Sonoma-San Joaquin-Stanislaus County CA Archives Biographies.....Ross, H. J. 1843 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Ross, H. J. A native of Hamburg, Erie county, New York; born April 12, 1843.
Here he resided until 1853, when he went to Chatauqua county, New York; in June,
1863, he emigrated to California, landing at San Francisco, July 22d. He soon
became a resident of San Joaquin county, where he worked for a brother for five
years, after which he proceeded to Stanislaus county, bought a six hundred and
forty acre tract of land, and engaged in farming, livery and hotel business. In
1877 he came to this county and engaged in the livery and feed business at Santa
Rosa, still retaining his land in Stanislaus county. Mr. Ross married, on
September 12, 1869, Miss Martha A. Calahan, by whom he has one daughter, Belle
D. Ross, born June 7, 1872.

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Santa Rosa Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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