Justin Ross, M. D.

    Justin Ross, M. D., was born November 15, 1839, in Brown County, Ohio, one of eight children born to Josiah and Emily (Ferguson) Ross, of whom six are yet living. His parents were natives of Ohio and of English descent. His grandfather and great-grandfather came to Ohio at an early period. Members of the family settled near Indianapolis, Indiana, where many of their descendants still reside. Dr. Ross' father was a farmer and merchant, and with his family moved to Grant County, Indiana in 1851, but from there moved to different counties in the State, finally coming to Warren County in 1865, where they yet reside.

    Dr. Ross was educated in the common schools, and was engaged in different occupations until 1864, when he began the study of medicine with Dr. A.D. Kimball, of Xenia, Indiana, and after attending two terms at Rush Medical College, in Chicago, graduated. He first located at Greentown, Howard County, Indiana, but at the end of one year came to Williamsport. Dr. Ross is the present United States Examining Surgeon for Warren County, and is a member of the Indiana State Medical Association. It was largely through his influence that the business of Williamsport was removed from the old town to its present location above the railroad.

    He belongs to both the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities, in the former having advanced to the degree of Knight Templar. He is a stanch Republican and the Secretary of the Board of Health of Warren County.

    Dr. Ross was first married to Eliza Marine in 1861, but this lad died in 1866. To his marriage with Marietta Egbert, daughter of Dr. George Egbert, of Marion, Indiana, three children have been born, only two -Hope and Arnet Earl are yet living.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.