Mrs. Jos. A. Ross, for Twenty Years
an Invalid, is Relieved of Her
Pain by Hand of Death.
Funeral Services This Afternoon in
the Congregational Church,
Princeton, at 2 o'clock.
At 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon death ended the long and intense suffering of that estimable old lady, Mrs. J. A. Ross, wife of County Attorney Ross. Death resulted fiom continuous attacks ot inflammatory and sciatic lheumatism, to which Mrs. Ross had been subject for a period of
twenty years.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Congregational church and Rev. George A. Swertfager will officiate at the obsequies.
Mrs. Ross was born at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, on September 6, 1826, her maiden name having been Clara J. Bacon. In 1844 she was married in Calais, Maine, to Thomas Huse and
immediately thereafter removed, with her husband, to Belfast, Maine, where Mr. Huse engaged in the general merchandise business. From there Mr. and Mrs. Huse, in 1853, went to Damariscotta Mills, Maine, and at that place Mr. Huse was appointed postmaster and in addition conducted a business as general merchant. Mr. Huse died at Damariscotta Mills in
1858 In 1862 Mrs. Huse married, at the above named place, Joseph A. Ross. From there they moved to Kittrey, Maine, and lived there until the fall of 1868, when they went to Newcastle, N. H. In the spring ot 1869 the family came west, and after living at '"headquarters"a large ram
shackle building in what is now the village ot Princetonfor a year, located on a farm in Baldwin and remained there until 1875, when they returned to Princeton, where both for a time taught school. Mrs. Ross had lived in Princeton from then to the day of her death. She was the last
survivor of a family of twelve children and her father was a veteran ofthe war of 1812.
Mrs.. Ross was the mother of three children, viz., Mrs. Eva M. Adams, Huntsville, Ala.: Mrs. S. Petterson. Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Mary S. Huse, principal of the Whittier school, Princeton.
It would be impossible to conceivethe remotest idea of the sufferings which Mrs. Ross has under gone the excruciating agonies with which she has contended during the twenty long
years she had been the victim of rheumatic ailments. During seventeen years she was unable to walk and passed the greater portion of that time in bed. Yet withal her good nature, her kindly disposition, was not changed by her sore affliction. She had a kind word for everyone,
was a true christian and a woman whom to know was to love and respect. Mrs. Ross' life was a remarkable example of patience in the midst of unceasing affliction.
Source: Princeton UNION January 30, 1908, page 1.
an Invalid, is Relieved of Her
Pain by Hand of Death.
Funeral Services This Afternoon in
the Congregational Church,
Princeton, at 2 o'clock.
At 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon death ended the long and intense suffering of that estimable old lady, Mrs. J. A. Ross, wife of County Attorney Ross. Death resulted fiom continuous attacks ot inflammatory and sciatic lheumatism, to which Mrs. Ross had been subject for a period of
twenty years.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Congregational church and Rev. George A. Swertfager will officiate at the obsequies.
Mrs. Ross was born at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, on September 6, 1826, her maiden name having been Clara J. Bacon. In 1844 she was married in Calais, Maine, to Thomas Huse and
immediately thereafter removed, with her husband, to Belfast, Maine, where Mr. Huse engaged in the general merchandise business. From there Mr. and Mrs. Huse, in 1853, went to Damariscotta Mills, Maine, and at that place Mr. Huse was appointed postmaster and in addition conducted a business as general merchant. Mr. Huse died at Damariscotta Mills in
1858 In 1862 Mrs. Huse married, at the above named place, Joseph A. Ross. From there they moved to Kittrey, Maine, and lived there until the fall of 1868, when they went to Newcastle, N. H. In the spring ot 1869 the family came west, and after living at '"headquarters"a large ram
shackle building in what is now the village ot Princetonfor a year, located on a farm in Baldwin and remained there until 1875, when they returned to Princeton, where both for a time taught school. Mrs. Ross had lived in Princeton from then to the day of her death. She was the last
survivor of a family of twelve children and her father was a veteran ofthe war of 1812.
Mrs.. Ross was the mother of three children, viz., Mrs. Eva M. Adams, Huntsville, Ala.: Mrs. S. Petterson. Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Mary S. Huse, principal of the Whittier school, Princeton.
It would be impossible to conceivethe remotest idea of the sufferings which Mrs. Ross has under gone the excruciating agonies with which she has contended during the twenty long
years she had been the victim of rheumatic ailments. During seventeen years she was unable to walk and passed the greater portion of that time in bed. Yet withal her good nature, her kindly disposition, was not changed by her sore affliction. She had a kind word for everyone,
was a true christian and a woman whom to know was to love and respect. Mrs. Ross' life was a remarkable example of patience in the midst of unceasing affliction.
Source: Princeton UNION January 30, 1908, page 1.
