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Ross, Samuel – Rossman, George P

Ross, Samuel

state senator, was born July 14, 1865, in Patchogue, N. Y., which is still his place of residence. He has served with distinction in the state senate; and filled numerous public positions of honor in his city, county and state.

Ross, Sobeiski

civil engineer, congressman, was born May 16, 1828, in Coudersport, Pa. He was engaged in settling land in the northern counties of Pennsylvania; and was elected to the forty-third congress, and re-elected to the forty-fourth congress as a republican.

Ross, Thomas

congressman, was born in 1825 in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1849 to 1853.

Ross, Thomas R

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1789. He was a presentative from Ohio to the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth congresses.

He died June 28, 1869, in Lebanon, Ohio.

Ross, William H

governor, was born in Delaware. He was elected governor of that state in 1851, continuing in office until 1855.

Ross, William Wallace

educator, lawyer, was born Dec. 24, 1834, in Seville, Ohio. For thirty-three years he has been superintendent of the schools of Fremont, Ohio; has been president of the Ohio State Teachers' association; president of the Tri-State association of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana; and president of the Ohio state board of examiners.

Rossell, William

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1761 in New Jersey. He was for many years a judge of the United States district court; and also a judge of the supreme court of New Jersey. He died June 20, 1840, in Mount Holly, N. J.

Rosser, Leonidas

clergyman, author, was born July 31, 1815, in Petersburg, Va. He was a methodist clergyman of Virginia; and the author of Baptism; Experimental Religion; Class Meetings; Recognition in Heaven; Open Communion; Initial Life; and Reply to Howell's Evils of Baptism. He died in 1892.

Rosser, Thomas Lafayette

soldier, was born Oct. 15, 1836, in Campbell county, Va. He was a brigadier-general and commanded a brigade during the civil war in the confederate cavalry in Hampton's division.

Rossiter, Clinton L

railroad president, was born Feb. 13, 1860, in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1895 he became president of the Brooklyn Heights railroad at Brooklyn, N. Y.

Rossiter, Thomas Prichard

artist, was born Sept. 29, 1817, in New Haven, Conn. He has painted a large number of historical and scriptural pictures, and also numerous portraits. He died May 17, 1871, in Cold Springs, N. Y.

Rossman, George P

lawyer, politician, was born Aug. 14, 1859, in Plymouth, Wis. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Ashland. He has been district attorney for Ashland county; and city attorney of Ashland for three terms. He has been a chairman of the county committee, a member of the state central committee for Wisconsin; and a delegate to the state convention three times.