Son of Isom Ross and Eliza Robbins
Married Frances Bachman on 1 Nov 1859
1870 census occupation - Leather merchant
1880 census occupation - Tanner
1900 census occupation - Woolen manufactuer
1910 census occupation - Manager; spoke factory
1920 census occupation - Manufacturer; spokes & hubs
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Madison Weekly Herald
8 Dec 1921 (5 December 1921 Daily)
John B. Ross
Leading Citizen and Business Man Died Saturday Night After Brief Illness
Mr. John B. Ross, one of Madison's leading citizens and business men, passed peacefully away at his home on East street Saturday night at 8 o'clock after a brief illness. Mr. Ross suffered a stroke of paralysis early last Wednesday morning and remains in a semi-conscious condition until the end. Form the time he was stricken he was unable to speak and his death was not unexpected. He was in his 85th year and was one of the oldest and most esteemed residents of this city.
John Bullis Ross was born in Cincinnati May 22, 1837. He was a son of the late Isom and Eliza Robbins Ross, who is 1832 had bought a farm a short distance from Bryants burg, across the Ripley county line. At the age of ten years Mr. Ross moved to Madison with his parents and has resided here continuously since.
John B. Ross was married November 2, 1859, to Frances Bachman, a daughter of Alois and Emily Thiebaud Bachman, both early Indiana pioneers. There were born to them two daughters and five sons, of whom four preceded their father to the other shore. There are now living his son, Mr. Taylor W. Ross, of Newport News, Va., and in this city two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Trow, widow of George E. Trow, and Miss Frances Ross. There is also living in Madison, a grandson, Mr. John Graham Ross, a son of the late John Isom Ross, and the latter's widow, Mrs. Blanche Reynolds Ross. Mr. Ross' wife died in 1913. She was a sister of Col. Alois O. Bachman, who fell in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.
The deceased received his early education in the public schools of Madison and he attended Wabash College about 1855. For a number of years he was associated with his father in the manufacture of leather and in the palmy days of Madison the Ross xxxyard was one of the city's leading industries with a Nation-wide xxxxx superiority of its product. In later years Mr. Ross has xxx with the Thomas Graham Company, spoke manufacturers of xx he was president . He was a director of the National Branch Bank and was the oldest member of the board, both xxxxx. xxxxx
Mr. Ross was a member of Madison Lodge F. & A.M., and he was the oldest member of Fair Play Fire Company No. 1. He was a practical, and xxx and had his own was of extracting the best out life. This cheerful spirit remained with him to the last and he retained his clearness of intellect up to his closing days. He was invariably a good neighbor and there was no happier family than his. When he died, full of years and ready to be gathered to his fathers, the grief that was felt over the close of his long and useful career was widespread and sincere. His best monument will be the good report he has left behind in the community in which he has lived for seventy-five years and of which he was a large and prominent part.
Although Mr. Ross was a member of no church he exemplified, by his pure and honorable life, the teaching of the golden rule, and unfailing evinced a practical peity that will long be remembered as one of the best professions.
Mr. Ross' death removed the last member of a prominent family of six children of Isom and Eliza Ross. Charles and Mary Ross died in infancy. Capt. Taylor Ross, who died in 1872, and Miss Elizabeth Ross who died in 1918.
Married Frances Bachman on 1 Nov 1859
1870 census occupation - Leather merchant
1880 census occupation - Tanner
1900 census occupation - Woolen manufactuer
1910 census occupation - Manager; spoke factory
1920 census occupation - Manufacturer; spokes & hubs
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Madison Weekly Herald
8 Dec 1921 (5 December 1921 Daily)
John B. Ross
Leading Citizen and Business Man Died Saturday Night After Brief Illness
Mr. John B. Ross, one of Madison's leading citizens and business men, passed peacefully away at his home on East street Saturday night at 8 o'clock after a brief illness. Mr. Ross suffered a stroke of paralysis early last Wednesday morning and remains in a semi-conscious condition until the end. Form the time he was stricken he was unable to speak and his death was not unexpected. He was in his 85th year and was one of the oldest and most esteemed residents of this city.
John Bullis Ross was born in Cincinnati May 22, 1837. He was a son of the late Isom and Eliza Robbins Ross, who is 1832 had bought a farm a short distance from Bryants burg, across the Ripley county line. At the age of ten years Mr. Ross moved to Madison with his parents and has resided here continuously since.
