Background
Hay, Samuel Ross was born on October 15, 1865 in Decatur County, Tennessee, United States. Son of William and Martha Jane (England) Hay.
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Samuel Ross Hay
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Educated Southwestern University, Texas. Doctor of Divinity, Southwestern. Doctor of Laws, Centenary College, Louisiana, Southern College, Lakeland, Florida.
Career
Mistress Clay J. Berry). Licensed to preach, 1886. Ordained deacon, 1889.
Elder, 1893.
Junior preacher 1st Church, Paris, Texas, 1887. Pastor Lamar Avenue Church, Paris, 1888, Oak Cliff, Dallas, 1889-1890, Abilene, 1881-1892, Trinidad, Colorado, 1892-1893, Belton, Texas, 1893-1895, Vernon, Texas, 1895-1897, Mexia, Texas, 1897-1898, Corsicana, Texas, 1898-1899, Shearn Church, Houston, 1900-1904. Presiding elder Houston District, 1905-1906.
Pastor Centenary Church, Saint Louis, 1906-1907, Beaumont, Texas, 1907-1908.
Presiding elder Fort Worth (Texas) District, 1908-1910. Pastor Saint Paul’s Church, Houston, 1910-1914, 1st Church, Dallas, 1914-1917.
Presiding elder Dallas pist., 1917-1919. Pastor Amarillo, Texas, 1919, 1st Church Houston, 1919-1922.
Elected bishop. May 16, 1922, and appointed bishop in charge of work in China, 1922-1923.
Bishop in charge Arkansas and Louisiana, 1924-1925, in charge east half of Texas and Pacific coast, 1926-1930, in charge west half Texas. And New Mexico, 1930-1934, then in charge Alabama and Florida. Now retired.
Achievements
Membership
Member Joint Hymnal Commission to prepare Methodist Hymnal, 1930-1934. Member General Conference of Methodist Church, South., 1906, 10, 14, 18, 22.
Connections
Married Della Binford, June 11, 1889 (died January 1899). Married second, Margaret Gulick, August 21, 1900. Children: Horace, Sam R.
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Political Party
Democrat