WI BIO - Dodge Co - ROSS, Alexander D.

History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1880, p 685

Alexander D. ROSS, farmer, Section 14 [Calamus Township, Dodge County, 
Wisconsin, P. O. Beaver Dam [Beaver Dam Township], was born 29 June 1814 in 
Rosshire, Scotland, the third son of David and Helen ROSE, nee MONROE, was 
educated in the public school of his native county, and spent most of his 
early life with his parents on the farm.

In the summer of 1840 he took passage at Assint, Scotland, on board the ship 
"Devron," on her voyage from Glasgow to the British Provinces, and landed at 
Pictou, Nova Scotia, 19 June [1840], stopping at Pictou for four years, where 
he was engaged in various kinds of business. In 1844 he went to Providence 
[Providence County], Rhode Island, and thence direct to Boston [Suffolk 
County], Massachusetts, where for twelve years he was engaged in shipbuilding 
most of the time. He spent the winters of 1848-1849 and 1849-1850 in Mobile 
[Mobile County, Alabama] and New Orleans [New Orleans Parish, Louisiana], 
working at his trade. On 22 May 1855 he came to Dodge County, Wisconsin, and 
bought a farm of 200 acres in Section 14, town [township] of Calamus, which, 
by his own honest toil and industry, he has changed into a commodious home.

In 1855 at Boston [Suffolk County, Massachusetts] he [Alexander D. ROSS] 
married Miss Christina, daughter of George and Elizabeth McKAY, of Nova 
Scotia. They [Alexander D. and Christina (McKAY) ROSS] have had eight 
children: (1) Helen, deceased; (2) Mary Ellen, deceased; (3) David W., 
(4) Eliza M., (5) George A., (6) Clara J., (7) Anna C., and (8) Ada B. 
They are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Beaver Dam [Beaver Dam 
Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin].

Submitted by Cathy Kubly