Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-03-07
John j. Ross Dead.

CillLen OF mineral IOlut, man or
woman, boy or girl, when the fact
of Mr.. Ross death is entertained
for a moment, and such will be the
effect for long time to come. He
died last Sunday morning, and not
withstanding that the warning had
been waited throughout the com
munity for days previous, the an
nouncement of his death came as a
shock. Mineral Point has lost one
of the most beneficial and enter
prising citizens she ever had. Mr..
Ross settled here in lS39-ffty
years ago lacking a few months
and through all this long period of
time he was ever on the alert TO
promote the interests of the city,
its institutions and people. His
keen foresight, unerring judgment,
generosity and integrity were gifts
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which resulted benefcially, not only
to himself and family, but to hun
dreds Of others. Never was he
more contented than when he could
furnish employment for those who
needed work; aud by taking note of
his enterprising career it can be
seen how well be engineered his
affairs to enable him to be a bene-
factor to the laboring element.
Every public enterprise found Mr.
Ross ready encourager, with his
money and his efforts. The churches,
the schools all shared in his gener-
osity. Nothing came up in our
midst that had for a purpose the
welfare of man or beast or the
advancement of morality and good
government but what John J. Ross
was found an earnest supporter
thereof, But he is gone. Who can
fill his place?
Mr.. Ross was a native of Ireland.
born Nov. 20, 1919; he emigrated to
the United States and came to Wis
consin in July, 1889, locating at
Mineral Point, thus being one of the
early settlers here; he engaged in
mining; i'll lS49 went to California
returning at the close of the same
year. He brought to Galena the
first $50 gold piece made from Cal
ifomia gold. After returning to
this city he resumed his mining ope-
rations and successfully carried on
the business until his decease. He
engaged in this business more eX-
tensiyely than any other person in
the state, and sold mineral as high
as $l02 per thousand; in 1865 he
sold 100000 pounds o. mineral at
$70.50 per thousand, the l'rgest sum
ever realized at a single sale Of min
eral in this mining region. For
some years Mr. Ross had been en-
gagged in raising fine blooded stock,
and be had some Of the finest stock
in the state. When he came here
he only had thirteen sovereigns, and
by his own energy he became one
of the most successful business men
in this state; owned, besides his
large mining interests, over 5000
acres of land, also city property.
At the time Of his death and for
many years previous he was a mem
Der of the County Board Of Super
visors from this city, and has held
town offices and numerous positions
Of trust in the city. lie was one Of
the commissioners to settle the Iowa
county bond debt Ia 1854 be was
married to Miss Sarah Sproule, who
with their three children, William,
Samuel and Charles, survive him.
The funeral which took place on
Tuesday was attended by an i'm
meuse concourso Of people coming
from every home in the city and
surrounding country. Such eager
ness to embrace the last opportunity
to honor the dead Is seldom Wit
messed.
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Editor Trib1me:--My friend b.
wishes to know by What process. Of
reasoning ! reached the result 70 the