Possibly Reuben Truman Ross

Original photo

An enhanced image of the photo

Reuben was born Sept. 11, 1822, probably in Bath County, Kentucky, and died Sept. 28, 1868 near Neodesha, Kansas.

Reuben drowned while crossing the Verdigris River which bordered the family farm.

He was on the 1850 Carter County census living near John Nelson Ross. Their relationship is unknown,
although the fact that Reuben Fletcher Ross, John Nelson Ross' son, kept an identified picture of Reuben T. Ross' wife
Rebecca in his family photo album indicates they were closely related in some way.

If this is Reuben, the photo must have been taken no long before his death.

For a time I considered this to be a candidate photo of John Nelson Ross, but the woman in this photo
looks nothing like John's wife, Nancy.

The woman in this photo looks very much like the person in the identified photo of Rebecca.
Their facial features and hair style in the two photos are strikingly similar.
Even the background stones are very similar in both photos.

Submitted by: John. W. Grace