Orange County Biographies

JOSIAH ROSS

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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one of the first settlers of Santa Ana, was born in Clinton County, Indiana, in 
1844. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Thompson) Ross, a sketch of whom 
appears elsewhere in this work. For a number of years the subject of this sketch 
has been a quiet but successful tiller of the soil on his fine farm one mile 
west of Santa Ana. Most of his attention has been given to horticulture, and his 
well kept orchards show many varieties of deciduous and semi-tropical fruits. He 
has not cared to take an active part in political matters, but is a supporter in 
his quiet way of the Democratic party. About eight years ago he erected a fine 
country residence on Seventeenth street, a mile north of Santa Ana.
        He was married in Illinois, January 12, 1865, to Sarah A. Prather, a 
native of that State. Her parents were Uriah and Sarah (Ritter) Prather, natives 
respectively of Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Of their twelve children, all are 
living except two, as follows: Uriah J., who married Miss Hattie Maulsby, and is 
a successful farmer near Santa Ana; Sarah Elizabeth, William H., deceased; Eva 
Evalyn, Edward Isaac, Christie Belle, George W., David Delmar, Orma Rosanna, 
Edith Irene, deceased; Elva, Olive and Ethel.
 
SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California� Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890.  p.-  883