Jacob Allen Ross (Washington County)
State House: 1871
Born: c. 1848 in Kentucky
Minister and attorney. Lost an arm while serving in the war or in a fight, depending on the source. Listed on the 1870 census in Greenville, occupation "U.S. Marshal," with real estate valued at $18,000. According to newspaper articles from August 1875, he and William Gray were involved in a violent shooting incident in Greenville. Ross eventually left Mississippi and returned to Kentucky, where he was active in the Democratic party. In April of 1899, Ross was sentenced to the state penitentiary for five months for collecting a fraudulent pension fee.
Links:
C. C. Shackleford's testimony about Ross and the 1875 incident
Signature of Jacob Allen Ross from an 1873 letter to Governor Ames
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, 7 May 1870
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, 10 Dec 1870
New National Era, 22 Feb 1872
Vicksburg Daily Times, 29 Feb 1872
Vicksburg Daily Times, 9 Mar 1872
Vicksburg Herald, 10 Apr 1873
Letter to Governor Ames, 26 Dec 1873
Letter to Governor Ames, 18 Feb 1874
Vicksburg Herald, 26 Aug 1874
Weekly Democrat-Times, 22 Aug 1874
Clarion-Ledger, 27 Aug 1874
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, 30 Jan 1875
Weekly Democrat-Times, 8 May 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, 8 May 1875
Clarion-Ledger, 12 May 1875
Vicksburg Herald, 15 Aug 1875
Vicksburg Herald, 17 Aug 1875
Vicksburg Herald, 17 Aug 1875
Clarion-Ledger, 18 Aug 1875
Weekly Mississippi Pilot, 21 Aug 1875
Daily Mississippi Pilot, 21 Sep 1875
Clarion-Ledger, 9 Oct 1875
Daily Evening Express, 8 May 1876
Weekly Democrat-Times, 18 Aug 1877
Port Gibson Reveille, 18 Aug 1877
Salt Lake Herald, 22 Sep 1883
Louisville Courier-Journal, 29 Feb 1888
Louisville Courier-Journal, 11 Nov 1888
Barton County Democrat, 30 Jun 1892
Earlington Bee, 13 Jul 1893
Buffalo Enquirer, 22 Aug 1893
Louisville Courier-Journal, 16 Jan 1895
Louisville Courier-Journal, 30 Jun 1895
Louisville Courier-Journal, 14 Apr 1899
Evening Star, 17 Apr 1899
Interior Journal, 25 Apr 1899
Louisville Courier-Journal, 9 Feb 1901
Louisville Courier-Journal, 31 Mar 1903
Louisville Courier-Journal, 21 Aug 1909