Frederick Augustus Ross
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Frederick Augustus Ross, (December 25, 1796 - April 13, 1883) was a Presbyterian clergyman.
He was born in Cobham
, Cumberland County, Virginia
.
He was educated at Dickinson College
, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, entered the ministry,
emancipated his slaves, and from 1826 till 1852 was pastor of Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church
in Kingsport
, Tennessee, where he
had moved in 1818. In 1828 he labored as an evangelist in Kentucky and Ohio.
At the division of the Presbyterian general assembly in 1837-8 he adhered to the New School branch,
and in 1855 he became pastor of the 1st Presbyterian church in Huntsville, Alabama,
holding this charge until 1875 and continuing pastor emeritus until his death.
With James Gallaher and David Nelson he edited a monthly publication entitled
"The Calvinistic Magazine," founded in 1826,
and he published a book entitled "Slavery as ordained of God" (Philadelphia, 1857).
He died in Huntsville, Alabama.
He was born in Cobham
Cobham, Virginia
Cobham was a small town in Surry County, Virginia. It was established by an Act of the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1691, when each county in the Virginia Colony was directed set aside of land for a town. Storehouses were to be built for products imported and tobacco to be exported. It was...
, Cumberland County, Virginia
Cumberland County, Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 9,017 people, 3,528 households, and 2,487 families residing in the county. The population density was 30 people per square mile . There were 4,085 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...
.
He was educated at Dickinson College
Dickinson College
Dickinson College is a private, residential liberal arts college in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Originally established as a Grammar School in 1773, Dickinson was chartered September 9, 1783, five days after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, making it the first college to be founded in the newly...
, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, entered the ministry,
emancipated his slaves, and from 1826 till 1852 was pastor of Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church
Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church
Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church is an historic church located at 2049 Greenway Street in Kingsport, Tennessee...
in Kingsport
Kingsport
Kingsport may refer to:* Kingsport, Tennessee, a city in the US state of Tennessee* Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA MSA, a US Metropolitan Statistical Area* Kingsport Mets, a minor league baseball team based in Kingsport, Tennessee...
, Tennessee, where he
had moved in 1818. In 1828 he labored as an evangelist in Kentucky and Ohio.
At the division of the Presbyterian general assembly in 1837-8 he adhered to the New School branch,
and in 1855 he became pastor of the 1st Presbyterian church in Huntsville, Alabama,
holding this charge until 1875 and continuing pastor emeritus until his death.
With James Gallaher and David Nelson he edited a monthly publication entitled
"The Calvinistic Magazine," founded in 1826,
and he published a book entitled "Slavery as ordained of God" (Philadelphia, 1857).
He died in Huntsville, Alabama.