ROSS, NAPOLEON B.
The valuable farm of six hundred acres now owned by our subject in Bosque county has been transformed into one of the most comfortable homesteads of this section of which two hundred and fifty acres has been bought to a finely cultivated condition, and is embellished by a set of handsome and substantial farm buildings. In addition to general farming the proprietor is giving considerable attention to the raising of fine livestock including horses, cattle, hogs and mules. A flourishing orchard and a choice assortment of the smaller fruit trees serve to add to the comfortable appearance of the premises and supply the household with the luxuries of the season.
Mr. Ross is an intelligent and well informed man, although he received but a limited education in his early years and is one of the representative and solid men of Bosque county, when he has made his home since 1867. He was born in what was then Benton, but now Calhoun county, Alabama, November 8, 1845.
The early life of our subject was passed in Alabama, and in October, 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-second Alabama Infantry, with which he served for a time and was then transferred to Company H, Forty-first Georgia Infantry. He was in a number of engagements, including Perryville and the siege of Vicksburg until its surrender. He later joined the Eleventh Texas Cavalry and followed the fortunes of the regiment until the final surrender. He was a gallant and brave solider, ever found at his post of duty.
In Alabama, on the 18th of July, 1865, Mr. Ross was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. Bell, an intelligent and cultured lady who belonged to a prominent family. She was born in Georgia and was nine years of age when she accompanied her family to Alabama.
In 1867 Mr. Ross with his family started with teams and wagons overland for Texas, accompanied by Rev. G.W. Roberts, Tully Caruth and Jesse Barker. After his arrival here in Bosque county he spent the first year near Meridian and the two succeeding years near Flat-top mountain, and then bought his present farm, and settled on it in December, 1870. It was then all wild land, by he transformed it until it is now one of the most productive and highly improved places in the county. The fields are all well fenced and the dwelling is made more attractive by the shade trees which surround it. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross, but one died in infancy, and Belle, who was born in 1868, died in 1871. Those living are Frederick Newton, at home; Audella, wife of S..A. Harris, of Killen, Texas; and Stella, at home. The daughters are well educated in both literature and music. Mr. Ross take a prominent part in church and temperance work, being a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which he has been trustee, and since reaching his majority has been prominently identified with the Masonic order. He is a wide-awake, enterprising man, of more than ordinary business ability, highly esteemed among all classes of people, and well deserves the success that has crowned his life. (Source: History of Texas, Central Texas, Vol I, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. )
The valuable farm of six hundred acres now owned by our subject in Bosque county has been transformed into one of the most comfortable homesteads of this section of which two hundred and fifty acres has been bought to a finely cultivated condition, and is embellished by a set of handsome and substantial farm buildings. In addition to general farming the proprietor is giving considerable attention to the raising of fine livestock including horses, cattle, hogs and mules. A flourishing orchard and a choice assortment of the smaller fruit trees serve to add to the comfortable appearance of the premises and supply the household with the luxuries of the season.
Mr. Ross is an intelligent and well informed man, although he received but a limited education in his early years and is one of the representative and solid men of Bosque county, when he has made his home since 1867. He was born in what was then Benton, but now Calhoun county, Alabama, November 8, 1845.
The early life of our subject was passed in Alabama, and in October, 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-second Alabama Infantry, with which he served for a time and was then transferred to Company H, Forty-first Georgia Infantry. He was in a number of engagements, including Perryville and the siege of Vicksburg until its surrender. He later joined the Eleventh Texas Cavalry and followed the fortunes of the regiment until the final surrender. He was a gallant and brave solider, ever found at his post of duty.
In Alabama, on the 18th of July, 1865, Mr. Ross was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. Bell, an intelligent and cultured lady who belonged to a prominent family. She was born in Georgia and was nine years of age when she accompanied her family to Alabama.
In 1867 Mr. Ross with his family started with teams and wagons overland for Texas, accompanied by Rev. G.W. Roberts, Tully Caruth and Jesse Barker. After his arrival here in Bosque county he spent the first year near Meridian and the two succeeding years near Flat-top mountain, and then bought his present farm, and settled on it in December, 1870. It was then all wild land, by he transformed it until it is now one of the most productive and highly improved places in the county. The fields are all well fenced and the dwelling is made more attractive by the shade trees which surround it. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross, but one died in infancy, and Belle, who was born in 1868, died in 1871. Those living are Frederick Newton, at home; Audella, wife of S..A. Harris, of Killen, Texas; and Stella, at home. The daughters are well educated in both literature and music. Mr. Ross take a prominent part in church and temperance work, being a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which he has been trustee, and since reaching his majority has been prominently identified with the Masonic order. He is a wide-awake, enterprising man, of more than ordinary business ability, highly esteemed among all classes of people, and well deserves the success that has crowned his life. (Source: History of Texas, Central Texas, Vol I, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. )
ROSS, NAPOLEON B.
