Download or read book The Record of the Hampden-Sydney Alumni Association, Vol. 33 written by Robert K. Brock and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Record of the Hampden-Sydney Alumni Association, Vol. 33: April, 1959 Dr. Cross was a native of Nansemond County. His father, Thomas H. Cross, was a student at the Uni versity of Virginia, but left to enter the Confederate Army and fought throughout the entire four years of that fratricidal conflict. About the year 1896, Mr. Cross came to hampden-sydney bringing his two sons, Tom Pete Cross and Hardy Cross, so that they might receive their education at hampden-sydney College. Mr. Cross was the postmaster at hampden-sydney for several years. Tom Pete Cross, the older brother who graduated at hampden-sydney two years prior to the graduation of Hardy, was also an excellent student and became a teacher of great distinction. He was Professor at Chicago University until his retirement some years ago. He died a few years before his brother Hardy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.