Sacramento County
Biographies
ANGUS ROSS
ANGUS ROSS A successful stockman of
Sacramento, Angus Ross is located in this city and engaged as well in dealing
in stocks and bonds, having met with a success in his efforts which has placed
him among the representative citizens of this section. He is a native of Missouri, born September
11, 1843, into the home of Asa Ross, a native of
Kentucky and a prosperous farmer of that state.
The father brought his family to California in 1854, locating in Sonoma county, and later was appointed postmaster of Sonoma, which
office he held for a number of years.
Politically he was a Democrat taking an active part in promoting the
party’s welfare. In connection with his
farm he operated a store in Sonoma and with the passing years his double
occupation has brought him a competency.
Angus Ross spent the first eleven years of his life
in Missouri, receiving his primary education in its district schools, after
which he completed his scholastic training in the schools of California. Until he was twenty years old he remained at
home and assisted his father in his general business, after which he became
dependent upon his own resources, becoming a dealer in cattle and sheep in
Nevada. With the passing years he
acquired a success which placed him among the foremost men of this class in
Sacramento county where he has made his home for over
twenty-five years. He finally moved from
his ranch property to the city of Sacramento, where he now owns a handsome
residence at No. 1018 H street, and is also largely
interested in other city property. Since
locating here he has become a dealer in stocks and bonds and has taken a
prominent place in the business life of the city.
In
March, 1885 Mr. Ross was united in marriage with Emma Rohrer, of Sacramento
county. She is the daughter of Cyrus
Rohrer, a native of Maryland, who, with his family, became a pioneer of
Sacramento county in 1850. Mr. Ross and his wife have two children, Angus, a
student at Howe’s academy, and Molly Gertrude, at home.
Transcribed
by Louise E. Shoemaker, October 09, 2007.
Source: “History of the State of California and
Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley, California” by J. M. Guinn. Page 650. Chapman
Publishing Co., Chicago 1906.
© 2007 Louise E. Shoemaker.