The ROSS Cemetery as it appeared on Sunday, December 2, 2001. There are a few unmarked stones in the cemetery. The following photos are of marked monuments which presently exist. HISTORY OF CEMETERY: James Penn ROSS acquired the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 21 Township 6 North Range 3 West, containing 80 acres from the US Government in 1838. In 1844 he acquired the SE ¼ SW ¼ Section 21-6-3 containing 40 acres and in 1847 he acquired the NE ¼ SW ¼ Section 21-6-3 containing 40 acres. In 1853, James acquired the adjoining W ½ SE ¼ Section 21-6-3 which contained 80 acres, upon which the ROSS Cemetery is located. Partials from these lands where acquired from James Penn ROSS by his son, William E. ROSS, and by his son-in-law, Acquilla EDINGTON. James HUDSON was also acquiring land holdings in Section 21-6-3 at about the same time as James Penn ROSS. After the death of James Penn ROSS in 1864, James HUDSON acquired a large partial of land from the ROSS Estate, which included the ROSS Cemetery in which several of the HUDSON children had been buried. On June 23, 1876, James HUDSON sold a right-of-way of 80 feet through his property to the BEDFORD, SPRINGVILLE, OWENSBURG & BLOOMFIELD Railroad Company, On February 19, 1880 the deed to the right-of-way was recorded by the new owners who eventually completed the railroad. The railroad was not a financial success and was later acquired and was renamed the Monon Railroad which ceased operation in about 1935. The ROSS Cemetery adjoined the railroad right-of-way and access to, and from, the cemetery is routed over the long abandoned railroad. Some of the graves may have been moved elsewhere when the railroad was built. The cemetery was apparently restored and fenced prior to 1993.