BIO:  William G. Ross, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 126

WILLIAM G. ROSS (deceased) was the son of Hugh and Rebecca (Glenn) Ross.  Hugh 
Ross, son of William and Margaret (Evans) Ross, was born May 10, 1785, in Lower 
Chanceford Township.  He succeeded his father as justice of the peace, which 
office he held about forty years, and resigned the position in 1861.  He was 
married to Rebecca Glenn.  They had three children, viz.:  William G., James E. 
(now living in Missouri) and Rebecca I. H.  William G., the eldest son, was born 
September 29, 1830, on the “Ross Homestead” in Lower Chanceford.  He received his 
early educational training in the schools of his native township, and afterward 
entered the Chamberlain Commercial College in Baltimore, where he graduated.  
Upon the death of his father, in 1873, he succeeded him as the owner of a large 
estate of 650 acres.  He married Miss Julia A. McConkey, daughter of Maj. James 
and Mary A. (Ramsay) McConkey, of Peach Bottom.  They had three children, two of 
whom – Marian and Hugh – survive.  Mr. Ross died in 1884.  He studied farming as 
a science and practiced it as an art, and at the time of his death owned one of 
the most valuable tracts of land in York County.  The large and abundant crops 
brought him in a handsome revenue as a reward for his judicious labors.  For many 
years he was a director of the York & Peach Bottom Railroad, and was also one of 
the directors of the First National Bank of York, and served in various other 
positions of honor and trust.  As a gentleman and neighbor he was universally 
esteemed and respected and was a noble representative of true manhood.  For many 
years he was a member and an active worker in Chanceford Presbyterian Church, to 
which his honored ancestors belonged.