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Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross (September 27, 1838 – January 3, 1898) was the 19th governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and the 4th president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.
Sul Ross attended Baylor University at Independence, Texas and graduated from Wesleyan University, Florence, Alabama in 1859. In the summer of 1858, Ross signed on with the U. S. Army as the leader of a band of Indian auxiliaries from the Brazos Indian Reservation.
Nov 8, 2023 · Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross, soldier, statesman, and university president, second son and fourth child of Catherine (Fulkerson) and Shapley Prince Ross, was born at Bentonsport, Iowa Territory, on September 27, 1838.
Dec 4, 2020 · Ross was elected governor of Texas in 1887, and was the first governor to occupy the newly completed capitol building in 1888. After serving two terms as governor, Ross became president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in 1891.
Nov 26, 2015 · On Dec. 19, 1860, Texas Rangers, U.S. 2nd Cavalry troopers and citizen volunteers struck the camp on a mission of extermination. Texas Ranger Captain Lawrence Sullivan “Sul” Ross, just 22 and a recent college graduate, was their leader.
Lawrence Sullivan " Sul " Ross (September 27, 1838 – January 3, 1898) was the 19th governor of Texas, a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and the 4th president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.
Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (1838-1898), soldier, statesman, and university president, second son and fourth child of Catherine (Fulkerson) and Shapley Prince Ross, was born at Bentonsport, Iowa Territory, on September 27, 1838.
Since he had rescued the celebrated Cynthia Ann Parker in one engagement, and killed the chief Peta Necona in single combat in another, Ross had made a lasting reputation on the frontier when he entered Confederate service as a private.
Ross, at the Battle of Pease River, is credited with recovering Cynthia Ann Parker, who had been taken captive by the Comanches. Today Sul Ross University in Alpine bears his name. Born in Iowa Territory, Ross served Texas with zeal unmatched by many of its native sons.
Governor: 1887–1891. Ross settled in Milam County in 1839. Despite his early ambitions to be an Indian fighter, he recognized the value of education and enrolled at Baylor University in Independence, but later transferred to Wesleyan University in Alabama.
