Background
Gross, Joseph Leonard was born on June 22, 1862 in Warren (now McDuffie) Company, Georgia, United States. Son of William Munn and Sarah Anne Blanchard (Harrison) Gross.
Gross, Joseph Leonard was born on June 22, 1862 in Warren (now McDuffie) Company, Georgia, United States. Son of William Munn and Sarah Anne Blanchard (Harrison) Gross.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Georgia, 1885, Bachelor of Laws, 1885. Doctor of Divinity, Baylor University, 1912.
Practiced law at Warrenton and Cedartown, Georgia, to 1893. Ordained Baptist ministry, 1893. Pastor Washington, Georgia, 1893-1899, 1st Church, Griffin, 1899-1902, 1st Church, Selma, Alabama, 1902-1905, Houston, Texas, 1905-1917.
Enlistment secretary of Texas Baptist General Convention, Dallas, Texas, 1917-1921.
Pastor First Church, Brownsville, Texas, 1921-1922, Wornall Road Church, Kansas City, Missoury, 1922-1923, Bales Avenue Church, 1923-1925. Field representative Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1925-1926.
Member of the board of directors Texas, Baptist General Convention, Baptist Education Board of Texas, Crittenton Home, Houston, Texas.
Married Ella Vann Turner, February 11, 1892. Children: Bayard Turner, Mary Frederica, Joseph Leonard, Luseale, William Victor, Sarah Lucy.