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Research questions:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n IS THERE A CONNECTION TO SENATOR JAMES ROSS (1794-1803) OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND HIS FAMOUS LEGACY?<\/p>\n IF JAMES’ WIFE WAS “MISS” MARTHA ANDERSON, THEN WHY DOES IT SAY “MARY, WIFE OF JAMES” ON THE THOMAS CAMPBELL DEED? THIS PARCEL WAS “RELEASED” (WILLED\/GIVEN?) BY JAMES AND MARY ANDERSON. SINCE MARTHA ROSS SIGNED THE DEED, WAS THE EARLIER REFERENCE A MISTAKE OR WAS THEIR ACTUALLY A MARY ROSS (GRANDMOTHER?)?<\/p>\n WHO WERE THE OTHER ROSS’S IN MO WHERE JAMES IS BURIED?<\/p>\n WHAT FAMILY DID MARTHA RETURN TO IN PA AFTER JAMES’ DEATH? WHERE IS SHE BURIED? THERE ARE OTHER MARTHA ROSS’S: ROSS CEMETERY, LOWER BURRELL, WESTMORELAND CO.<\/p>\n ARE WE CONNECTED TO THE ROSS’S OF THE PARNASSUS PRESBYTERIAN, WESTMORELAND\/ALLEGHENY COS.<\/p>\n Newly discovered resources:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n THE 1850 U.S. CENSUS FOR WEST DEER TWP. SHOWS JAMES, MARTHA, DAUGHTER JANE AND SIBLINGS.<\/p>\n Articles begun:<\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n NONE<\/p>\n Speculation:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n MARTHA’S GRAVE IS WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED, OR SHE MAY HAVE REMARRIED AND TAKEN ANOTHER NAME.<\/p>\n Send your questions, corrections, additions, and ideas to me, LRYPEARCE@GMAIL.COM<\/a> for inclusion and full credit here and later, when future articles are posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (Last updated 3\/24\/22) Research questions: IS THERE A CONNECTION TO SENATOR JAMES ROSS (1794-1803) OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY AND HIS FAMOUS LEGACY? IF JAMES’ WIFE WAS “MISS” MARTHA ANDERSON, THEN WHY DOES IT SAY “MARY, WIFE OF JAMES” ON THE THOMAS … Continue reading