Ross, William A.
Papers, 1897-1961
Finding Aid to Record Group 450
7.75 cubic feet (17 boxes)
Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
William Alfred Ross was born in Greenville, Tennessee, on July 19, 1873. He enrolled at the University of Arkansas in 1893 but had to drop out during his first year. He returned in 1895 and completed his studies in 1898. Ross entered Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in 1900 and received his B.D. in 1903.
Soon after completing his seminary studies, he began working as a home missionary for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) Washburn Presbytery while living in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was ordained in 1904 and continued his home mission work until 1906. In December 1906, William Ross wed Lorena Jane Barry of Oxford, Mississippi.
In 1907, the PCUS appointed Ross to serve as a missionary in Mexico where he joined his brother and fellow PCUS missionary, Hervey L. Ross. William worked in San Angel, Toluca, Mexico City, Coyoacán, and Cuernavaca. In the early 1920s, Ross became president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Mexico (Seminario Teologico Presbiteriano de Mexico), a position he held until his retirement in 1946. Lorena Ross died in Sept. 1937, and in 1946, Ross wed Helen Camp Matthews. They retired to Montreat, North Carolina, where they lived until William Ross's death on February 21, 1960.
After retiring, Ross consolidated many of his notes, lectures, and teaching materials into publishable works. He had already published Sunrise in Aztec Land in 1922 and The Historical Reality of Jesus in 1940. He continued to work on his manuscripts, almost exclusively in Spanish, and had many of them published in the 1950s. Among these was Estudios en las Sagradas Escrituras as well as other Bible commentaries and theological works.
Papers, 1897-1961
Finding Aid to Record Group 450
7.75 cubic feet (17 boxes)
Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
William Alfred Ross was born in Greenville, Tennessee, on July 19, 1873. He enrolled at the University of Arkansas in 1893 but had to drop out during his first year. He returned in 1895 and completed his studies in 1898. Ross entered Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in 1900 and received his B.D. in 1903.
Soon after completing his seminary studies, he began working as a home missionary for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) Washburn Presbytery while living in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was ordained in 1904 and continued his home mission work until 1906. In December 1906, William Ross wed Lorena Jane Barry of Oxford, Mississippi.
In 1907, the PCUS appointed Ross to serve as a missionary in Mexico where he joined his brother and fellow PCUS missionary, Hervey L. Ross. William worked in San Angel, Toluca, Mexico City, Coyoacán, and Cuernavaca. In the early 1920s, Ross became president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Mexico (Seminario Teologico Presbiteriano de Mexico), a position he held until his retirement in 1946. Lorena Ross died in Sept. 1937, and in 1946, Ross wed Helen Camp Matthews. They retired to Montreat, North Carolina, where they lived until William Ross's death on February 21, 1960.
After retiring, Ross consolidated many of his notes, lectures, and teaching materials into publishable works. He had already published Sunrise in Aztec Land in 1922 and The Historical Reality of Jesus in 1940. He continued to work on his manuscripts, almost exclusively in Spanish, and had many of them published in the 1950s. Among these was Estudios en las Sagradas Escrituras as well as other Bible commentaries and theological works.
Ross, William A.
Papers, 1897-1961
Finding Aid to Record Group 450
7.75 cubic feet (17 boxes)
Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
William Alfred Ross was born in Greenville, Tennessee, on July 19, 1873. He enrolled at the University of Arkansas in 1893 but had to drop out during his first year. He returned in 1895 and completed his studies in 1898. Ross entered Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in 1900 and received his B.D. in 1903.
Soon after completing his seminary studies, he began working as a home missionary for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) Washburn Presbytery while living in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was ordained in 1904 and continued his home mission work until 1906. In December 1906, William Ross wed Lorena Jane Barry of Oxford, Mississippi.
In 1907, the PCUS appointed Ross to serve as a missionary in Mexico where he joined his brother and fellow PCUS missionary, Hervey L. Ross. William worked in San Angel, Toluca, Mexico City, Coyoacán, and Cuernavaca. In the early 1920s, Ross became president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Mexico (Seminario Teologico Presbiteriano de Mexico), a position he held until his retirement in 1946. Lorena Ross died in Sept. 1937, and in 1946, Ross wed Helen Camp Matthews. They retired to Montreat, North Carolina, where they lived until William Ross's death on February 21, 1960.
After retiring, Ross consolidated many of his notes, lectures, and teaching materials into publishable works. He had already published Sunrise in Aztec Land in 1922 and The Historical Reality of Jesus in 1940. He continued to work on his manuscripts, almost exclusively in Spanish, and had many of them published in the 1950s. Among these was Estudios en las Sagradas Escrituras as well as other Bible commentaries and theological works.
Papers, 1897-1961
Finding Aid to Record Group 450
7.75 cubic feet (17 boxes)
Presbyterian Historical Society
425 Lombard St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
William Alfred Ross was born in Greenville, Tennessee, on July 19, 1873. He enrolled at the University of Arkansas in 1893 but had to drop out during his first year. He returned in 1895 and completed his studies in 1898. Ross entered Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, in 1900 and received his B.D. in 1903.
Soon after completing his seminary studies, he began working as a home missionary for the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (PCUS) Washburn Presbytery while living in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was ordained in 1904 and continued his home mission work until 1906. In December 1906, William Ross wed Lorena Jane Barry of Oxford, Mississippi.
In 1907, the PCUS appointed Ross to serve as a missionary in Mexico where he joined his brother and fellow PCUS missionary, Hervey L. Ross. William worked in San Angel, Toluca, Mexico City, Coyoacán, and Cuernavaca. In the early 1920s, Ross became president of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Mexico (Seminario Teologico Presbiteriano de Mexico), a position he held until his retirement in 1946. Lorena Ross died in Sept. 1937, and in 1946, Ross wed Helen Camp Matthews. They retired to Montreat, North Carolina, where they lived until William Ross's death on February 21, 1960.
After retiring, Ross consolidated many of his notes, lectures, and teaching materials into publishable works. He had already published Sunrise in Aztec Land in 1922 and The Historical Reality of Jesus in 1940. He continued to work on his manuscripts, almost exclusively in Spanish, and had many of them published in the 1950s. Among these was Estudios en las Sagradas Escrituras as well as other Bible commentaries and theological works.
Bio by: Lesa Pfrommer
Gravesite Details
, Date Of Burial : 02/23/1960, , Ref: Cemetery Records
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