From "History of Wabash County, Indiana," pub. 1884, pg 259.
CAPT. LEVI ROSS, the youngest son of William Olin Ross, long a resident of this county, was a native of this State, born in the town of Greenfield, Hancock Co., Ind., on the 28th of August 1829. When a little more than eleven years old , with his parenuts he left Greenfield and came to Wabash County, settling on the the southeastern portion of Section 4, Township 27, Range 6 east, in Noble township, that location continuing to be the family homestead for many years. The primary educational privileges of young Ross were the best the country afforded in that early day, in Wabash County at that time meager enough. Not long afterward, when of more mature age, in order to secure the advantages of more advanced study under more efficient instructors, he was sent by his father to Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, where, for a time, he enjoyed the benefits imparted within the walls of that venerable institution.
About the time of his return from college, or perhaps a little later, the difficulties with Mexico and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States against that people, was the absorbing topic of the day. The young student became so enthused with the warlike spirit everywhere pervading the country, that he determined to enroll his name among those of his companions and friends already on the lists. His name was enrolled accordingly, but his father, upon being informed of his son's proposed movement, had his name stricken off, on the grounds of minority. But it was no use, and in order to evade the parental restriction imposed, as soon as the enlisted men had started on a canal boat to join their comrades at Fort Wayne, he took advantage of the opportunity, and instead of embarking with the others followed them, and at a time when the boat was passing under a bridge in the vicinity of LaGro, jumped on board without difficulty, and soon after enlisted again as a member of Company F-—David W. Lewis, Captain-—of the First Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. On the 16th day of June, 1846, the newly organized company started en route for the seat of war, securing transportation from Fort Wayne to Cincinnati by canal boat, and thence by steamboat to New Albany, where the regiment was organized, with Col. James P. Drake in command, and mustered into the service of the United States on the 23d of June, just one week after leaving Fort Wayne, leaving there for the mouth of the Rio Grande on the 2nd of July. Having faithfully served during the period of his enlistment, he returned, with other members of the company to Wabash, and to bis home toward the end of June, 1847.
Afterward in 1854, in company with others desirous of visiting the "land of gold' he went to California, where he consumed two years in search for the precious metal. Satisfied with his experiences, he returned to his home and family, and to the active duties of farm life again, where he remained during the following year, and then moved to Wabash entering upon an active business career, which was continued until the breaking out of the war, in 1861. Inspired anew with military ardor, he could not forego the privilege of again entering the fields of carnage in his country's defense, but at once took part in the active operations in progress for the enlistment of soldiers pursuant to the calls of the President and Gov. Morton, and by his example and spirit, secured the enlistment of a large number of men for the cavalry service. Upon the organization of Company F, of the Forty-first Regiment, Second Cavalry, he was elected First Lieutenant, and was mustered into service on the 21st of October, 1861, having been previously commissioned as such October 5, 1861. After the resignation of Capt. Thomas, he was promoted Captain in his stead April 15, 1862, for meritorious service in the battle field. Following the fortunes of his company and regiment, through the varied experiences in camp, on the march and upon the battle field, glorying in the cause which again induced him to take up arms and enter upon the active duties of a soldier's life. While stationed at Louisville, Ky., engaged in enlisting recruits to supply the decimated ranks of his regiment, he was taken suddenly ill, in the latter part of February, 1863, and the inroads of the disease upon his constitution were such that on the 7th of March following he yielded up his weary spirit, and passed to the life beyond. His remains were afterward sent home, and buried with military honors in Falls Cemetery.
In his life Capt. Ross was an amiable Christian gentleman, and his worthy example as citizen, soldier and companion, will continue to exert an influence for good in the manner and conversation of a family and friends.
Mr. Ross was married on the 1st day of November, 1849, to Miss Susan C., daughter of Philip and Clarissa Goodlander, long a resident of the same neighborhood in which the Ross homestead was situated. Three children were born to them as the issue of that marriage, two sons and a daughter. Of the sons, one of them is engaged on the Pan Handle Railroad, and the other, W.W. Ross, at present is Cashier in the First National Bank at Logansport, Ind. Mrs. Ross was born at the Goodlandcr homestead, about two and a half miles north of Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., and in 1834, when quite young, moved with her parents to Noble Township, Wabash County, where her father died some years since, and where her mother now resides, surrounded with the comforts of life, suitable to her advanced age. She was afterward married, as has been elsewhere stated, on the 1st day of November 1849, and her husband died in the service of his country, March 7, 1863, leaving her a competency. In her widowed life she is in possession of a comfortable home and a sufficiency of this worlds goods to render the remaining portion of her earthly pilgrimage as joyous and happy save in the companionship of her deceased husband, as her station in life and the society of her children can make it.
