{⋆★⋆} BG Ross, Lawrence S.

Lawrence Sullivan Ross​

Born: September 27, 1838

Birth Place: Bentonsport, Iowa Territory

Father: Captain Shapley Prince Ross Jr. 1811 – 1889

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

Mother: Catherine Hanby Fulkerson 1812 – 1886

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

Wife: Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley 1846 – 1905

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

Children:

Mervin Hallum Ross 1866 – 1883​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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Lawrence Sullivan Ross Jr. 1868 – 1914​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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Florine Ross Harrington 1870 – 1945​

(Buried: Cedarvale Bay City Cemetery, Bay City, Texas)​

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Harvey B. Ross 1873 – 1944​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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Dr. Frank Ritchie Ross 1876 – 1938​

(Buried: Seabrook Cemetery, Seabrook, Texas)​

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Elizabeth "Bessie" Ross Clarke 1878 – 1932​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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Neville Presley Ross 1882 – 1938​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

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James Tinsley Ross 1889 – 1891​

(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)​

Education:

1856: Graduated from Baylor University​

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Attended Wesleyan University​

Occupation before War:

1858: Participated in the Wichita, Texas Village Fight​

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1860: 2nd​ Lt. in the Texas Rangers​

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1860 – 1861: Captain the Texas Rangers​

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1860: Participated in the Battle of Pease River, Texas​

Civil War Career:

1861: Negotiator with five civilized tribes​

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1861: Private Company G 6th​ Texas Cavalry Regiment​

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1861 – 1862: Major of 6th​ Texas Cavalry Regiment​

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1862: Led troops behind enemy lines at Keetsville, Missouri​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas​

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1862 – 1864: Colonel of 6th​ Texas Cavalry Regiment​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Corinth, Mississippi​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Hatchie's Bridge, Tennessee​

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1863: Participated in the Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee​

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1863 – 1864: Suffered from the effects of Malaria​

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1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry​

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1864: Participated in the fighting at Yazoo City, Mississippi​

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1864: Captured during the Battle of Brown's Mill, Georgia​

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1864: Rescued while being captured by Cavalry Counterattack​

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1864: Participated in the Franklin – Nashville, Tennessee Campaign​

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1865: Applied for special pardon from President Andrew Johnson​

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1866: President Andrew Johnson approved his pardon on October 22nd​​

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1867: Accepted the Pardon from President Andrew Johnson in July

Occupation after War:

Farmer of 160 Acres of land in Texas on the South Bosque River​

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1873 – 1875: Sheriff of McLennan County, Texas​

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1874: Helped Establish the Texas State Sheriffs Association​

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1875: Delegate to Texas State Constitution Convention​

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1875 – 1881: Farmer on the South Bosque River in Texas​

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1881 – 1883: Texas State Senator​

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1887 – 1891: Governor of Texas​

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1891 – 1898: President of A & M College of Texas​

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First Commander of Texas Division of United Confederate Veterans​

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Commander – in – chief of United Confederate Veterans Organization​

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Member of Texas State Railroad Commission​

Died: January 3, 1898

Place of Death: College Station Brazos County, Texas

Age at time of Death: 59 years old

Cause of Death: Coronary Heart Disease

Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday (September 27th) week to Brig. General Lawrence S. Ross! Salutes remembering General Ross on the week of his birthday.

 

[Pollaco]

He only served 2 terms as governor, on the 3rd try he lost out to Jim Hogg, who was also a Confederate General.Actually he chose not to run for that 3rd term.

 

[Pollaco]

Sul Ross State University was created in his honor by the Texas Legislature following his death.The college opened for classes in June 1920.