Congressman Miles Ross was born on 30. Apr. 1827 at Raritan Twp., Middlesex County, New Jersey. He married
Margaretta Hoagland, daughter of
Peter Machett Hoagland and
(Unknown) (Unknown), c 1848. Congressman Miles Ross was shown in the census on 30. Aug. 1850 as a waterman.
Congressman Miles Ross and
Margaretta Hoagland appeared on the census of 30. Aug. 1850 at Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
Congressman Miles Ross and
Margaretta Hoagland appeared on the census of 10. Jul. 1860 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey; real estate value 1,200.00, personal propety 2,000.00. Congressman Miles Ross was shown in the census on 16. Jan. 1870 as a coal merchant.
Congressman Miles Ross and
Margaretta Hoagland appeared on the census of 16. Jan. 1870 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey; real estate value 10,000.00, personal property 50,000.00.
Congressman Miles Ross and
Margaretta Hoagland appeared on the census of 1. Jun. 1880 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey. Congressman Miles Ross was shown in the census on 1. Jun. 1880 as a congressman. Congressman Miles Ross was shown in the census on 4. Jun. 1880 as a merchant and U. S. Representative.
Congressman Miles Ross appeared on the census of 4. Jun. 1880 at Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia. Congressman Miles Ross was shown in the census on 12. Jun. 1900 as a coal merchant.
Congressman Miles Ross and
Margaretta Hoagland appeared on the census of 12. Jun. 1900 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey; 10 children, 5 living. Congressman Miles Ross died on 22. Feb. 1903 at New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey, at age 75.
ROSS, Miles, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Raritan Township, Middlesex County, N.J., April 30, 1827; received a practical English training; engaged with his father in the transportation of freight by water and in the coal business; one of the chosen freeholders of New Brunswick, N.J., 1859-1864; member of the State house of assembly in 1863 and 1864; director of several banks; member of the board of street commissioners in 1865 and 1866; mayor of New Brunswick 1867-1869; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Militia (Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; delegate at large to the Democratic National Conventions in 1884, 1888, and 1892; engaged in the wholesale and retail coal business; died in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, N.J., on February 22, 1903; interment in Elmwood Cemetery. He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.