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Note: Biography from "History of Fulton County" page 692. Joseph Ross, farmer, was born in the State of Vermont March 14, 1821, son af James and Martha, nee Hawkins; his father was born in Massachusetts, of Scotch ancestry, and his mother in Vermont, of English ancestry; emigrated to Ohio in 1833, and died in that Commonwealth; Joseph came to Illinois in 1849, settling in Salem tp., Knox Co.; removed to Fulton Co. in 1865; married Caroline Culver in March, 1844, and their children are two boys living and one, Francis, who died in 1857, age two and a half years. One is married and owns a farm in this county. Charles, the eldest, was born in 1847, and George was born in 1855. Parents are Congregationalist, and Mr. Ross is also a Republican. 1870 Census for Farmington Township, Fulton County, Illinois Ross, Joseph 49 M Farmer $6,000 $2,000 Vermont Ross, Caroline 43 F Keeping House New York Ross, Charles 23 M Farmer $500 Ohio Ross, George 14 M Illinois 1880 Census for Farmington, Fulton, Illinois Joseph Ross 59 M VT Caroline Ross 54 F NY George Ross 24 M IL Morton Cunningham24 M PA
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