CAPT. LEVI ROSS, the youngest son of William Olin Ross, long a resident of this county, was a native of this State, born in the town of Greenfield, Hancock Co., Ind., on the 28th of August 1829. When a little more than eleven years old , with his parenuts he left Greenfield and came to Wabash County, settling on the the southeastern portion of Section 4, Township 27, Range 6 east, in Noble township, that location continuing to be the family homestead for many years. The primary educational privileges of young Ross were the best the country afforded in that early day, in Wabash County at that time meager enough. Not long afterward, when of more mature age, in order to secure the advantages of more advanced study under more efficient instructors, he was sent by his father to Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, where, for a time, he enjoyed the benefits imparted within the walls of that venerable institution.
About the time of his return from college, or perhaps a little later, the difficulties with Mexico and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States against that people, was the absorbing topic of the day. The young student became so enthused with the warlike spirit everywhere pervading the country, that he determined to enroll his name among those of his companions and friends already on the lists. His name was enrolled accordingly, but his father, upon being informed of his son's proposed movement, had his name stricken off, on the grounds of minority. But it was no use, and in order to evade the parental restriction imposed, as soon as the enlisted men had started on a canal boat to join their comrades at Fort Wayne, he took advantage of the opportunity, and instead of embarking with the others followed them, and at a time when the boat was passing under a bridge in the vicinity of LaGro, jumped on board without difficulty, and soon after enlisted again as a member of Company F-—David W. Lewis, Captain-—of the First Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. On the 16th day of June, 1846, the newly organized company started en route for the seat of war, securing transportation from Fort Wayne to Cincinnati by canal boat, and thence by steamboat to New Albany, where the regiment was organized, with Col. James P. Drake in command, and mustered into the service of the United States on the 23d of June, just one week after leaving Fort Wayne, leaving there for the mouth of the Rio Grande on the 2nd of July. Having faithfully served during the period of his enlistment, he returned, with other members of the company to Wabash, and to bis home toward the end of June, 1847.
Afterward in 1854, in company with others desirous of visiting the "land of gold' he went to California, where he consumed two years in search for the precious metal. Satisfied with his experiences, he returned to his home and family, and to the active duties of farm life again, where he remained during the following year, and then moved to Wabash entering upon an active business career, which was continued until the breaking out of the war, in 1861. Inspired anew with military ardor, he could not forego the privilege of again entering the fields of carnage in his country's defense, but at once took part in the active operations in progress for the enlistment of soldiers pursuant to the calls of the President and Gov. Morton, and by his example and spirit, secured the enlistment of a large number of men for the cavalry service. Upon the organization of Company F, of the Forty-first Regiment, Second Cavalry, he was elected First Lieutenant, and was mustered into service on the 21st of October, 1861, having been previously commissioned as such October 5, 1861. After the resignation of Capt. Thomas, he was promoted Captain in his stead April 15, 1862, for meritorious service in the battle field. Following the fortunes of his company and regiment, through the varied experiences in camp, on the march and upon the battle field, glorying in the cause which again induced him to take up arms and enter upon the active duties of a soldier's life. While stationed at Louisville, Ky., engaged in enlisting recruits to supply the decimated ranks of his regiment, he was taken suddenly ill, in the latter part of February, 1863, and the inroads of the disease upon his constitution were such that on the 7th of March following he yielded up his weary spirit, and passed to the life beyond. His remains were afterward sent home, and buried with military honors in Falls Cemetery.
In his life Capt. Ross was an amiable Christian gentleman, and his worthy example as citizen, soldier and companion, will continue to exert an influence for good in the manner and conversation of a family and friends.
Mr. Ross was married on the 1st day of November, 1849, to Miss Susan C., daughter of Philip and Clarissa Goodlander, long a resident of the same neighborhood in which the Ross homestead was situated. Three children were born to them as the issue of that marriage, two sons and a daughter. Of the sons, one of them is engaged on the Pan Handle Railroad, and the other, W.W. Ross, at present is Cashier in the First National Bank at Logansport, Ind. Mrs. Ross was born at the Goodlandcr homestead, about two and a half miles north of Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., and in 1834, when quite young, moved with her parents to Noble Township, Wabash County, where her father died some years since, and where her mother now resides, surrounded with the comforts of life, suitable to her advanced age. She was afterward married, as has been elsewhere stated, on the 1st day of November 1849, and her husband died in the service of his country, March 7, 1863, leaving her a competency. In her widowed life she is in possession of a comfortable home and a sufficiency of this worlds goods to render the remaining portion of her earthly pilgrimage as joyous and happy save in the companionship of her deceased husband, as her station in life and the society of her children can make it.