The valuable farm of six hundred acres now owned by our subject in Bosque county has been transformed into one of the most comfortable homesteads of this section of which two hundred and fifty acres has been bought to a finely cultivated condition, and is embellished by a set of handsome and substantial farm buildings. In addition to general farming the proprietor is giving considerable attention to the raising of fine livestock including horses, cattle, hogs and mules. A flourishing orchard and a choice assortment of the smaller fruit trees serve to add to the comfortable appearance of the premises and supply the household with the luxuries of the season.
Mr. Ross is an intelligent and well informed man, although he received but a limited education in his early years and is one of the representative and solid men of Bosque county, when he has made his home since 1867. He was born in what was then Benton, but now Calhoun county, Alabama, November 8, 1845.
The early life of our subject was passed in Alabama, and in October, 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-second Alabama Infantry, with which he served for a time and was then transferred to Company H, Forty-first Georgia Infantry. He was in a number of engagements, including Perryville and the siege of Vicksburg until its surrender. He later joined the Eleventh Texas Cavalry and followed the fortunes of the regiment until the final surrender. He was a gallant and brave solider, ever found at his post of duty.
In Alabama, on the 18th of July, 1865, Mr. Ross was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. Bell, an intelligent and cultured lady who belonged to a prominent family. She was born in Georgia and was nine years of age when she accompanied her family to Alabama.
In 1867 Mr. Ross with his family started with teams and wagons overland for Texas, accompanied by Rev. G.W. Roberts, Tully Caruth and Jesse Barker. After his arrival here in Bosque county he spent the first year near Meridian and the two succeeding years near Flat-top mountain, and then bought his present farm, and settled on it in December, 1870. It was then all wild land, by he transformed it until it is now one of the most productive and highly improved places in the county. The fields are all well fenced and the dwelling is made more attractive by the shade trees which surround it. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross, but one died in infancy, and Belle, who was born in 1868, died in 1871. Those living are Frederick Newton, at home; Audella, wife of S..A. Harris, of Killen, Texas; and Stella, at home. The daughters are well educated in both literature and music. Mr. Ross take a prominent part in church and temperance work, being a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which he has been trustee, and since reaching his majority has been prominently identified with the Masonic order. He is a wide-awake, enterprising man, of more than ordinary business ability, highly esteemed among all classes of people, and well deserves the success that has crowned his life. (Source: History of Texas, Central Texas, Vol I, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. )
The valuable farm of six hundred acres now owned by our subject in Bosque county has been transformed into one of the most comfortable homesteads of this section of which two hundred and fifty acres has been bought to a finely cultivated condition, and is embellished by a set of handsome and substantial farm buildings. In addition to general farming the proprietor is giving considerable attention to the raising of fine livestock including horses, cattle, hogs and mules. A flourishing orchard and a choice assortment of the smaller fruit trees serve to add to the comfortable appearance of the premises and supply the household with the luxuries of the season.
Mr. Ross is an intelligent and well informed man, although he received but a limited education in his early years and is one of the representative and solid men of Bosque county, when he has made his home since 1867. He was born in what was then Benton, but now Calhoun county, Alabama, November 8, 1845.
The early life of our subject was passed in Alabama, and in October, 1861 he enlisted in Company F, Twenty-second Alabama Infantry, with which he served for a time and was then transferred to Company H, Forty-first Georgia Infantry. He was in a number of engagements, including Perryville and the siege of Vicksburg until its surrender. He later joined the Eleventh Texas Cavalry and followed the fortunes of the regiment until the final surrender. He was a gallant and brave solider, ever found at his post of duty.
In Alabama, on the 18th of July, 1865, Mr. Ross was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. Bell, an intelligent and cultured lady who belonged to a prominent family. She was born in Georgia and was nine years of age when she accompanied her family to Alabama.
In 1867 Mr. Ross with his family started with teams and wagons overland for Texas, accompanied by Rev. G.W. Roberts, Tully Caruth and Jesse Barker. After his arrival here in Bosque county he spent the first year near Meridian and the two succeeding years near Flat-top mountain, and then bought his present farm, and settled on it in December, 1870. It was then all wild land, by he transformed it until it is now one of the most productive and highly improved places in the county. The fields are all well fenced and the dwelling is made more attractive by the shade trees which surround it. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross, but one died in infancy, and Belle, who was born in 1868, died in 1871. Those living are Frederick Newton, at home; Audella, wife of S..A. Harris, of Killen, Texas; and Stella, at home. The daughters are well educated in both literature and music. Mr. Ross take a prominent part in church and temperance work, being a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, of which he has been trustee, and since reaching his majority has been prominently identified with the Masonic order. He is a wide-awake, enterprising man, of more than ordinary business ability, highly esteemed among all classes of people, and well deserves the success that has crowned his life. (Source: History of Texas, Central Texas, Vol I, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896. )
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