Clarke, Elizabeth Ross, narrative, [ca. 1920]

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Clarke, Elizabeth Ross, narrative, [ca. 1920]

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The Elizabeth Ross Clarke Narrative, [ca. 1920], contains Clarke's biography of her father Sul Ross and his father Shapley Prince Ross entitled, "YA-A-H-H-OO, Warwhoop of the Comanches: The Cry that Struck Terror to the Hearts of the Pioneers in the Early Days of Texas."

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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...

Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry. Ross' Brigade

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Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas

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Ross, Shapley Prince.

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Ross family.

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Clarke, Elizabeth, 1911-1960

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One of nine children, Elizabeth Ross Clarke (b. 1878) was the daughter of Lawrence Sullivan Sul Ross (1838-1898) and the former Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley. Sul Ross was the son of Shapley Prince Ross (1811-1889) and his wife Catherine, who moved to Texas in 1839. After serving in the Texas Rangers (1842-1847), Shapley settled in Waco, where he built the town's first hotel, served as its first postmaster (1850), and was an Indian agent (1855-1858). Upon graduat...