| LC control no. | n 82158463 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898 |
| Variant(s) | Ross, Sul, 1838-1898 |
| See also | Texas. Governor (1887-1891 : Ross) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | College Station (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1838-09-27 |
| Death date | 1898-01-03 |
| Place of birth | Bentonsport (Iowa) |
| Place of death | College Station (Tex.) |
| Affiliation | Florence Wesleyan University Texas Rangers Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry. Ross' Brigade Texas. Legislature. Senate Texas. Governor Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas |
| Profession or occupation | Soldiers Legislators Governors College presidents |
| Found in | DeShields, J. T. Cynthia Ann Parker ... 1886. Benner, J.A. Sul Ross, soldier, statesman, educator, c1983: CIP t.p. (Sul Ross) galley (Lawrence Sullivan Ross) Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Portraits of Texas Governors web page, May 24, 2016: (Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Jan. 18, 1887-Jan. 20, 1891; moved to Austin in 1846 and Waco in 1849; joined Texas Rangers and took part in the campaign of Middleton Tate Johnson in 1860; in 1891, became president of Texas A&M College) Handbook of Texas Online, May 24, 2016: (Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross; born at Bentonsport, Iowa Territory, Sept. 27, 1838; immigrated to Texas in 1839; attended Baylor Univ.; A.B. degree from Wesleyan Univ., Florence, Ala., in 1859; married Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley, May 28, 1861; enlisted in Confederate Army, mid-1861; commanded Texas Cavalry Brigade until men surrendered in May 1865; president of Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas until his death; died at College Station, Jan. 3, 1898) Legislative Reference Library of Texas, Governors of Texas, 1846-present web page, May 24, 2016: (Lawrence Sullivan Ross, member, Texas Senate, 1881-1883) |
| Associated language | eng |
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