Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

WILLIAM ROSS, farmer, P.O. Philadelphia; was born in Ireland, Nov. 
12, 1839; son of Samuel and Margaret (Bailey) Ross, natives of 
Ireland; he, a farmer by occupation, died in 1839; she, in 1854. 
William, the youngest of a family of six children, was educated in 
the parish schools of Ireland, and at the age of eighteen, came to 
America. In 1855, he came to this county, where he has since 
followed farming. In Beardstown, this county, in 1864, he married 
Maggie Allitt, born in Ireland, in 1842, daughter of John and 
Nancy (Bailey) Allitt, natives of Ireland; he, still living; she, 
deceased. From this union eight children have been born, viz.: 
Mary, John, Nancy, William, Walter, Ethel, Nellie, and Royal. Mr. 
Ross is an adherent of the Republican party.

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