*Born in the Cherokee Nation East; son of Chief John Ross & Quatie Brown; he served in Co., E, 3rd Indian Home Guards (US, Civil War). He died in the Tahlequah Dist., CN, Indian Territory (became Oklahoma in 1907).
Elected auditor by the Federal Cherokee Council on 18 Oct 1863 and elected Senator from Tahlequah Dist. on 2 Aug 1869 and 7 Aug 1871. He was elected Clerk of Council on Nov 1875. He was successively elected Clerk of Tahlequah Dist. on 6 Aug 1877, 4 Aug 1879, 1 Aug 1881, 6 Aug 1883, 3 Aug 1885, 1 Aug 1887 and 5 Aug 1889.
He married abt 1835 in CNE, Jennie Fields (buried at this cem.); they had the following children: Lucinda who maried Charles Renatus Hicks, Victoria b. & d. 1839, Susan Hicks Ross Daniel (buried at this cem.), Rufus O. (buried at this cem.), Robert Bruce Sr. (buried at Ross Cem., Park Hill), Louisa (buried at this cem.), Emily "Emma" who married Osceola Powell Daniel (both buried at this cem.), William Wallace (buried at Tahlequah Cem., Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., OK, Elizabeth (buried at this cem.) who married John Ross Vann (buried at this cem.), and Annie Brown Ross b. 1853 d. 1859.
Elected auditor by the Federal Cherokee Council on 18 Oct 1863 and elected Senator from Tahlequah Dist. on 2 Aug 1869 and 7 Aug 1871. He was elected Clerk of Council on Nov 1875. He was successively elected Clerk of Tahlequah Dist. on 6 Aug 1877, 4 Aug 1879, 1 Aug 1881, 6 Aug 1883, 3 Aug 1885, 1 Aug 1887 and 5 Aug 1889.
He married abt 1835 in CNE, Jennie Fields (buried at this cem.); they had the following children: Lucinda who maried Charles Renatus Hicks, Victoria b. & d. 1839, Susan Hicks Ross Daniel (buried at this cem.), Rufus O. (buried at this cem.), Robert Bruce Sr. (buried at Ross Cem., Park Hill), Louisa (buried at this cem.), Emily "Emma" who married Osceola Powell Daniel (both buried at this cem.), William Wallace (buried at Tahlequah Cem., Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., OK, Elizabeth (buried at this cem.) who married John Ross Vann (buried at this cem.), and Annie Brown Ross b. 1853 d. 1859.
*Born in the Cherokee Nation East; son of Chief John Ross & Quatie Brown; he served in Co., E, 3rd Indian Home Guards (US, Civil War). He died in the Tahlequah Dist., CN, Indian Territory (became Oklahoma in 1907).
Elected auditor by the Federal Cherokee Council on 18 Oct 1863 and elected Senator from Tahlequah Dist. on 2 Aug 1869 and 7 Aug 1871. He was elected Clerk of Council on Nov 1875. He was successively elected Clerk of Tahlequah Dist. on 6 Aug 1877, 4 Aug 1879, 1 Aug 1881, 6 Aug 1883, 3 Aug 1885, 1 Aug 1887 and 5 Aug 1889.
He married abt 1835 in CNE, Jennie Fields (buried at this cem.); they had the following children: Lucinda who maried Charles Renatus Hicks, Victoria b. & d. 1839, Susan Hicks Ross Daniel (buried at this cem.), Rufus O. (buried at this cem.), Robert Bruce Sr. (buried at Ross Cem., Park Hill), Louisa (buried at this cem.), Emily "Emma" who married Osceola Powell Daniel (both buried at this cem.), William Wallace (buried at Tahlequah Cem., Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., OK, Elizabeth (buried at this cem.) who married John Ross Vann (buried at this cem.), and Annie Brown Ross b. 1853 d. 1859.
Elected auditor by the Federal Cherokee Council on 18 Oct 1863 and elected Senator from Tahlequah Dist. on 2 Aug 1869 and 7 Aug 1871. He was elected Clerk of Council on Nov 1875. He was successively elected Clerk of Tahlequah Dist. on 6 Aug 1877, 4 Aug 1879, 1 Aug 1881, 6 Aug 1883, 3 Aug 1885, 1 Aug 1887 and 5 Aug 1889.
He married abt 1835 in CNE, Jennie Fields (buried at this cem.); they had the following children: Lucinda who maried Charles Renatus Hicks, Victoria b. & d. 1839, Susan Hicks Ross Daniel (buried at this cem.), Rufus O. (buried at this cem.), Robert Bruce Sr. (buried at Ross Cem., Park Hill), Louisa (buried at this cem.), Emily "Emma" who married Osceola Powell Daniel (both buried at this cem.), William Wallace (buried at Tahlequah Cem., Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., OK, Elizabeth (buried at this cem.) who married John Ross Vann (buried at this cem.), and Annie Brown Ross b. 1853 d. 1859.
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