John B. Ross was married November 2, 1859, to Frances Bachman, a daughter of Alois and Emily Thiebaud Bachman, both early Indiana pioneers. There were born to them two daughters and five sons, of whom four preceded their father to the other shore. There are now living his son, Mr. Taylor W. Ross, of Newport News, Va., and in this city two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Trow, widow of George E. Trow, and Miss Frances Ross. There is also living in Madison, a grandson, Mr. John Graham Ross, a son of the late John Isom Ross, and the latter's widow, Mrs. Blanche Reynolds Ross. Mr. Ross' wife died in 1913. She was a sister of Col. Alois O. Bachman, who fell in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.
The deceased received his early education in the public schools of Madison and he attended Wabash College about 1855. For a number of years he was associated with his father in the manufacture of leather and in the palmy days of Madison the Ross xxxyard was one of the city's leading industries with a Nation-wide xxxxx superiority of its product. In later years Mr. Ross has xxx with the Thomas Graham Company, spoke manufacturers of xx he was president . He was a director of the National Branch Bank and was the oldest member of the board, both xxxxx. xxxxx
Mr. Ross was a member of Madison Lodge F. & A.M., and he was the oldest member of Fair Play Fire Company No. 1. He was a practical, and xxx and had his own was of extracting the best out life. This cheerful spirit remained with him to the last and he retained his clearness of intellect up to his closing days. He was invariably a good neighbor and there was no happier family than his. When he died, full of years and ready to be gathered to his fathers, the grief that was felt over the close of his long and useful career was widespread and sincere. His best monument will be the good report he has left behind in the community in which he has lived for seventy-five years and of which he was a large and prominent part.
Although Mr. Ross was a member of no church he exemplified, by his pure and honorable life, the teaching of the golden rule, and unfailing evinced a practical peity that will long be remembered as one of the best professions.
Mr. Ross' death removed the last member of a prominent family of six children of Isom and Eliza Ross. Charles and Mary Ross died in infancy. Capt. Taylor Ross, who died in 1872, and Miss Elizabeth Ross who died in 1918.
Son of Isom Ross and Eliza Robbins
Married Frances Bachman on 1 Nov 1859
1870 census occupation - Leather merchant
1880 census occupation - Tanner
1900 census occupation - Woolen manufactuer
1910 census occupation - Manager; spoke factory
1920 census occupation - Manufacturer; spokes & hubs
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Madison Weekly Herald
8 Dec 1921 (5 December 1921 Daily)
John B. Ross
Leading Citizen and Business Man Died Saturday Night After Brief Illness
Mr. John B. Ross, one of Madison's leading citizens and business men, passed peacefully away at his home on East street Saturday night at 8 o'clock after a brief illness. Mr. Ross suffered a stroke of paralysis early last Wednesday morning and remains in a semi-conscious condition until the end. Form the time he was stricken he was unable to speak and his death was not unexpected. He was in his 85th year and was one of the oldest and most esteemed residents of this city.
John Bullis Ross was born in Cincinnati May 22, 1837. He was a son of the late Isom and Eliza Robbins Ross, who is 1832 had bought a farm a short distance from Bryants burg, across the Ripley county line. At the age of ten years Mr. Ross moved to Madison with his parents and has resided here continuously since.
John B. Ross was married November 2, 1859, to Frances Bachman, a daughter of Alois and Emily Thiebaud Bachman, both early Indiana pioneers. There were born to them two daughters and five sons, of whom four preceded their father to the other shore. There are now living his son, Mr. Taylor W. Ross, of Newport News, Va., and in this city two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Trow, widow of George E. Trow, and Miss Frances Ross. There is also living in Madison, a grandson, Mr. John Graham Ross, a son of the late John Isom Ross, and the latter's widow, Mrs. Blanche Reynolds Ross. Mr. Ross' wife died in 1913. She was a sister of Col. Alois O. Bachman, who fell in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.
