Biographical Sketch of Columbus M. Ross, M.D., Texas County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, from Earliest Times to the Present" Published by Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** Columbus M. Ross, M.D., graduate of St. Louis Medical College, and physician and merchant at Houston, was born in Giles County, Tenn., February 8, 1833, and is the son of Elam L. and Dorcas (Vansandt) Ross, both natives of Tennessee. The parents left their native State in 1856, locating near Marshfield, MO., and here the father followed agricultural pursuits the remainder of his life. He died in Marshfield in March, 1857, at the age of fifty-seven years. The mother is yet living, is seventy-four years of age, and is now a resident of Polk County, MO. Both parents were members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, South. The paternal grandfather of our sub- ject was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He immigrated to Middle Tennessee about 1800, and there died at the extreme age of ninety eight years. He and two sons were in the War of 1812. Columbus M. Ross was the eldest child born to his parents. He received his educa- tion at Pleasant Grove Male Academy, and began the study of medicine at Ashland, Tenn., receiving his diploma in 1866. In 1856 he came to Missouri, locating at Marshfield, and began the practice of his pro- fession. At the breaking out of the late war he entered the Confed- erate army as assistant surgeon in the Seventh Brigade, Missouri State Guard, and was afterward surgeon. At the close of the war he went to Illinois, and remained in Montgomery County for three years; then in 1868 he came to Houston, where he was engaged in the success- ful practice of his profession until 1882, when he was elected county clerk. He held this position three years. Dr. Ross has been married three times, first in 1857 to Miss Adaline Matilda Cloud, who died at Springfield, MO., in 1862, leaving two children, Beauregard and Ada- line. In 1864 the doctor took for his second wife Miss Susan A. Mc- Clary, who died in 1869, leaving two children: C. M., Jr. and Susan A. In 1870 Dr. Ross married Mrs. Mary A. McClellan. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is one of the oldest Masons in Southern Missouri. He is a Democrat in his political views. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Debbie Linton Penny Harrell ====================================================================