18 APR 2020, Memorial notes at time of transfer. Added gender. Original bio section as entered from creator of the memorial, as well as information from a merged memorial, is below the divider. ~ Chief William Potter Ross was born at the base of Lookout Mountain, CN East (TN) the son of John Golden Ross and Eliza Ross (parents were not kin).
William attended Princeton where he graduated in 1842 and moved to Park Hill, IT (OK), where he taught school at 14-Mile Creek (now Hulbert, OK), in a Methodist log church.
He was elected Clerk of the Sen. of the Nat. Council in 1843 which established the "Cherokee Advocate"; he was selected as the first editor of the paper. He then became a merchant and later a lawyer. He served as Sen. from the Tahlequah Dist. in 1849/51/53/55/57. He was secretary to his uncle Lewis Ross, the Nat. Treasurer, in 1860. He served in the Civil War and became Lt. Col. in the 1st Cherokee Reg. of Mounted Rifles, Field and Staff, in the Confederate Army--but his Reg. switched its allegiance to the North.
He was elected Chief to fill the vacancy of John Ross on 1866-1867 and elected to finish the term of Lewis Downing from 1872-1875. He helped the Cherokee Nation survive reconstruction after the Civil War. After his retirement from public office he was the editor of the "Indian Journal" at Muskogee, 1875-76; the "Indian Chieftain" at Vinita; and the "Indian Arrow" at Fort Gibson, IT (OK) where he was a member of the Board of Education in 1884/69/71/89/91. He was a Sen. from the IL Dist. of the Cherokee Nation and functioned as Mayor of Ft. Gibson.
He married Mary Jane Ross (buried at Citizens), **See her gravesite for their children.∼Principle (sic) Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Nephew of Chief John Ross
Graduate of Princeton
Editor of Cherokee Advocate
William attended Princeton where he graduated in 1842 and moved to Park Hill, IT (OK), where he taught school at 14-Mile Creek (now Hulbert, OK), in a Methodist log church.
He was elected Clerk of the Sen. of the Nat. Council in 1843 which established the "Cherokee Advocate"; he was selected as the first editor of the paper. He then became a merchant and later a lawyer. He served as Sen. from the Tahlequah Dist. in 1849/51/53/55/57. He was secretary to his uncle Lewis Ross, the Nat. Treasurer, in 1860. He served in the Civil War and became Lt. Col. in the 1st Cherokee Reg. of Mounted Rifles, Field and Staff, in the Confederate Army--but his Reg. switched its allegiance to the North.
He was elected Chief to fill the vacancy of John Ross on 1866-1867 and elected to finish the term of Lewis Downing from 1872-1875. He helped the Cherokee Nation survive reconstruction after the Civil War. After his retirement from public office he was the editor of the "Indian Journal" at Muskogee, 1875-76; the "Indian Chieftain" at Vinita; and the "Indian Arrow" at Fort Gibson, IT (OK) where he was a member of the Board of Education in 1884/69/71/89/91. He was a Sen. from the IL Dist. of the Cherokee Nation and functioned as Mayor of Ft. Gibson.
He married Mary Jane Ross (buried at Citizens), **See her gravesite for their children.∼Principle (sic) Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Nephew of Chief John Ross
Graduate of Princeton
Editor of Cherokee Advocate
18 APR 2020, Memorial notes at time of transfer. Added gender. Original bio section as entered from creator of the memorial, as well as information from a merged memorial, is below the divider. ~ Chief William Potter Ross was born at the base of Lookout Mountain, CN East (TN) the son of John Golden Ross and Eliza Ross (parents were not kin).
William attended Princeton where he graduated in 1842 and moved to Park Hill, IT (OK), where he taught school at 14-Mile Creek (now Hulbert, OK), in a Methodist log church.
He was elected Clerk of the Sen. of the Nat. Council in 1843 which established the "Cherokee Advocate"; he was selected as the first editor of the paper. He then became a merchant and later a lawyer. He served as Sen. from the Tahlequah Dist. in 1849/51/53/55/57. He was secretary to his uncle Lewis Ross, the Nat. Treasurer, in 1860. He served in the Civil War and became Lt. Col. in the 1st Cherokee Reg. of Mounted Rifles, Field and Staff, in the Confederate Army--but his Reg. switched its allegiance to the North.
He was elected Chief to fill the vacancy of John Ross on 1866-1867 and elected to finish the term of Lewis Downing from 1872-1875. He helped the Cherokee Nation survive reconstruction after the Civil War. After his retirement from public office he was the editor of the "Indian Journal" at Muskogee, 1875-76; the "Indian Chieftain" at Vinita; and the "Indian Arrow" at Fort Gibson, IT (OK) where he was a member of the Board of Education in 1884/69/71/89/91. He was a Sen. from the IL Dist. of the Cherokee Nation and functioned as Mayor of Ft. Gibson.
He married Mary Jane Ross (buried at Citizens), **See her gravesite for their children.∼Principle (sic) Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Nephew of Chief John Ross
Graduate of Princeton
Editor of Cherokee Advocate
William attended Princeton where he graduated in 1842 and moved to Park Hill, IT (OK), where he taught school at 14-Mile Creek (now Hulbert, OK), in a Methodist log church.
He was elected Clerk of the Sen. of the Nat. Council in 1843 which established the "Cherokee Advocate"; he was selected as the first editor of the paper. He then became a merchant and later a lawyer. He served as Sen. from the Tahlequah Dist. in 1849/51/53/55/57. He was secretary to his uncle Lewis Ross, the Nat. Treasurer, in 1860. He served in the Civil War and became Lt. Col. in the 1st Cherokee Reg. of Mounted Rifles, Field and Staff, in the Confederate Army--but his Reg. switched its allegiance to the North.
He was elected Chief to fill the vacancy of John Ross on 1866-1867 and elected to finish the term of Lewis Downing from 1872-1875. He helped the Cherokee Nation survive reconstruction after the Civil War. After his retirement from public office he was the editor of the "Indian Journal" at Muskogee, 1875-76; the "Indian Chieftain" at Vinita; and the "Indian Arrow" at Fort Gibson, IT (OK) where he was a member of the Board of Education in 1884/69/71/89/91. He was a Sen. from the IL Dist. of the Cherokee Nation and functioned as Mayor of Ft. Gibson.
He married Mary Jane Ross (buried at Citizens), **See her gravesite for their children.∼Principle (sic) Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Nephew of Chief John Ross
Graduate of Princeton
Editor of Cherokee Advocate
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