Sherry Ross (pioneer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American pioneer and businessman
Date of Birth: 11-Feb-1824
Place of Birth: Wayne County, Indiana, United States
Date of Death: 04-Jan-1867
Profession: businessperson
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Sherry Ross (pioneer)
- Sherry Ross (February 11, 1824 – January 4, 1867) was an Oregon pioneer and the namesake of Ross Island and Ross Island Bridge in Portland, Oregon. Ross arrived in the Oregon Country in 1845, part of a train of 200 wagons that branched off of the Oregon Trail via the Meek Cutoff.
- Ross filed a provisional land claim in 1846 on a parcel of roughly 400 acres surrounded by the Willamette River, a location later known as Ross Island.In 1851 Ross married Rebecca Deardorff, an 1850 immigrant to the Oregon Territory.Ross operated a dairy farm on Ross Island and was listed as a livery stable owner at 165 First Street in early Portland.
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