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Moses Smith Cross

Short Name: Moses Smith Cross
Full Name: Cross, Moses Smith, 1854-1911
Birth Year: 1854
Death Year: 1911

Born: April 8, 1854, North Grove, Ill­i­nois. Died: Ap­ril 20, 1911, Es­par­to, Cal­i­forn­ia.

Cross was the son of Meth­od­ist Epis­co­pal min­is­ter Aar­on Cross of the Rock Ri­ver Con­fer­ence, Ill­i­nois. Ad­mit­ted to the Cal­i­for­nia Con­fer­ence in 1890, he joined the fa­cu­lty of the Un­i­ver­si­ty of the Pa­ci­fic in Stock­ton, Cal­i­forn­ia, in 1891, event­u­al­ly be­com­ing its act­ing pre­si­dent and vice-pre­si­dent. He was al­so known as a lin­guist and mu­si­cian.

Cyber Hymnal


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Moses Smith Cross (2)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
RESIGNATION (Cross)Moses Smith Cross, 1854-1911 (Composer)355144 32251 17711
WARATAHMoses Smith Cross, 1854-1911 (Composer)432153 54337 65545
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