From "History of Wabash County, Indiana," pub. 1884, pg 259.
CAPT. LEVI ROSS, the youngest son of William Olin Ross, long a resident of this county, was a native of this State, born in the town of Greenfield, Hancock Co., Ind., on the 28th of August 1829. When a little more than eleven years old , with his parenuts he left Greenfield and came to Wabash County, settling on the the southeastern portion of Section 4, Township 27, Range 6 east, in Noble township, that location continuing to be the family homestead for many years. The primary educational privileges of young Ross were the best the country afforded in that early day, in Wabash County at that time meager enough. Not long afterward, when of more mature age, in order to secure the advantages of more advanced study under more efficient instructors, he was sent by his father to Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, where, for a time, he enjoyed the benefits imparted within the walls of that venerable institution.
About the time of his return from college, or perhaps a little later, the difficulties with Mexico and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States against that people, was the absorbing topic of the day. The young student became so enthused with the warlike spirit everywhere pervading the country, that he determined to enroll his name among those of his companions and friends already on the lists. His name was enrolled accordingly, but his father, upon being informed of his son's proposed movement, had his name stricken off, on the grounds of minority. But it was no use, and in order to evade the parental restriction imposed, as soon as the enlisted men had started on a canal boat to join their comrades at Fort Wayne, he took advantage of the opportunity, and instead of embarking with the others followed them, and at a time when the boat was passing under a bridge in the vicinity of LaGro, jumped on board without difficulty, and soon after enlisted again as a member of Company F-—David W. Lewis, Captain-—of the First Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. On the 16th day of June, 1846, the newly organized company started en route for the seat of war, securing transportation from Fort Wayne to Cincinnati by canal boat, and thence by steamboat to New Albany, where the regiment was organized, with Col. James P. Drake in command, and mustered into the service of the United States on the 23d of June, just one week after leaving Fort Wayne, leaving there for the mouth of the Rio Grande on the 2nd of July. Having faithfully served during the period of his enlistment, he returned, with other members of the company to Wabash, and to bis home toward the end of June, 1847.
Afterward in 1854, in company with others desirous of visiting the "land of gold' he went to California, where he consumed two years in search for the precious metal. Satisfied with his experiences, he returned to his home and family, and to the active duties of farm life again, where he remained during the following year, and then moved to Wabash entering upon an active business career, which was continued until the breaking out of the war, in 1861. Inspired anew with military ardor, he could not forego the privilege of again entering the fields of carnage in his country's defense, but at once took part in the active operations in progress for the enlistment of soldiers pursuant to the calls of the President and Gov. Morton, and by his example and spirit, secured the enlistment of a large number of men for the cavalry service. Upon the organization of Company F, of the Forty-first Regiment, Second Cavalry, he was elected First Lieutenant, and was mustered into service on the 21st of October, 1861, having been previously commissioned as such October 5, 1861. After the resignation of Capt. Thomas, he was promoted Captain in his stead April 15, 1862, for meritorious service in the battle field. Following the fortunes of his company and regiment, through the varied experiences in camp, on the march and upon the battle field, glorying in the cause which again induced him to take up arms and enter upon the active duties of a soldier's life. While stationed at Louisville, Ky., engaged in enlisting recruits to supply the decimated ranks of his regiment, he was taken suddenly ill, in the latter part of February, 1863, and the inroads of the disease upon his constitution were such that on the 7th of March following he yielded up his weary spirit, and passed to the life beyond. His remains were afterward sent home, and buried with military honors in Falls Cemetery.
In his life Capt. Ross was an amiable Christian gentleman, and his worthy example as citizen, soldier and companion, will continue to exert an influence for good in the manner and conversation of a family and friends.
Mr. Ross was married on the 1st day of November, 1849, to Miss Susan C., daughter of Philip and Clarissa Goodlander, long a resident of the same neighborhood in which the Ross homestead was situated. Three children were born to them as the issue of that marriage, two sons and a daughter. Of the sons, one of them is engaged on the Pan Handle Railroad, and the other, W.W. Ross, at present is Cashier in the First National Bank at Logansport, Ind. Mrs. Ross was born at the Goodlandcr homestead, about two and a half miles north of Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., and in 1834, when quite young, moved with her parents to Noble Township, Wabash County, where her father died some years since, and where her mother now resides, surrounded with the comforts of life, suitable to her advanced age. She was afterward married, as has been elsewhere stated, on the 1st day of November 1849, and her husband died in the service of his country, March 7, 1863, leaving her a competency. In her widowed life she is in possession of a comfortable home and a sufficiency of this worlds goods to render the remaining portion of her earthly pilgrimage as joyous and happy save in the companionship of her deceased husband, as her station in life and the society of her children can make it.
