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John Schofield Ross

20 Mar 1862 – 10 Feb 1932

Birth	20 Mar 1862
Death	10 Feb 1932
Cemetery	Beechwoods Cemetery Falls Creek , Jefferson County , Pennsylvania , USA
Added by	Mona Anderson on 02 Jul 2009
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19359236

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Taken from Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II, by Dr. William James McKnight, published in 1917 by J.H. Beers & Company, Chicago, page 514. JOHN S. ROSS, of Snyder township, owns one hundred acres of the old Ross property, which has been in the family for over half a century, also cultivating the 100-acre Brian farm, upon which he lives. Mr. Ross is a typical representative of the name, being accorded position in the community as an intelligent, progressive citizen. James Ross, grandfather of John S. Ross, brought his family from Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century, and settled in the district known as the Beechwoods in Jefferson county, Pa., where he cut out a farm from the wilderness. He spent the remainder of his life here, dying on his farm. His wife's maiden name was Schofield, and their children were: Mary, Mrs. Patton; James; Elizabeth; John; Ruth, Mrs. William J. Calhoun; Martha, Mrs. Wilson; and Sally, Mrs. Richard Calhoun. All are deceased except Martha, who resides in Iowa. James Ross, father of John S. Ross, was born in Ireland in 1827, being still a boy when he came to America. Landing at Philadelphia, the journey to the Beechwoods was made by wagon. The family settled on land still owned by descendants, the homestead belonging to Wesley Ross. Here James Ross grew to manhood amid primitive conditions, with wild animals in abundance, and much of the surrounding forests untouched. He helped to clear his father's farm, and lived to see much of the wilderness reclaimed and developed to fertility and improved with homes indicative of prosperity. He married Mary Ann Holt, daughter of John Holt, of Sugar Hill. Mr. Ross died on May 12, 1898, and Mrs. Ross several years later. They were Presbyterians in religious faith, and he was a Democrat. Six children were born to them: James, who married Sarah Robinson, was killed while helping to raise a barn at Sugar Hill; Susanna Jane married William Morrison, and died in the Beechwoods ten years ago; Nancy, Mrs. Fred Brian, lives at Sugar Hill; Mary, Mrs. Daniel Wingert, is a resident of Polk township; Alvin Wesley, who lives on the old Ross property in the Beechwoods, married Lizzie Lindermuth; John S. completes the family. John S. Ross was born March 20, 1862, in Washington township, and there continued to live until his marriage. His education was obtained at the old Dennison school, his first teacher being Rebecca Tedeley. Since 1908 he has resided on the Brian farm, also managing his own farm. Mr. Ross has been quick to adopt progressive methods, profiting by modern ideas. Devoting practically all his time to his agricultural operations, he takes no active part in public affairs, though he ever displays a good citizen's interest in the general welfare. He is a Republican politically. The Presbyterian Church at Sugar Hill counts him among its reliable members, and for three or four years he was deacon. On June 18, 1884, Mr. Ross married Bella McLaughlin, daughter of John McLaughlin of Beech Tree. She died in June, 1893, leaving three children: Vera, Mrs. Fred Vandevert, of Niles, Ohio; Annie, Mrs. Harry Howard, of Niagara Falls; and Clarence Elton, who lives with his father. On July 3, 1895, Mr. Ross married (second) Margaret Ellen Ward, of Westville, Jefferson Co., Pa., and to this union have been born five children: Irene Bella, Oleda Mae (a student at the township high school), Richard Loraine (also in high school), John Ward and Merle. Irene Bella graduated from the township high school at the age of fourteen, being the youngest graduate, and graduated in 1911 from the Brockwayville high school; she is now the wife of Robert Lane Coyle, of Sharon, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Ross was born Sept. 10, 1869, in Lancashire, England, daughter of Richard and Rachel (McQuade) Ward, he now serving as a justice of the peace in Washington township. She attended school until twelve years old, when she came to the United States with her family, landing at New York and settling at Carbon Run, Bradford Co., Pa., where her father found work as a miner. Six years later they removed to Coal Glen, Jefferson county, and the parents are still living at Westville.

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