| Male, Born | in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania on 8/2/1807 |
| Died | ?/?/1876 (Webster County, Nebraska) |
Born August 2, 1807, in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, of Daniel ROSS and Jane (HANCOCK) ROSS. He was one of eight children, the second youngest of five boys. He had brothers John, William, Daniel, and Joseph; and sisters Polly, Jerima, and Mary.
Hiram learned the occupation of miller from his father, who operated a "grist-mill as early as 1810, and a few years later carried on a distillery and saw mill" at what became Rushville, Pennsylvania. In 1847, Hiram is shown as a taxpayer in Rush Township, Susquehanna County. Hiram's family lived "at the forks of the Wyalusing River."
The date and details concerning Hiram's marriage to Mary KEECH have not yet been determined.
Little more of Hiram is recorded until, in 1858, he went west to Linn County, Iowa, apparently following his oldest son, Jesse, and accompanied by two or three of his other sons. Hiram pursued his trade as a miller until 1861, and in 1862 brought the rest of his family from Pennsylvania to Iowa. He then farmed in Linn County until 1870, when he and four of his sons, with their families, emigrated to Webster County, Nebraska, near the town of Red Cloud. At Red Cloud, each of them homesteaded a quarter section of land along with valuable timber claims. An interesting account of their arrival in Nebraska is described under Henry William ROSS.
Hiram died in Webster County, Nebraska, in 1876.
There were seven children born to Hiram and Mary: sons Jesse Hiram, Henry William, Casper Steven, Daniel A., and George G.; and daughters Jennie and Amanda M.