BIO: Frank ROSS, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, page 869.
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  FRANK ROSS, whose excellent farm of seventy-three acres is situated in 
Greenwood township, one-half mile south of Curry Run, Pa., was born in Greenwood 
township, March 18, 1873, and is a son of Robert and Sarah (Read) Ross.
  Robert Ross was also born in Greenwood township, June 2, 1839, his father 
having been an early settler here.  Robert Ross followed farming and erected all 
the substantial buildings now on the property above mentioned.  About fifty 
acres of the farm has been cleared and is under an excellent state of 
cultivation.
  Robert Ross was married in August, 1861, to Sarah Read, who was born in 
Ferguson township, Clearfield county, a daughter of William Read.  They had the 
following children:  Alexander, who was born October 12, 1862, married Elizabeth 
Sharp (now deceased), and had six children - Zoe, Erma, Clell, Maggie, Thomas 
and Ruth; Clara, who married Robert McMaster, and has five children - John, 
Merl, Vern, Frank and Stella; Minerva, who married Mert Millen, of Lawrence 
township; Agnes, Frank and George, all of whom are unmarried; Harry, who married 
Erma Campbell, and has seven children - Arthur, Pearl, Claire, Minnie, Blair, 
Ada and Lloyd; Sarah, who is the wife of Harvey Rainey, of Westover, Pa., and 
has three children - Clara, Robert and Don; and Eli and William, who still live 
at home.  The Ross family has always been Democratic in its political faith.  
They all attend the Methodist Episcopal church.  This family is widely known and 
its members are held in esteem, father and sons being good farmers, kind 
neighbors and reliable citizens.