The deceased received his early education in the public schools of Madison and he attended Wabash College about 1855. For a number of years he was associated with his father in the manufacture of leather and in the palmy days of Madison the Ross xxxyard was one of the city's leading industries with a Nation-wide xxxxx superiority of its product. In later years Mr. Ross has xxx with the Thomas Graham Company, spoke manufacturers of xx he was president . He was a director of the National Branch Bank and was the oldest member of the board, both xxxxx. xxxxx
Mr. Ross was a member of Madison Lodge F. & A.M., and he was the oldest member of Fair Play Fire Company No. 1. He was a practical, and xxx and had his own was of extracting the best out life. This cheerful spirit remained with him to the last and he retained his clearness of intellect up to his closing days. He was invariably a good neighbor and there was no happier family than his. When he died, full of years and ready to be gathered to his fathers, the grief that was felt over the close of his long and useful career was widespread and sincere. His best monument will be the good report he has left behind in the community in which he has lived for seventy-five years and of which he was a large and prominent part.
Although Mr. Ross was a member of no church he exemplified, by his pure and honorable life, the teaching of the golden rule, and unfailing evinced a practical peity that will long be remembered as one of the best professions.
Mr. Ross' death removed the last member of a prominent family of six children of Isom and Eliza Ross. Charles and Mary Ross died in infancy. Capt. Taylor Ross, who died in 1872, and Miss Elizabeth Ross who died in 1918.
Married Frances Bachman on 1 Nov 1859
1870 census occupation - Leather merchant
1880 census occupation - Tanner
1900 census occupation - Woolen manufactuer
1910 census occupation - Manager; spoke factory
1920 census occupation - Manufacturer; spokes & hubs
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Madison Weekly Herald
8 Dec 1921 (5 December 1921 Daily)
John B. Ross
Leading Citizen and Business Man Died Saturday Night After Brief Illness
Mr. John B. Ross, one of Madison's leading citizens and business men, passed peacefully away at his home on East street Saturday night at 8 o'clock after a brief illness. Mr. Ross suffered a stroke of paralysis early last Wednesday morning and remains in a semi-conscious condition until the end. Form the time he was stricken he was unable to speak and his death was not unexpected. He was in his 85th year and was one of the oldest and most esteemed residents of this city.
John Bullis Ross was born in Cincinnati May 22, 1837. He was a son of the late Isom and Eliza Robbins Ross, who is 1832 had bought a farm a short distance from Bryants burg, across the Ripley county line. At the age of ten years Mr. Ross moved to Madison with his parents and has resided here continuously since.
John B. Ross was married November 2, 1859, to Frances Bachman, a daughter of Alois and Emily Thiebaud Bachman, both early Indiana pioneers. There were born to them two daughters and five sons, of whom four preceded their father to the other shore. There are now living his son, Mr. Taylor W. Ross, of Newport News, Va., and in this city two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross Trow, widow of George E. Trow, and Miss Frances Ross. There is also living in Madison, a grandson, Mr. John Graham Ross, a son of the late John Isom Ross, and the latter's widow, Mrs. Blanche Reynolds Ross. Mr. Ross' wife died in 1913. She was a sister of Col. Alois O. Bachman, who fell in the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862.
The deceased received his early education in the public schools of Madison and he attended Wabash College about 1855. For a number of years he was associated with his father in the manufacture of leather and in the palmy days of Madison the Ross xxxyard was one of the city's leading industries with a Nation-wide xxxxx superiority of its product. In later years Mr. Ross has xxx with the Thomas Graham Company, spoke manufacturers of xx he was president . He was a director of the National Branch Bank and was the oldest member of the board, both xxxxx. xxxxx
Mr. Ross was a member of Madison Lodge F. & A.M., and he was the oldest member of Fair Play Fire Company No. 1. He was a practical, and xxx and had his own was of extracting the best out life. This cheerful spirit remained with him to the last and he retained his clearness of intellect up to his closing days. He was invariably a good neighbor and there was no happier family than his. When he died, full of years and ready to be gathered to his fathers, the grief that was felt over the close of his long and useful career was widespread and sincere. His best monument will be the good report he has left behind in the community in which he has lived for seventy-five years and of which he was a large and prominent part.
Although Mr. Ross was a member of no church he exemplified, by his pure and honorable life, the teaching of the golden rule, and unfailing evinced a practical peity that will long be remembered as one of the best professions.
Mr. Ross' death removed the last member of a prominent family of six children of Isom and Eliza Ross. Charles and Mary Ross died in infancy. Capt. Taylor Ross, who died in 1872, and Miss Elizabeth Ross who died in 1918.
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