William Albert Ross

MCMILLAN, ROSS

Posted By: Judy Wight Branson (email)
Date: 10/12/2004 at 21:19:33

William Albert Ross, Penn twp., born in Austrim county, Ireland, October 4, 1842; at the early age of ten years, in company with is father and sister, he emigrated to America, landing at New Orleans on the 2nd of May, 1853; during the ravages of the yellow fever in 1854, the entire family were stricken down, and William was the only one left to tell of the sad fate of the others; early in March, 1855, he came to St. Louis, thence to Keokuk, Iowa; having chosen farming as a profession; he entered the employ of Mr. N. McCullough, of Franklin, Lee county, Iowa, in whose family he lived until May, 1864, a period of over nine years; he was a member of the Iowa State militia during the war; on the first day of January, 1865, he was married to Caroline A. McMillan, of Franklin, Lee county, Iowa; in the spring of 1867, he removed to Madison county, Iowa, arriving in Penn township, June 1, of that year; he was elected township clerk of Penn township, in October, 1867, which office he has had until the present time, with the exception of a single year, while visiting the West; the family consists of five children, four sons and on daughter, as follows: Albert Lee, born February 4, 1866; George Francis, born July 29, 1871; Edwin Conger, born March 6, 1875; Jesse A., born October 28, 1876, and Mary M., born December 3, 1878.

Taken from the book, "The History of Madison County, Iowa, 1879" pages 640, 641