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Henry De Ross | ||
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From 'History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania', by Francis Newton Thorpe pg 27 "HENRY DeROSS. farmer, P. O. Meadville, was born in Hayfield Township, this county, March 11, 1828, son of Alexander and Susan (Cole) DeRoss. His paternal grandfather was Henry DeRoss, a native of France, who came to America with Gen. LaFayette, fought through the war of the Revolution, and afterward settled in what is now Germantown, Penn., where he married Helen German, of the family from whom Germantown bears its name. His maternal grandfather, Conrad Cole, settled in Hayfield Township, this county, in 1802, where he cleared up a farm and lived and died. Alexander DeRoss settled in Hayfield Township, this county, in 1822, on the farm now owned by our subject, which he cleared and improved and where he lived and died. He had nine children: Helen (Mrs. Judson Smith), Henry, George W., Alex. H., Conrad, Sylvester (deceased), Jonathan G. (who served in the late war, in Company H, Pennsylvania Bucktails, and was killed in the last day's fight at Hatcher's Run), Hiram C. and David E. The subject of this sketch was raised in his native township and always resided there. He was married July 2, 1854, to Catherine, daughter of Jacob and Eliza (Mosier) Stire, of Hayfield Township, this county, by whom he has had four children, Susan M. (deceased), Margaret I. (Mrs. James Hanna) Sherman and Catherine. Mr. DeRoss and wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He has held several of the minor offices in his township; in politics is a Republican." |
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