JOHN SALEM ROSS

JOHN SALEM ROSS

JAN. 1, 1836

DEC. 3, 1919

He and his wife was living in a small house up on what was Chester Loar’s until their deaths, He was the first to be Buried at the George Henry Loar Cemetery where my dad and Grandparents are buried.

He was a part time preacher and rode horses to the different Churches. He was considered and "Circuit Riding Preacher". They claimed (the ones that knew him) that he would go up on the hill where he is now buried and Pray and they claimed that all of "Loartown could hear him praying".

Of this individual the death certificate states his name as "George Salem Ross" and signed by his son "William Lacey Ross" my great-grandfather.

Veteran of Civil War "War Department" States That:

John Ross Private of Company "D", 2" Regiment "Upper Potomac Home Brigade" Volunteers was enrolled on the 23rd day of July 1861, at Piedmont Virginia 3 years and borne on the rolls of Company from Muster in to October 31, 1861 presence or absence not stated. Nov and Dec 1861 absent, and detached duty, Jan and Feb 1862 presence of absence not stated. Same to June 30, 1862 July and Aug 1862 present. Same to June 30, 1864 July and August 1864 Absent, in Convalescents Camp Cumberland Maryland. Muster Out Roll of Company September 29, 1864.

National Archives # 670.014.

Claim for Pension October 27, 1888 filed by "Thomas J. McElhenny, attorney Washington, D. C.

Action at "Hunters Raid in 1864" Crippled by rheumatism in the feet, and walked from Lynchburg to Charleston John Kirby claims to have given all the assistance he could to him on the return to Cumberland Maryland and we were separated and He heard he was sent to the Hospital. John Kirby also stated that said John Ross complained of rheumatism before the attack at "Little Ca Capon" and I believe his present crippled condition is the result of his March on "Hunters Raid".

John C. Black, Commissioner states that: John Ross, Co. D, 2nd Reg., P. H. B. Md. Inf. December 12, 1888

While serving in Co. D. 2nd Reg't P.H.B. Md. Inf. was discharged at Cumberland Maryland Sept 29, 1864. and was disabled by rheumatism contacted at "Little Ca Capon" W. Va. 1862 and the same feet at "Hunters Raid - Lynchburg, Virginia in June 1864, was treated in Claysville [Clarysville] Maryland Hospital.

By Steve Hunt - Dec 5, 2000

Categories - HISTORICAL

I went to the National Archives and got the record on John Salem Ross. It goes as follows: John and his brother Joseph enlisted in the town of Piedmont. They signed on with the 2nd Regiment, Company D, under a William Shaw. The second Cumberland's job was to guard and protect the B&O railroad, which ran along the Potomac River on the North Branch. A one John Kirby stated that he was with John Ross January or February of 1863 in the area of Little Cacapon, in West Virginia. He also stated that John took ill with rheumatism and was unable to get around for about two months. He went further to say " We were together on Hunter's raid in 1864and that during that march, he was badly crippled in his feet. He said, He kept with him from Lynchburg to Charleston and gave him all the assistance he could. He said " on their return to Cumberland Md., they were separated and that he heard he was sent to a Hospital. The hospital was in Clarysville.

At the age of 66, John applied for a pension. The record showed that John was five-eleven inches tall. Fair complexion, gray hair and blue eyes. He weighed 176 pounds. He received 12 dollars a month for time served.

Veteran of Civil War "War Department" States That:

National Archives # 670.014.

Claim for Pension October 27, 1888 filed by "Thomas J. McElhenny, attorney Washington, D. C.

John C. Black, Commissioner states that: John Ross, Co. D, 2nd Reg., P. H. B. Md. Inf. December 12, 1888

"Burial was listed as Davis Mountain and the undertaker was J. J. Durst.......Frostburg, Maryland.