross, a blacksmith born in Turtle Creek Township in 1829, John R. Ross, a poultry breeder at Cozaddale, and James W. Ross of Hamilton Township complete the sketches. Every fact below is cited to the 1882 History of Warren County, Ohio.
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Lawyer and congressman
THOMAS R. ROSS.
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A personal friend of Mr. Ross, in an obituary notice, wrote of him as follows: “Associated in Congress with so many good and great men, it is n strange that his defeat for another term was to him a severe blow, and one from which he could never rally. The loss of his seat subjected him to a trial tk great for him,, and perhaps for any man of his ardent temperament. Tru requires me to say this much, and for years afterward he seemed, to find relief from disappointed hopes only in the effects of stimulating drinks. Giving wi to this indulgence, the appetite soon became uncontrollable, and for years
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In 1811, Mr. Ross was married to Harriet Van Horne, a daughter of Re William Van Horne, a Baptist clergyman and a Chaplain during the Revolutionary war. She survived her husband, with a family of six children.
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Pioneer mail carrier
Mail carrier, stage-line operator and hotel keeper
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Farmer in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Miller and farmer near Harveysburg
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business, which he followed till 1837; he emigrated to Ohio, and located near Franklir
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Blacksmith
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Farmer and poultry breeder
JOHN R. ROSS, farmer, breeder and shipper of high class poultry; P. 0. Level; was born in Cozaddale Nov. 24, 1850. He is the son of P. W. and Sarah \ Frybarger) Ross, both natives of this county, the former being born in the year - 1812, and the latter in 1814. They are of German extraction, and known as enterprising and worthy citizens. This work would indeed be incomplete, did we non favorably mention and closely identify these parents with the interests of Warren County. The subject of this sketch received a common school education in the district ik schools of his neighborhood, and was reared upon the farm. He is of Democratic tl proclivities, and, although not seeking political honors, has held the office of Township; l Trustee for two consecutive years. He is a worthy member of the M. E. Church, and (< is held in high regard by his fellow citizens. April 3, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Maria Jones, a most worthy lady, a native of this county, and born Nov. 17, 1853. This union proved a happy one, and to them were born four children — Clayton * B., July 6, 1873; Charlie, Dec. 18, 1875; Clyde W., Oct. 21, 1877; and Gertrude, ei June 13, 1880. Of the Jones family mention will be made elsewhere in this work, tl Mr. Ross resides upon the farm of his father-in-law, which consists of 169 acres of valuable land, and engaged extensively in poultry trade, and has more rare varieties of fine p birds than is often found in any one yard. Among the many choice selections may be n found Dark Brahmas, Golden Polish, brown and white Leghorn, Plymouth Rocks, w Partridge Cochins, golden-placed Sobright, Bantams, Pekin Ducks and white China b Geese. He furnishes these varieties at the lowest possible prices, and eggs at $1.50 y per thirteen. Parties who are in need of fine fowls should give him a call, as he will r guarantee satisfaction. Mr. Ross takes great pride in his chosen occupation, and deserves special mention and encouragement in his enterprise.
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Farmer, Hamilton Township.
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