CAPT. LEVI ROSS, the youngest son of William Olin Ross, long a resident of this county, was a native of this State, born in the town of Greenfield, Hancock Co., Ind., on the 28th of August 1829. When a little more than eleven years old , with his parenuts he left Greenfield and came to Wabash County, settling on the the southeastern portion of Section 4, Township 27, Range 6 east, in Noble township, that location continuing to be the family homestead for many years. The primary educational privileges of young Ross were the best the country afforded in that early day, in Wabash County at that time meager enough. Not long afterward, when of more mature age, in order to secure the advantages of more advanced study under more efficient instructors, he was sent by his father to Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, where, for a time, he enjoyed the benefits imparted within the walls of that venerable institution.
About the time of his return from college, or perhaps a little later, the difficulties with Mexico and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States against that people, was the absorbing topic of the day. The young student became so enthused with the warlike spirit everywhere pervading the country, that he determined to enroll his name among those of his companions and friends already on the lists. His name was enrolled accordingly, but his father, upon being informed of his son's proposed movement, had his name stricken off, on the grounds of minority. But it was no use, and in order to evade the parental restriction imposed, as soon as the enlisted men had started on a canal boat to join their comrades at Fort Wayne, he took advantage of the opportunity, and instead of embarking with the others followed them, and at a time when the boat was passing under a bridge in the vicinity of LaGro, jumped on board without difficulty, and soon after enlisted again as a member of Company F-—David W. Lewis, Captain-—of the First Regiment of Indiana Volunteers. On the 16th day of June, 1846, the newly organized company started en route for the seat of war, securing transportation from Fort Wayne to Cincinnati by canal boat, and thence by steamboat to New Albany, where the regiment was organized, with Col. James P. Drake in command, and mustered into the service of the United States on the 23d of June, just one week after leaving Fort Wayne, leaving there for the mouth of the Rio Grande on the 2nd of July. Having faithfully served during the period of his enlistment, he returned, with other members of the company to Wabash, and to bis home toward the end of June, 1847.
Afterward in 1854, in company with others desirous of visiting the "land of gold' he went to California, where he consumed two years in search for the precious metal. Satisfied with his experiences, he returned to his home and family, and to the active duties of farm life again, where he remained during the following year, and then moved to Wabash entering upon an active business career, which was continued until the breaking out of the war, in 1861. Inspired anew with military ardor, he could not forego the privilege of again entering the fields of carnage in his country's defense, but at once took part in the active operations in progress for the enlistment of soldiers pursuant to the calls of the President and Gov. Morton, and by his example and spirit, secured the enlistment of a large number of men for the cavalry service. Upon the organization of Company F, of the Forty-first Regiment, Second Cavalry, he was elected First Lieutenant, and was mustered into service on the 21st of October, 1861, having been previously commissioned as such October 5, 1861. After the resignation of Capt. Thomas, he was promoted Captain in his stead April 15, 1862, for meritorious service in the battle field. Following the fortunes of his company and regiment, through the varied experiences in camp, on the march and upon the battle field, glorying in the cause which again induced him to take up arms and enter upon the active duties of a soldier's life. While stationed at Louisville, Ky., engaged in enlisting recruits to supply the decimated ranks of his regiment, he was taken suddenly ill, in the latter part of February, 1863, and the inroads of the disease upon his constitution were such that on the 7th of March following he yielded up his weary spirit, and passed to the life beyond. His remains were afterward sent home, and buried with military honors in Falls Cemetery.
In his life Capt. Ross was an amiable Christian gentleman, and his worthy example as citizen, soldier and companion, will continue to exert an influence for good in the manner and conversation of a family and friends.
Mr. Ross was married on the 1st day of November, 1849, to Miss Susan C., daughter of Philip and Clarissa Goodlander, long a resident of the same neighborhood in which the Ross homestead was situated. Three children were born to them as the issue of that marriage, two sons and a daughter. Of the sons, one of them is engaged on the Pan Handle Railroad, and the other, W.W. Ross, at present is Cashier in the First National Bank at Logansport, Ind. Mrs. Ross was born at the Goodlandcr homestead, about two and a half miles north of Connersville, Fayette County, Ind., and in 1834, when quite young, moved with her parents to Noble Township, Wabash County, where her father died some years since, and where her mother now resides, surrounded with the comforts of life, suitable to her advanced age. She was afterward married, as has been elsewhere stated, on the 1st day of November 1849, and her husband died in the service of his country, March 7, 1863, leaving her a competency. In her widowed life she is in possession of a comfortable home and a sufficiency of this worlds goods to render the remaining portion of her earthly pilgrimage as joyous and happy save in the companionship of her deceased husband, as her station in life and the society of her children can make it.
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