page_title: Leonard Fulton Ross
section_title: Later life
hierarchical_section_title: Leonard Fulton Ross / Later life
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of the stock farm and residence of General Leonard F. Ross in Avon, Illinois, in the mid-1800s. From the Atlas Map of Fulton County, Illinois. Compiled, drawn, and published from personal examination and surveys by Andreas, Lyter, &amp; Co., Davenport, Iowa, 1871
context_page_description: Leonard Fulton Ross was an American lawyer, probate judge, and stock raiser who served as a first lieutenant in the Mexican-American War and as a brigadier general during the American Civil War.
context_section_description: In his later years, Ross devoted his attention to stock breeding and farming on his land near Avon, Illinois, raising several prize-winning cattle. He served as secretary and then president of the Fulton County Agricultural Society. Ross was also a Freemason and a member of Lewistown Lodge No. 104. In 1882, Ross moved to land near Iowa City, Iowa, a region that he had visited as a young man. Here he engaged in stock breeding and dairy farming, and served as president of the Red Polled Cattle Club of America and of the Johnson County Fine Stock Association. He also wrote two monographs about red polled cattle. Leonard Ross returned to Lewistown, Illinois, in 1894, where he joined his brother Lewis and others in organizing and managing the Lewistown National Bank. During the period from 1884 to 1898, Ross also traveled extensively, visiting England, Scotland, California, Oregon, Washington, Florida, Cuba, and Mexico.
caption: Stock farm and residence of General Ross near Avon, Illinois
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