Answer the following question: Facts: - residence: ross island - known for: ross island ross island bridge - death date: 04 january 1867 - spouse: rebecca deardorff - name: sherry ross - death place: santa clara , california - birth place: wayne county , indiana - occupation: farmer , merchant Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sherry ross -lrb- pioneer -rrb- .
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sherry ross -lrb- february 11 , 1824january 4 , 1867 -rrb- was an oregon pioneer and the namesake of ross island and ross island bridge in portland , oregon .ross arrived in the oregon country in 1845 , part of a train of 200 wagons that branched off of the oregon trail via the meek cutoff .ross filed a provisional land claim in 1846 on a parcel of roughly 400 acres surrounded by the willamette river , a location later known as ross island .in 1851 ross married rebecca deardorff , an 1850 immigrant to the oregon territory .ross operated a dairy farm on ross island and was listed as a livery stable owner at 165 first street in early portland .