Lewis Ross married Frances Mildred Simms (1822-1902) in Lewistown, Illinois, on June 13, 1839.[3] Lewis and Frances Ross had 12 children:[4] John Wesley Ross (1841-1902), a distinguished attorney who served as president of the Washington, D. C., Board of Commissioners; Mary Frances Ross (1843-1844); Ossian Reuben Ross (1845-1863), who committed suicide while a student at the University of Michigan;[5] Ellen Caroline Ross (1846-1880); Lewis Cass "Lute" Ross (1848-1916); Frank Rutledge Ross (1851-1886); Henry Lee Ross (1852-1856); Alice Ross (1854-1855); Pike Clinton Ross (1855-1917); Frances Walker Ross (1857-1885); Jennie L. Ross (1859-1941); and an unnamed daughter who died in infancy, whose grave marker simply says "Babe."
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