Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Councillor David Ross , who has represented Meadowbank riding in the Waihemo County Council since 1893, was born in 1842 in Ross-shire, Scotland. He was educated in his native land and brought up to pastoral life, and arrived at Port Chalmers in 1863, on the first trip of the ship “Peter Denny.” He settled in the Maniototo district, where he remained for fourteen years, during which he was employed as a shepherd, and was afterwards in business on his own account as a butcher. Mr. Ross has since 1877 been lessee of Meadowbank estate, which consists of 4300 acres. He is a member of the Loyal Palmerston Lodge, M.U.I.O.O.F., and also member of the committee of the Palmerston Agricultural and Pastoral Society, and of the North Otago Association. For some years Mr. Ross has been a member of the Inch Valley school committee, of which he has been chairman since 1894. He was married, in 1876, to a daughter of Mr. G. Anderson, of Waikouaiti, and has two sons and one daughter.