Columbia County OR Archives Biographies.....Ross, M. D., Edwin December 31, 1864 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 455 - 456
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     EDWIN ROSS, M. D.  One of St. Helen's most highly esteemed citizens is 
Dr. Edwin Ross, who for many years has been engaged in the practice of 
medicine, in which he has been more than ordinarily successful and has been 
active and influential in matters affecting the wellbeing of the community. 
Dr. Ross was born in Fayette county, Iowa, on the 31st of December, 1864, a 
son of Levi and Mary (Morse) Ross, the former a native of Vermont and the 
latter of Maine, while both were of Scotch descent. His father, who was a 
farmer, moved to Wisconsin in 1865 and there followed agricultural pursuits 
until his death, which occurred in 1879. His wife died in 1875. To them were 
born seven children: William M., who died at St. Helens, Oregon; Joseph, who 
lives in Wisconsin; Mrs. Jennie Grimes, deceased; Mrs. Dora Barker, deceased; 
Edwin; Mrs. Hattie Synstegard, of Wisconsin; and E. A., who is engaged in the 
furniture business in St. Helens.

     Edwin Ross attended the public schools of Wisconsin, to which state the 
family moved when he was about one year old. He was also a student in Beloit 
College, at Beloit, Wisconsin, and in 1887 came to Oregon, locating at 
Pendleton, where he worked as a clerk in a drug store. In the fall of 1888 he 
went to Portland and took a course in pharmacy, and two years later located in 
St. Helens, at which time the town had a population of about two hundred and 
fifty. Here he opened a drug store and in the meantime attended the medical 
school of the University of Oregon at Portland, being graduated with the 
degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1894. He entered upon the active practice of 
his profession at St. Helens, also continuing the drug business until his 
store was destroyed by fire in 1904, since which time he has confined his 
attention to his medical practice. Well educated, with a thorough knowledge of 
the properties of drugs and an accurate diagnostician, he has rendered 
valuable service to his community and has not only enjoyed a large and 
lucrative practice, but has held a high place in the confidence of the public. 
Together with his brother, William Ross, the Doctor aided in organizing the 
first bank in Columbia county, known as the Columbia county bank, and erected 
the bank building of native stone. He is now president of the First National 
Bank of St. Helens.

     In 1903 Dr. Ross married Miss Matilda Muckle, who is a native of 
Tennessee and a daughter of Robert and Mary Elizabeth (Davis) Muckle. Her 
father was born in Canada and her mother at McConnell, Tennessee, in the manor 
house on the old Southerland plantation which consisted of thousands of acres 
taken up from the United States government in the early days when that portion 
of the state was a wilderness, the property remaining in the family for five 
generations. The parents of Mrs. Ross died in McConnell, Tennessee, and at the 
age of eight she came to Oregon to live with her uncle, the late Charles 
Muckle, of St. Helens, who in partnership with his brother, James Muckle, 
owned the sawmill and had extensive timber holdings, the brothers being 
prominently identified with the upbuilding of St. Helens through their 
business interests and other connections. They owned a sawmill, a store and a 
hotel and were prominent in the early affairs of the community.

     Dr. and Mrs. Ross have a daughter and a son, Harriet, born in Portland, 
completed the high school course at St. Helens and then pursued the courses of 
Art and Education in the University of Oregon being graduated with the B. A. 
degree in 1927. She was married June 14, 1927, to Douglas Wright of Portland, 
where they now reside. Charles M., born in St. Helens, graduated from the high 
school here, and is now a student in Pacific University, at Forest Grove, 
Oregon.

     The Doctor is a member of St. Helens Lodge, No. 32, A. F. & A. M., of 
which he is a past master; Avon Lodge, No. 62, K. P., and the Woodmen of the 
World, and he and his wife are members of the Order of the Eastern Star. They 
reside at "Tanglewood on the Columbia" one of the most attractive homes in the 
town, located on the bank of the river, and noted for the beautiful flowers 
and shrubs which are cultivated by Mrs. Ross, who is an ardent lover of 
flowers. They have long occupied an enviable position in St. Helens where they 
have an extensive circle of friends. Through his professional activities Dr. 
Ross has long rendered valuable services to his fellowmen and is still the 
loved family physician in many households.

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