death_date children allegiance birth_date signature honorific_prefix laterwork death_place image_size placeofburial_label battles placeofburial spouse rank image name caption birth_place article_title
20 january 1837 6 united states of america 16 august 1790 signature of ossian m ross.svg major farmer , merchant , hotel owner , ferry owner havana , illinois 300 place of burial war of 1812 winnebago war oak hill cemetery lewistown , illinois mary -lrb- polly -rrb- winans major portrait archives.jpg of ossian m. ross from havana public library ossian m. ross portrait painted in new york around 1820 before he left for of illinois . the original painting hangs in -lsb- http://www.teallake.com ross ossian teal lake lodge -rsb- . m. ross on wood , probably dutchess county , new york ossian m. ross

ossian m. ross

ossian m. ross -lrb- august 16 , 1790 - january 20 , 1837 -rrb- was a pioneer farmer , stock-raiser , and merchant in illinois , who served as a major in the war of 1812 and subsequently founded the illinois towns of lewistown and havana , and who also played a prominent role in establishing fulton and mason counties in that state .
