Storey County
Prof. Gilbert C. Ross
Biography
(Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney)
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Storey County Prof. Gilbert C. Ross Biography (Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney) |
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PROFESSOR GILBERT C. ROSS, principal of the Virginia City public schools, and one of the leading educators of Nevada, is a native of the "Sagebrush State," having been born on the Comstock, June 5, 1878. He comes of Scotch and Irish ancestry. His father, Hugh Fraser Ross, was superintendent of the Gold Hill foundry, and chief engineer of the Crown Point, Yellow Jacket, Belcher, and other famous Comstock mines. His death occurred in 1895. His widow and two children, Gilbert C. and Reine Virginia, survive. Hugh Ross was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, an upright, honorable man, and one of the best known and most skilful engineers on the Pacific coast. Professor Ross began teaching at an early age. After four year of service in the Virginia public schools, first as a teacher, then as principal of the first ward school, he was honored by being put at the head ot the city schools. Under his administration, the Virginia schools are among the best and most progressive in the state, and the graduates of the high school have attained more than a local reputation for thoroughness. Of the men directing city schools, Mr. Ross is one of the youngest in the country.
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