Ross, Francis

ROSS, LEPHART, WEAVER, BRYANT, GORDON, BLUNT, COFFEE, COOK

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 7/7/2019 at 13:16:06

Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, (Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), pp. 494-95:

"FRANCIS ROSS, farmer, lives on section 32, Long Creek Township, where he owns 110 acres of land. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1811, son of Thomas and Catharine (Lephart) Ross, the former of Scotch and the latter of French ancestry. He is a great-grandson of the celebrated George Ross, who signed the Declaration of Independence, and was one of the framers of the Constitution of the United States; also one of the framers of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Mr. Ross was reared in his native State, came to Iowa in the fall of 1846, and to Decatur County in 1853. He was married in Pennsylvania in 1830, to Margaret Weaver, born in Adams County, Maryland, in 1810, and died in 1879, leaving six children – George M., Catharine, wife of Daniel Bryant; Margaret, wife of Uriah Gordon; Thomas, married Jennett Blunt; Jacob, married Julia Coffee; Elizabeth, wife of Darwin B. Cook. Mr. Ross held the office of justice of the peace and school director twenty-five years. He is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church. Postoffice, De Kalb."

(Submitted to the Decatur County GenWeb site by Christy Jay, email: Jaygenie@aol.com)