Son of:
Jeremiah Ross 1721 – 1777
Ann (Paine) Ross 1720 – 1813
Husband of:
Elizabeth (Sterling) Ross 1768 – 1816
Father of:
Sarah Sterling Ross 1793 – 1864 Wife of Edward M. Covel
Eliza Irene Ross 1794 – Wife of Peter P. Loop
Caroline Ann Ross 1797 – 1885 Wife of Samuel Maffett, 2nd husband Elisha Atherton
William Sterling Ross 1802 – 1868 Husband of Ruth Trip Slocum, daughter of Joseph Slocum and Sarah Fell
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Two of Gen. Ross' brothers, Perrin and Jeremiah, were slain in the Wyoming battle. At the flight the family were scattered, passing through the wilderness in great privation and suffering, by different routes, young Ross, with his mother, taking the lower or Nescopeck way. Soon after the coming here of Spalding and his command, they returned. Having a taste for military affairs, he soon rose by regular gradation from major to brigade inspector, and then general in the militia. For twenty years he held the commission of a magistrate, and during the last war, 1812, was chosen to represent the district composed of Northumberland and Luzerne in the senate of the State. A strong-minded man, he had studied human nature in the school of active life to great advantage, and performed the duties of all the various stations to which he was called with intelligence and integrity. He [p.352] was tall, straight, extremely active; he started early and he moved fast who ever got ahead of him. A zealous Democrat, of ardent temperament, he was among the most influential leaders of his party, and most feared by his opponents. In 1803 or 1804, having so far made his payment as to feel the full force of independence, Col. Ross resolved, with natural pride, and not an incommendable spirit, to visit his birthplace in Connecticut. Mounted on a high-spirited and elegant steed, black as jet, with holsters and pistols, his dress elegant, though unostentatious, he visited New London county, his native home.
(History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania; H. C. Bradsby, Editor
S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893)

Son of:
Jeremiah Ross 1721 – 1777
Ann (Paine) Ross 1720 – 1813
Husband of:
Elizabeth (Sterling) Ross 1768 – 1816
Father of:
Sarah Sterling Ross 1793 – 1864 Wife of Edward M. Covel
Eliza Irene Ross 1794 – Wife of Peter P. Loop
Caroline Ann Ross 1797 – 1885 Wife of Samuel Maffett, 2nd husband Elisha Atherton
William Sterling Ross 1802 – 1868 Husband of Ruth Trip Slocum, daughter of Joseph Slocum and Sarah Fell
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Two of Gen. Ross' brothers, Perrin and Jeremiah, were slain in the Wyoming battle. At the flight the family were scattered, passing through the wilderness in great privation and suffering, by different routes, young Ross, with his mother, taking the lower or Nescopeck way. Soon after the coming here of Spalding and his command, they returned. Having a taste for military affairs, he soon rose by regular gradation from major to brigade inspector, and then general in the militia. For twenty years he held the commission of a magistrate, and during the last war, 1812, was chosen to represent the district composed of Northumberland and Luzerne in the senate of the State. A strong-minded man, he had studied human nature in the school of active life to great advantage, and performed the duties of all the various stations to which he was called with intelligence and integrity. He [p.352] was tall, straight, extremely active; he started early and he moved fast who ever got ahead of him. A zealous Democrat, of ardent temperament, he was among the most influential leaders of his party, and most feared by his opponents. In 1803 or 1804, having so far made his payment as to feel the full force of independence, Col. Ross resolved, with natural pride, and not an incommendable spirit, to visit his birthplace in Connecticut. Mounted on a high-spirited and elegant steed, black as jet, with holsters and pistols, his dress elegant, though unostentatious, he visited New London county, his native home.
(History of Luzerne County Pennsylvania; H. C. Bradsby, Editor
S. B. Nelson & Co., Publishers, 1893)