Person:William Ross (163)

William Ross was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia

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   William Ross
   Birth 6 Apr 1809
   Augusta County, Virginia, USA
   Death 20 Oct 1875 (aged 66)
   Burial
   Paradise Cemetery
   Paradise, Clay County, Missouri, USA
   
   William Ross was born on April 6, 1809, in Augusta County, Virginia. He moved to Madison County, Kentucky, married Nancy Hawkins, and then relocated to Clay County, Missouri.
   
   They owned the Ross Grist Mill, just north of Smithville, MO, west of Paradise on the Little Platte near where Shady Hollow Lakes used to be.
   
   William and Nancy had ten children:
   Elizabeth Ross married a Maget
   Squire John Ross born about 1856
   Thomas Kennedy Married Mary in 1838
   Eveline Ross born 1836 married Benjamin Rollins born 1832
   Andrew B.Ross buried this cemetery
   Mary Ross
   Martha Ross born about 1847
   James Ross born about 1849
   William Ross born about 1851
   Catherine (Elizabeth) born about 1856
   
   William Ross was shot (but lived) in the Smithville Tragedy of 1854. His son Squire John was killed.
   
   https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63480366/william-ross