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Ross family

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Simon Frye (1737-1822) — of Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine. Born in Andover, Essex County, Mass., September 29, 1737. Member of Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1770; member of Massachusetts state senate, 1780; member of Massachusetts Governor's Council, 1790. Died in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, October 1, 1822 (age 85 years, 2 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Great-grandfather-in-law of William Wallace Ross.
  Political family: Ross family.
  Edmund Gibson Ross (1826-1907) — also known as Edmund G. Ross — of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kan. Born in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, December 7, 1826. Republican. Delegate to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1859; major in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1866-71; candidate for Governor of Kansas, 1880; Governor of New Mexico Territory, 1885-89. Presbyterian. Thought to have cast the deciding vote in the Senate to acquit President Andrew Johnson. His grandson, Edmund Fessenden Cobb, was an actor who appeared in over 200 movies and serials including Citizen Kane and The Last Hurrah. Died, of pneumonia, in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, N.M., May 8, 1907 (age 80 years, 152 days). Interment at Fairview Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Sylvester Flint Ross and Sinthy (Rice) Ross; brother-in-law of Edwin Mortimer Hewins; brother of William Wallace Ross; married to Fanny M. Lathrop; uncle of May Ross (who married Meredith Pinxton Snyder).
  Political family: Ross family.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Books about Edmund G. Ross: John F. Kennedy, Profiles in Courage
  William Wallace Ross (1828-1889) — of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kan. Born in Huron, Erie County, Ohio, December 25, 1828. Republican. Newspaper publisher; delegate to Kansas state constitutional convention, 1857; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1860; mayor of Topeka, Kan., 1865-66. Died, of stomach cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., June 5, 1889 (age 60 years, 162 days). Original interment at Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.; reinterment in 1924 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Sylvester Flint Ross and Sinthy (Rice) Ross; brother-in-law of Edwin Mortimer Hewins; brother of Edmund Gibson Ross; father of May Ross (who married Meredith Pinxton Snyder); great-grandson-in-law of Simon Frye.
  Political family: Ross family.
  The city of Rossville, Kansas, is named for him.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Edwin Mortimer Hewins (1839-1898) — of Cedarvale, Chautauqua County, Kan. Born in Lorain County, Ohio, March 22, 1839. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; member of Kansas state house of representatives 95th District, 1877-79; member of Kansas state senate 21st District, 1885-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1888. Member, Freemasons. Died in Douglas, Converse County, Wyo., 1898 (age about 59 years). Interment a private or family graveyard, Converse County, Wyo.
  Relatives: Brother-in-law of Edmund Gibson Ross and William Wallace Ross.
  Political family: Ross family.
  Meredith Pinxton Snyder (1859-1937) — also known as Meredith P. Snyder; Pinky Snyder — of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, N.C., October 22, 1859. Democrat. Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 1896-98, 1900-04, 1919-21; defeated, 1898, 1904, 1917, 1921. Protestant. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Elks. Died of bladder cancer, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., April 7, 1937 (age 77 years, 167 days). Interment at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.
  Relatives: Son of Kehlin D. Snyder and Elizabeth (Hier) Snyder; married to May Ross (daughter of William Wallace Ross; niece of Edmund Gibson Ross); father of Capt. Ross Snyder.
  Political family: Ross family.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
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