1805 - 1876

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• Title	Col.
  Birth	1805	,, Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	1876	Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Person ID	I408	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2005 00:00:00
  Family 1	Abby CHESTER
  Married	3 Jan 1828	, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Family ID	F45863	Group Sheet
  Family 2	Emmeline YOUNG
  Married	30 Sep 1829	, Cuyahoga, Ohio
  Children	1. William CUSHMAN   2. Mary GREEN
  Family ID	F296	Group Sheet

• Notes

  CENSUS: 1860 census lists him as "Lawson Rops", Rops being the oldtime way of writing two "S's" in a row. Household #606 in Brooklyn, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Living with him is his wife Emeline and six other individuals, only one of which is probably a relative (Betsey Ross, age 14). MARRIAGE: CHESTER, ABBY and ROSS, LAWTON vol.0002 pg.0139 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index) YOUNG, EMELINE and ROSS, LAWTON vol.0002 pg.0197 (Cuyahoga County Marriage Index) OBIT: Name: Ross, Col. Lawton Date: June 24, 1876 Source: Cleveland Herald, Cemetery record; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #069. Notes: Ross- Suddenly June, 18th, of apoplexy, at his home in Brooklyn. Col. Lawton Ross, aged 71 years. 1805-1876. Age 71. Brookmere Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.