History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 693.
[Harrison County]   [Sylvan Dell Precinct]

DAVID ROSS, farmer, P. O. Shady Nook; is a native of Harrison County,
where he was born Dec. 5, 1823; his grandfather, James Ross, was a native
of Ireland, when he emigrated about 1787 and settled in Harrison County; he
was one of its first settlers, his father, David Ross, Sr., was but two and
a half years old when he came to Kentucky, being in the vigor of manhood
when the war of 1812-15 broke out, he was among the first to enlist from
Harrison County; he escaped unhurt and lived until 1852.  David Ross, Jr.,
was raised on a farm; he learned the carpenter's and and cooper's trades;
he gained a common school education by his own industry, on the 2nd of Oct.
1851, he married Dulcena, daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Orr) Paxton, and
granddaughter of Jno. Orr, Esq., of Nicholas County; he has five living
children: Mary, born June 23, 1842, and married W. H. Pope; Jno. T., Sept.
10, 1854; Granville, May 3, 1857; Wm. Yancey, April 10, 1863; Victor, Nov.
30, 1869.  In 1846, Mr. Ross enlisted in the Mexican war under Capt. Jno.
Shawhan, Col. Humphrey Marshall's 1st Kentucky Cavalry and served twelve
months; he was in the battle of Buena Vista, under Gen. Taylor and acted
principally as scout and guard; in 1878, he was elected to the Magistracy
of Sylvan Dell Precinct, over Lafayette Davis, which office he now holds;
he is a member of the Republican Christian Church; politics Democrat.

Ross Orr Paxton
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Nicholas-KY Ireland

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