Background
Ross, Charles Alexander was born on November 12, 1883 in Newburgh, New York, United States. Son of George Munro and Caroline (Lawson) Ross.
Ross, Charles Alexander was born on November 12, 1883 in Newburgh, New York, United States. Son of George Munro and Caroline (Lawson) Ross.
Student Newburgh Free Academy, 1897-1901, Spencerian Business College, 1902-1903, Union Theological Seminary, 1907-1909.
Elizabeth (Mistress Philip Denton Lambe), Antoinette (Mistress Frank Oliver Kingdon.) Began with Phelps, Dodge & Company, of New York City, 1904. Entered the ministry, Methodist Church. Pastor East Chatham, New York, 1909-1911, Carmel, New York, 1911-1913.
Associate with Doctor Charles Goodell, Saint Paul’s Church, New York, 1913-1915.
Pastor Congressional Church, Massena, New York, 1916-1917. Associate with Doctor Parkes Cadman, Central Congressional Church, Brooklyn.
1917-1919. Pastor Congressional Church, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1919-1922, First Presbyterian Church, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1922-1936.
Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Elizabeth, New Jersey, since 1936. Chaplain, American Expeditionary Force, 1918-1919.
Trustee Elizabethtown Chapter, American Red Cross.
Member Pi Gamma Museum. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle).; Club: Elizabeth Rotary (president 1938, governor 183d District, 1939-1940).
Married Nanny MacLennan Merritt, September 18, 1908. Children: Jean (Mistress Robert Frost Knox), Ruth (Mistress Merle Alden Reed).