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Jacob Leaphart Ross 1816–1883 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Jan 1816

Birth Location: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 16 Jan 1883

Death Location: Washington, Iowa, United States

Father: Thomas II

Mother: Catherine Leaphart

Spouse(s):

Children(s): William Ross, James Ross, John Ross

Jacob Leaphart Ross was born in 1816 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Thomas Ross Ii And Catherine Dousman Leaphart. Jacob Leaphart Ross had children including James Harvey Ross, John Pressly Ross, William Brown Ross. Jacob Leaphart Ross passed away in 1883 in Washington, Iowa, United States.

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Biography

  • Jacob Leaphart Ross was born in 1816 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of Thomas Ross Ii And Catherine Dousman Leaphart.
  • Jacob Leaphart Ross had children including James Harvey Ross, John Pressly Ross, William Brown Ross.
  • Jacob Leaphart Ross passed away in 1883 in Washington, Iowa, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas II
1786–1839
Birth Location: Finleyville, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
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Catherine Leaphart
1788–1860
Birth Location: Pennsylvania, USA
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Ross
1854–1929
Birth Location: Mahaska County, Iowa, United States of America
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James Ross
1857–1954
Birth Location: Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, United States of America
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John Ross
1852–1913
Birth Location: Mahaska, Iowa
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Jacob Ross's Ancestors

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Jacob Ross
1816–1883
Birth Place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
Thomas Ross II
1786–1839
Finleyville, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Catherine (Dousman) Leaphart
1788–1860
Pennsylvania, USA
Grandparents
Private (Thomas) Ross
1738–1813
Londongrove, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Jane (Esther) Miller
1753–1814
New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Augustus Leaphart
1745–1810
Virginia
Catherine (Elisabeth Barrickman) Bergmann
1747–1789
Mausbach, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
John Emigrant
1681–1777
Margaret Ross
1716–1782
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Ross
1645–1700
Alison Abbot
1645–1700
John Andrews
1695–1757
Margaret Bell
1699–1750

Jacob Ross's Descendants

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Jacob (Leaphart) Ross (6 Jan 1816–16 Jan 1883)
  1. 1. William (Brown) Ross 1854–1929
    1. 1. Clara (Viola) Ross 1884–1948
      1. 1. William (David) Kyle 1905–1958
  2. 2. James (Harvey) Ross 1857–1954
    1. 1. Emma (M.) Ross 1910–1981
  3. 3. John (Pressly) Ross 1852–1913
    1. 1. Lulu (May) Ross 1889–1938
      1. 1. Ruth (Elizabeth) Mattix 1917–2000
      2. 2. John (Ross) Mattix 1918–2009

Jacob Ross's Timeline

2 Records

1816
6 Jan 1816
Birth of Jacob Leaphart Ross in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
1883
16 Jan 1883
Age 67
Death of Jacob Leaphart Ross in Washington, Iowa, United States
Washington, Iowa, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Jan 1816
    Event Place: Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Jan 1883
    Event Place: Washington, Iowa, United States
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