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Updated: 09-19-2020 13:09:59. Owner: ROBERT BRUCE ROSS

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Person Info

Name: John Ross
Sex: M
Birth: 3 Oct 1790 in Turkeytown, Alabama
Death: 1 Aug 1866 in Washington, D.C.
Person Id: I38888677
Tree Id: 413904

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Parents

Father:

Daniel Ross: Birth: 14 Jul 1760 in Sutherlandshire,Scotland. Death: 22 May 1830 in St.Elmo, Tennessee

Mother:

Mary McDonald: Birth: 1 Nov 1770 in North Georgia. Death: 5 Oct 1808 in Ross' Landing, Tennessee

Family
Marriage:

Married: Quatie Brown on 1813 at New Echota, Georgia (?).
Quatie Brown: Birth: Abt. 1791 in Georgia. Death: 1 Feb 1839 in Arkansas River, Ark.

Children:

James Ross: Birth: 10 Oct 1814 in Cherokee Nation East. Death: 9 Nov 1864 in Confederate POW Camp
William Allen Ross: Birth: 26 Dec 1817 in Cherokee Nation, East. Death: 21 Apr 1891 in Tahlequah, I.T.
Jennie "Jane" Ross: Birth: 21 May 1821 in Cherokee Nation East. Death: 23 May 1894 in Park Hill, Indian Terr.
Silas Dean Ross: Birth: 1829 in Cherokee Nation East. Death: 1872
George Washington Ross: Birth: 30 Mar 1830 in Cherokee Nation East. Death: 8 Jun 1870
John Ross: Birth: Abt. 1832 in Cherokee Nation East.

Family
Marriage:

Married: Mary Brian Stapler on 2 Sep 1844 at Philadelphia, Penn..
Mary Brian Stapler: Birth: 10 Feb 1826 in Wilmington, Delaware. Death: 20 Jul 1865 in Philadelphia, Penna.

Children:

Annie Brian Ross: Birth: 7 Jun 1845 in Park Hill, Indian Terr.. Death: 1876
John Ross: Birth: 1847 in Park Hill, Indian Terr.. Death: 1905

Notes

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Note: Tsun Usdi and later Kuwiskuwi WHERE BURIED: Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Okla. BIO: Elected First Principal Chief of the Cherokee in 1828. Re-elected every four years, nine times with the last being in 1864 at the age of seventy-four. Though only 1/8 Cherokee (by blood) he was raised by his mother and grandmother in the traditional way of the Cherokee, thus giving him the continued support ofthe full-blood faction throughout the years. He married a young lady, Mary Brian Stapler, from Wilmington, Delaware five years (1844) after his beloved Quatie died on the infamous "Trail of Tears." He passed away while on tribal business in Washington, D.C. (at Joy's Boarding House - Eighth and Pennsylvania Avenue). Cause of death was jaundice. NOTE: Additional information is in abundancein various publications, books, encyclopedias, reference materials, etc.
Note: REFNFTJ#1 John Ross OCCUPATION: Principal Chief-Cherokee Nation CHEROKEE NAME:

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