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[[File:dupont-ross%201950.jpg|right|thumb||Wilhelmina du Pont Ross and Donald Peabody Ross, 1950<br>|From the [[http://digital.hagley.org/1969_2_50reunion_034|Hagley Museum]]| (Fair Use)]]<br>'''Born: '''<span style="">July 17, 1906

'''Died: '''<span style="">June 25, 2000

'''Married:''' [[Donald%20Ross|Donald Ross]]

'''Children: '''<span style=""> Joan Ross; Donald Peabody Ross, Jr., Sheila Ross 

'''Wilhelmina Du Pont Ross''' was an owner of [[Land's%20End|Land's End]], a camp on [[Upper%20Saranac%20Lake|Upper Saranac Lake]].  And she inherited 27,000-acre [[Ross%20Park|Ross Park]] on Donald Ross's death.
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A July 1, 1937 New York Times article on a Congressional committee investigation into income tax avoidance and evasion via incorporation of private assets listed Mrs. Ross as follows:

Mrs. WILHELMINA DU PONT ROSS of Montchanin, Del., who turned over to a corporation her racing stable, farms, gas leases and securities and claimed losses from operation of the farms and stable of nearly $300,000 in the past six years, and, with other deductions, saved $172,469 in taxes.<br> 

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