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Note: W. Ross was born May 3, 1829 in Henry County, TN. He is the son of Jonathan and Narcissa (Stubblefield) Ross, both natives of Tennessee. In 1830 he was brought with his parents to Trigg county, where he has since lived. The father died Nov 1883, aged eighty years. The mother died in 1861, aged sixty. Subject was reared on his father's farm. He owns 200 acres of land, and is engaged in agricultural pursuits; also owns and operates a sawmill on his land; he was engaged in merchandising from 1876-78. at Golden Pond and Maple Grove, KY. He enlisted in 1862 in Company L, Eighth Kentucky Calvary; served about six months and was discharged on account of physical disability. He was married in 1848, to Mrs. Mary A Ritch of Rome County, TN; they have one daughter- Martha A. now Mrs. Ahart. Mrs Ross has two children by a former marriage. (Linda Baker)
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