Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-02
Jed Away without Realizing
That His Wife Had Been
Killed.
pBLE FUNERAL SATURDAY
,d 4. y. ScnntOr-Dcnth of J. d.
Sanford and George W. Smith
Of Vermont.

JohUsbury, Feb. ., The lIo |.
| han Ross, who was so seriously i'll
in an accident on the st. Jonnsbury
,r Champlain railroad crossing near
Iri Tuesday afternoon, died at
tlnok hospital at ten o'clock this
ng. He had been unconscious most
+ time since the accident and never
cd his condition or knew that his
WAS killed. All the children arrived
before he passed away.
funeral of Judge and Mrs. Ross will
cid ut the South CONGREGATIONAL
III saturday at / D. m.
SKETCH OF JUDGE ROSS.
lion. jonathan Ross was born in
Fiord. Vt, April 80. 1S-G, being tie
Royal and Eliza (Mason) Ross His
father came to Waterford from
hchusctts IN 1875 and cleared away
brcsts and cultivated a farm where
onccr's children ana childrcn's chill
We're reared. Jonathan received II
ON school education. fitted for col
ST. Jolnsbury Academy. and was
atcd from Dartmouth College in the
of 1851. Senator Proctor was II class
of his in college and a friendship
here formed which has lasted ever
The long vacations were spent in
Xng school and after graduation he
/ in Craftsbury and was later prin-
of the academy at Chelsea. While
|ls In Chelsea he entered the law Of
f Judge William Hebard and was
ted to the Orange county bar in Jan
1876. He came to St. Johnsbury in
bring of that year and assisted the
amcs X. Colby. the gifted principal
JohnsbufN Academy. Tho same year
med a partnership with the late a.
Hard. but after two years the law
haclf most of the time until he was
n judge Of the supreme court in
from 1859 to 1869 he was treasurer
Passunpsic Savings bank and was
flee of Thu, institution at the time
death. He represented St. Johns
n the lower branch of the Lcgisia
Of 'Gj. 6j and 81 and Was mem
the Senate Of 1870. In 1869 he was
nbcr Of the last board of censors
n the State.
so he was elected sixth associate
sup .".' N''' ".'o
was Nv" ''nNi !""sc " NV
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nor sr,i,b II bo ,,,o,Id ,ooo,,t ,ho
t,ncnt and shortIv .f,,r no toIo.
he vonld ,cco,t ,b;, h;ch oo;,o
h only - member of tho senate fo,
han two yoars he made q, uot,h,o
and surnrisod ovorvhodv hv hi.
iust before tho vntc an tho ru,ifi,n.
the Snunisb war treaty nv which
iited states assumed t,o con.rol n,
lilippino islands. and voted for th,
The treaty. hcinp ratified hv n mn.
of only one vote. His ,,rc,tcst
WIS on tho constitutional, roI,.
Of Porto Rico to the I'uitod States
President Mckinney afterwards said
he most onlichtouinp. treatment ~,
inject that he had seen. and lodi
Ne said. more than nnvtbiny cIso
npo his mind to tho nroscnt nolicv
United states Government in re-.
o tho annexation of territory
b his retirement from public lir,
he Was appointed by Governor
ov chairman Of the board of rail-
commissioners. He refused Il re-.
t in l?o. ana the last two years of
e were spent in law practice. lie
ropuontly contributed to the maya
in these latter years on tho rcla
'o'"o'e addresses on civic govern