Catherine Thompson Ross ⁸⁵¹

  Research Notes:

Catherine Thompson ROSS was baptized on 18 JAN 1802. In a letter to Frank Willing Leach, Ross researcher, from A. E. Witmer, Lancaster, PA, dated 11 Dec 1897, he says, "Respecting the Church records, I will give you that in facsimile as there is a name I cannot decipher. The records are in very bad shape. It is as follows:- 'Catharine Thompson, Daughter of James Ross and Kuhn, received adult baptism, same time and place, viz. Jan. 18th, 1802, (N.B.). Cannot make out what the name is, certainly copied letters as nearly as possible.'" She died about 1852 in Columbia, Lancaster Co., PA. She was born in Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. After her husband died, Catherine moved back to Pennsylvania and opened a private school for small children in Columbia, Lancaster Co., PA.

She was married to Richard CLAIBORNE on 5 MAR 1807. Richard CLAIBORNE was born on 4 AUG 1755 in Westmoreland Co., VA. He died in MAR 1819 in New Orleans, Orleans Co., LA. Richard was an officer of the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War. He became Major and aide-de-camp to Gen. Nathaniel Greene, serving with the Marquis de Lafayette with whom he developed a warm friendship. He retired from the army with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Richard was appointed Secretary of State of Louisiana by his cousin, Governor William C. C. Claiborne. He also held the position of Clerk of the U. S. Court at New Orleans, at the time of the celebrated trial of Andrew Jackson, and was subsequently appointed Judge of the U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana. Catherine Thompson ROSS and Richard CLAIBORNE had the following children:

95 i. Henrietta Elizabeth Virginia CLAIBORNE was born in 1809 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA. She was christened on 23 AUG 1823 in St. James Church, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. She was christened as Harriet Elizabeth Virginia Claiborne. She died on 27 NOV 1882 in Rockford, Winnebago Co., IL. She was baptized. Henrietta married first Preston Billings Elder, 26 Mar 1834, in Columbia, PA. He was Editor of Colonial Spy and Cashier of the Columbia Bridge Co. She married second Peter Haldeman, 19 Mar 1843. Peter was born 12 Apr 1800 and died 10 Jun 1868. Henrietta and Peter had a son, James Ross Haldeman, who married Alice Reed Frazer 23 Apr 1878.
96 ii. Guilford Greene CLAIBORNE was born on 10 OCT 1811 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA. He was christened on 23 AUG 1823 in St. James Church, Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA. He died on 5 JAN 1876 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., PA. Guilford Greene was named for a battle in the Revolutionary War in which his father fought - Guilford Court House - and Greene, for a General his father served under. He married Elizabeth Kidwell Currie 4 Oct 1832. Guilford enrolled in West Point but never served in the army. He worked as a postmaster in Columbia, Lancaster Co., PA
97 iii. Clarisia CLAIBORNE was born on 15 AUG 1813 in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA. She died when an infant. ¹³⁶⁶

Catherine married Lieutenant Colonel Richard Clairborne on 5 Mar 1807 ⁸⁵¹.^,1330 (Lieutenant Colonel Richard Clairborne was born on 4 Aug 1755 in Westmoreland County, Virginia, USA,^851,1330 died in Mar 1819 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ^851,1330 and was buried in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ¹³³⁰.)