Mrs. Jos. A. Ross, for Twenty Years
an Invalid, is Relieved of Her
Pain by Hand of Death.
Funeral Services This Afternoon in
the Congregational Church,
Princeton, at 2 o'clock.
At 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon death ended the long and intense suffering of that estimable old lady, Mrs. J. A. Ross, wife of County Attorney Ross. Death resulted fiom continuous attacks ot inflammatory and sciatic lheumatism, to which Mrs. Ross had been subject for a period of
twenty years.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Congregational church and Rev. George A. Swertfager will officiate at the obsequies.
Mrs. Ross was born at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, on September 6, 1826, her maiden name having been Clara J. Bacon. In 1844 she was married in Calais, Maine, to Thomas Huse and
immediately thereafter removed, with her husband, to Belfast, Maine, where Mr. Huse engaged in the general merchandise business. From there Mr. and Mrs. Huse, in 1853, went to Damariscotta Mills, Maine, and at that place Mr. Huse was appointed postmaster and in addition conducted a business as general merchant. Mr. Huse died at Damariscotta Mills in
1858 In 1862 Mrs. Huse married, at the above named place, Joseph A. Ross. From there they moved to Kittrey, Maine, and lived there until the fall of 1868, when they went to Newcastle, N. H. In the spring ot 1869 the family came west, and after living at '"headquarters"a large ram
shackle building in what is now the village ot Princetonfor a year, located on a farm in Baldwin and remained there until 1875, when they returned to Princeton, where both for a time taught school. Mrs. Ross had lived in Princeton from then to the day of her death. She was the last
survivor of a family of twelve children and her father was a veteran ofthe war of 1812.
Mrs.. Ross was the mother of three children, viz., Mrs. Eva M. Adams, Huntsville, Ala.: Mrs. S. Petterson. Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Mary S. Huse, principal of the Whittier school, Princeton.
It would be impossible to conceivethe remotest idea of the sufferings which Mrs. Ross has under gone the excruciating agonies with which she has contended during the twenty long
years she had been the victim of rheumatic ailments. During seventeen years she was unable to walk and passed the greater portion of that time in bed. Yet withal her good nature, her kindly disposition, was not changed by her sore affliction. She had a kind word for everyone,
was a true christian and a woman whom to know was to love and respect. Mrs. Ross' life was a remarkable example of patience in the midst of unceasing affliction.
Source: Princeton UNION January 30, 1908, page 1.
an Invalid, is Relieved of Her
Pain by Hand of Death.
Funeral Services This Afternoon in
the Congregational Church,
Princeton, at 2 o'clock.
At 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon death ended the long and intense suffering of that estimable old lady, Mrs. J. A. Ross, wife of County Attorney Ross. Death resulted fiom continuous attacks ot inflammatory and sciatic lheumatism, to which Mrs. Ross had been subject for a period of
twenty years.
Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Congregational church and Rev. George A. Swertfager will officiate at the obsequies.
Mrs. Ross was born at St. Stephens, New Brunswick, on September 6, 1826, her maiden name having been Clara J. Bacon. In 1844 she was married in Calais, Maine, to Thomas Huse and
immediately thereafter removed, with her husband, to Belfast, Maine, where Mr. Huse engaged in the general merchandise business. From there Mr. and Mrs. Huse, in 1853, went to Damariscotta Mills, Maine, and at that place Mr. Huse was appointed postmaster and in addition conducted a business as general merchant. Mr. Huse died at Damariscotta Mills in
1858 In 1862 Mrs. Huse married, at the above named place, Joseph A. Ross. From there they moved to Kittrey, Maine, and lived there until the fall of 1868, when they went to Newcastle, N. H. In the spring ot 1869 the family came west, and after living at '"headquarters"a large ram
shackle building in what is now the village ot Princetonfor a year, located on a farm in Baldwin and remained there until 1875, when they returned to Princeton, where both for a time taught school. Mrs. Ross had lived in Princeton from then to the day of her death. She was the last
survivor of a family of twelve children and her father was a veteran ofthe war of 1812.
Mrs.. Ross was the mother of three children, viz., Mrs. Eva M. Adams, Huntsville, Ala.: Mrs. S. Petterson. Los Angeles, Cal., and Miss Mary S. Huse, principal of the Whittier school, Princeton.
It would be impossible to conceivethe remotest idea of the sufferings which Mrs. Ross has under gone the excruciating agonies with which she has contended during the twenty long
years she had been the victim of rheumatic ailments. During seventeen years she was unable to walk and passed the greater portion of that time in bed. Yet withal her good nature, her kindly disposition, was not changed by her sore affliction. She had a kind word for everyone,
was a true christian and a woman whom to know was to love and respect. Mrs. Ross' life was a remarkable example of patience in the midst of unceasing affliction.
Source: Princeton UNION January 30, 1908, page 1.
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