Mecklenburg County, NC - Obituary of Capt. Alexander Ross, 1823

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OBITUARY FROM "WESTERN CAROLINIAN" OF SEPT. 2, 1823:

DIED

'In the prime of his life, at his seat on the Catawba River, Mecklenburg 
Co., NC., Capt. Alexander Ross,--eminent for his honesty, integrity, and 
firm patriotic principals. He was the last son of the Revolutionary hero, 
Maj. Francis Ross, of S. C. who fell in the struggle for the independence 
of his country. Capt. Ross left a numerous family of children, and 
respectable connections, who will long lament their irreparable loss.'

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