John M. Ross

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1806

Death Date

1883

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White

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"John M. Ross" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00017317, (accessed April 22, 2025).

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Oldham County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth J. Shirley Ross in Oldham County, Kentucky, on October 13, 1850. Father of Mary Ross, John Ross, and Thomas Ross. Stepfather of Alfred Shirley, Emma Shirley, and George Shirley. Farmer in Oldham County in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1850. Farmer in Oldham County in 1860. Owned twelve enslaved persons in Oldham County in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1, p. 149A.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Division 1.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 897.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, p. 171A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Oldham County, Brownsboro, p. 23B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Oldham County Marriages, Film 000482449.
"John M. Ross (1806-1883)," Find A Grave, Memorial 83206623, accessed February 25, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83206623.

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