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ISAAC M. ROSS, farmer; P. O. German, Ohio. Mr. Ross is one of the promising young farmers of German Township; he was born on the place where he now resides, in 1841; his early life was that of a farmer-boy, his summers being given to farm duties, and his winter months spent in the common school; in the summer of 1861, he gave his services for the preservation of the Union, enlisting in the 44th O. V. I.; he remained in this service until the close of the war, and participated in the following hard-fought battles, besides numerous skirmishes: Lewisburg, Va., under command of Gen. Crook; Charlestown, W. Va.; surrender of Cumberland Gap, where 1,400 regulars, with about as many militia, accomplished the remarkable feat of capturing 2,600 rebels; he next participated in the thirty days’ siege of Knoxville, Tenn., and then at the battle of Rutledge; at Strawberry Plains, Tenn., he re-enlisted, and was transferred to the 8th O. V. C., under Hunter’s command; he was then in Hunter’s campaign in the Shenandoah; participated in the two days’ fight at Lynchburg, the 17th and 18th of June, 1864. This regiment covered Hunter’s retreat from Lynchburg to Liberty, at which place they were used as a “forlorn hope for Hunter’s army.” In this campaign his regiment suffered severely, leaving about one-fourth of their men on the field of battle, and the rest, with the exception of about fifty, being wounded more or less severely. He received two slight wounds, one in the face and one in the head; retreated to Beverly, where they remained during the winter, participating in a severe engagement on the 29th of November; on the 11th of January, his brigade was captured, he being taken and retaken five times during the conflict, and finally escaping; he scouted around in West Virginia until August, 1865, when he was honorably discharged with his regiment, having served over four years; he returned to his present place, where he has since been successfully engaged in farming; he has a fine farm, well improved, and everything indicates thrift and industry. He celebrated his marriage March, 1867, with Miss Ida Peden, of Hollandsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ross are the parents of two children aged 8 and 10, respectively.