A history of the Ross family and its most distinguished member, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, 1931.

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A history of the Ross family and its most distinguished member, Lawrence Sullivan Ross, 1931.

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Dillard's M.A. thesis at Baylor University, 1931, on the history of the pioneer Ross family of Texas and of Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1838-1898), Confederate general and Governor of Texas (1886-1891).

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Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898

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Soldier, governor, and university president Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (1838-1898) was born in the Iowa Territory and immigrated to Texas in 1839. After earning his A.B. from Wesleyan University in Florence, Alabama in 1859, Ross joined the Texas Rangers, initially as a lieutenant and later as a captain. Ross' fame in Texas greatly increased when, during the battle of the Pease River, his company rescued Cynthia Ann Parker. In 1861, he married Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley, and prompt...

Dillard, Raymond L.

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