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From "History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Volume 2"
Thomas Cushing, Editor. Year 1889. Publisher A. Warner and
Company, as follows page 624, with names in caps:
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------------------------------------------------------------ JOHN M ROSS, night watchman for the A. V. R. R., Logan's
Ferry, was born in this county Jan 19, 1831, a son of JAMES
and MARGARET (DAUGHERTY) ROSS. JAMES was born in Parnassus,
June 24, 1801, was a boatman and lived for some time in
Allegheny City and Pittsburgh, moving thence to Plum township, where JOHN M now lives. His wife was born in
Mifflin county Jan. 12 1803. They had a family of TWELVE
children, of whom JOHN M and one sister Mrs. JANE LAWSON
are the only survivors. JAMES ROSS died Jan 23 1877, his
wife March 27, 1869. WILLIAM ROSS, the grandfather of our
subject, settled across the creek in Westmoreland county
about the time of the Revolution, where he had about five
hundred acres. He served in the Indian war, and died in
1847, a member of the M. E. Church. JOHN M remained with
his father until the civil war opened. He enlisted June 15,
1861 in Co H, 8th P. R.; was consigned to the Army of the
Potomac, participated in the battles of Antietam, second Bull run, Cedar Mountain, South Mountain and others; was
detailed under General McDowell in an engineer corps at the
battle of Fredricksburg. He was shot in the left eye, the
ball passing out at the right side of the neck, back of the ear. He was confined to hospital one month, and discharged
Jan 22 1863. The following summer he commenced work on a boat running from Oil City to Pittsburgh, and continued there until 1865. He was then elected supervisor of Plum
township, and served four years. Soon after he bought his
present home, and has been night watchman for the A. V. R. R. since that time. (Next paragraph starts....) Mr ROSS
married July 4 1865, MARY SNOWDEN, born Aug. 29, 1849, in
Pittsburgh, a daughter of WILLIAM and BRIDGET SNOWDEN.
Mr SNOWDEN was a butcher, a native of New York, and was
drowned about 1862. Mrs SNOWDEN came from Ireland when twelve years of age. Mr ROSS has children as follows:
MARGARET ELLEN (married Feb 11 1887, to ELMER E SPROWL,
a native of Butler county, now in Alabama), CARRIE MAY,
ANDREW JACKSON and CHARLES EDWARD (in the glass-house
at Verona), NANNY FLORENCE, JAMES, SAMSON S., LULA PEARL,
and ELIZA JANE (at home). They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr ROSS is a member of the I. O. O. F.
and the G. A. R.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please note the "Indian war" service of William Ross (the
French and Indian War was from about 1754 to 1763). He settles in Westmoreland County about "about the time of the revolution" it says (1775-1783). Also note the 500 Acres.
We are not told in this narrative if James Ross, born 1801
had siblings. James Ross (b1801) had two children alive at the time of this 1889 narrative, but the names of the other
ten children are not named. John M Ross left a GAR Pension
file mentioning his Snowden wife and the birthdays of his
children. John M Ross and wife and kids are on the 1880 census, and most are buried together at Roundhill Cemetery
in Parnassus. Also this William Ross d 1847 the Methodist,
and Indian war Vet is NOT the same William Ross died
28AUG1849 the Presbyterian, and Rev War Vet, both of
Westmoreland County. Good luck with your Ross search
in Westmoreland County!
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