Ross, Stephen (1785-1854)

Name:

Ross, Stephen (1785-1854)

Born:

09/16/1785

Birthplace:

Gilmanton, NH

Died:

12/03/1854

Death Location:

Ogden, NY

Residence:

Gilmanton, NH 1785-1809
Salisbury, NH 1809-1816
Ogden, NY 1816-1854

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Cabinetmaker

Father:

Ross, Jonathan (1747-1827)

Mother:

Dudley, Sarah (1764-1852)

Relations:

The son of Jonathan Ross, cabinetmaker

Spouse:

(1) Peterson, Sarah (Sally), m. 10/22/1809
(2) Root, Salenda Rose Phelps, 1836

Children:

George W., born November 23, 1810, Salisbury, NH; died September 27, 1891
James Peterson, October 19, 1812, Salisbury, died May 25, 1876
Samuel Bartlett, born 1814; died 1890
Frances E., born 1837, died 1867

Notes:

By 1809, Ross had settled in Salisbury, NH, where he married and established a cabinetmaking shop "about one mile West of the Academy." He advertised in the Concord Gazette in 1813, his production of "Cabinet Furniture and Chairs, in good the newest fashion, which he will warrant as good...as any in the country."

Plain & Elegant, Rich & Common: Documented New Hampshire Furniture, 1750-1850. (Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical society, 1979), 68-69, 150.

James C. Ross, "History of the Ross Family," in Augusta E. N. Rich, Compiler. Ogden Centennial Pioneer Reminiscences. (Rochester, New York: John C. Moore, 1902), 50-51.

"Stephen Ross, Cabinet Maker" Advertisement, Dartmouth Gazette, Hanover, NH, May 17, 1809, 2.

"Stephen Ross" Advertisement, Concord Gazette, Concord, NH, February 2, 1813, 3.

"To Be Sold" Advertisement, Concord Gazette, Concord, NH, November 28, 1815, 4.

Colby Street Cemetery, Ogden, NY