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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 5 November 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Massie Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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GEORGE P. ROSS, miller and farmer; P. O. Harveysburg; born in Lancaster Co., Penn., April 17, 1817; is a son of George and Elizabeth (Witmore) Ross, natives of Lancaster Co., Penn. The paternal grandfather was George Ross, who, it is supposed, was a native of Maryland; and he was a son of George Ross, a native of Maryland, and was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence of the United States; he was a man of great ability, and was arising to distinction and taking an active part in the affairs of the Government when he was attacked with the gout, which destroyed his activity and usefulness for the balance of his life. The grandfather, George, was afflicted with the same disease in the latter years of his life similarly to his father; he owned a large farm, but from his affliction had to give up all active labor and business, and retired to the city of Lancaster, where he resided till his death, which occurred about 1833; he was the father of five sons and three daughters; the sons all became lawyers by profession, except George, the father of our subject, and all died without issue. George followed the occupation of his father—that of a farmer; married and became the father of one son and one daughter, Mary E, unmarried, and resides in Philadelphia; and George. Mr. Ross was a soldier in the war of 1812; engaged through life in farming, nearly all in Lancaster Co., but died in Cumberland Co., Penn., about 1845, aged nearly 60 years; his wife died young, in 1817, when George, our subject, was but a babe, who was taken by his uncle, Patton Ross, and raised till 16 years of age, receiving a good common school education; thence went to the milling business, which he followed till 1837; he emigrated to Ohio, and located near Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio, and there carried on the milling business at Vandevere's Mills two years; thence returned to Pennsylvania and married Elizabeth, daughter of Felix and Susan (Wendits) Binkley, natives of Pennsylvania; thence returned to Ohio, and for |
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a few months run the same mills as formerly; thence engaged in farming for a short time; has followed farming and milling through his entire life, making the latter his leading business. He purchased the beautiful farm where he now lives in 1870; and the Harveysburg mills in 1877, which he has since run. Mr. Ross has been quite successful in his business life; has accumulated a good competency, and is a man of character and business capacity, which has made him a blessing and endeared him to the community in which he has lived. Mr. Ross and wife have had three children, one son and two daughters—Susan; Harriet, who married Abraham McKinsey, and had four children, three now survive; and George; all now deceased. George was the only male, descendant of this Ross family; hence when Mr. Ross shall pass from the stage of action, the Ross name of this line of ancestry will be extinct. |
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