1900 UVALDE TEXAS letterhead OLINTHUS ELLIS Civil War CONFEDERACY rancher lawyer

Description

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SOME IMPORTANT HISTORY:
Olinthus Ellis
was born May 5, 1840 in Henry County, Kentucky.  He died on May 11, 1905 (age 65) in Uvalde County, Texas.  He had two spouses:  Martha Ann Dibrell Ellis (m. 1867) and Sarah Grace Oglesby Ellis.  Another source does not mention the name Sara Grace Oglesby Ellis at all, but rather lists the name Sallie G. Ellis.   Olinthus Ellis had TEN children:  Elizabeth , Ben , Katy , Jane , Olin , Anna , Gertrude , Paul , Juliet and an infant son that died.   The parents of Olinthus Ellis were James Parrish Ellis (1801-1893) and Jane Berryman Ellis (1806-1888).
Olinthus fought for the Confederacy during the CIVIL WAR, then settled in Uvalde, Texas about 90 miles West of San Antonio where he became a lawyer, judge and rancher.  His early junior law partner was John Nance Garner, who later went into politics, was elected to Congress as a Democrat, served as Speaker of the House and was elected Vice President for two terms (1933-41) under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
ANOTHER SOURCE of his HISTORY:
Hailing from Lavaca County, Texas, Olinthus Ellis is yet another example of an oddly named member of the Texas State Legislature (and believe me, there are many!!) A one-term member of the Texas Senate, Ellis was also a veteran of the Confederate Army and an attorney based in the cities of Hallettsville and Uvalde.
Although a resident of Texas for a good majority of his life, Olinthus Ellis wasn't born in the Lonestar State; his birth instead
occurring in Henry County, Kentucky
on May 5, 1840. One of
nine children
born to James Parrish Ellis and the former Jane Berryman, Ellis' early life and education remain uncertain, and he is recorded as having been a "
bookkeeper in Louisville
" until the dawn of the Civil War. In 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate Army and after relocating to Texas joined the ranks of
Co. C. of the 13th Texas Volunteer Infantry
. Ellis would later be promoted to sergeant major of the 8th Regiment Texas Infantry, serving under General John G. Walker.
Olinthus Ellis served with the 8th Regiment Texas Infantry
until the conclusion of the war
,
and at the conclusion of the hostilities sought out his brother Volney, a lawyer in Hallettsville, Texas. He followed in his brother's stead and after a period of study was admitted to the Texas bar in 1865. Ellis began the practice law in Hallettsville soon afterward and two years later married to
Martha Ann "Mattie" Dibrell (1844-1879)
, with whom he would have three children:
Elizabeth (1868-1929)
,
Ben Dibrell (1873-1943)
and
Katy (1876-1880)
.
Several years after establishing himself in Hallettsville Olinthus Ellis made his first move into politics, becoming a candidate for the Texas Senate from the 25th district in 1873. He would win election to that body and took his seat at the start of the 1874-76 session. His time in the senate saw him
chair the committee on the Militia
, as well as serving on the following
committees
: Blind Asylum, Comptroller and Treasurer's Accounts, Immigration, the Judiciary, Mexican Border Troubles, the Penitentiary, Retrenchment and Reform, Roads, Bridges and Ferries and State Affairs.
Tragedy struck Olinthus Ellis in 1879 when his wife Mattie died at the age of 35. A few years following her passing Ellis removed to Uvalde, Texas and following his resettlement remarried to Sarah Grace Oglesby (1855-1919), their union producing a
further five children
: Jane Berryman (died in infancy in 1884), Olin Oglesby (1884-1968), Paul Roscoe (1892-1960), Juliet (died aged one in 1897) and a son who died in infancy in 1898.
Ellis's later life in Uvalde saw him continue to practice law, and in the early 1890s t
ook as a junior law partner a young lawyer named John Nance Garner (1868-1967)
, later to gain nationwide distinction as both Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and as Vice President of the United States under Franklin Roosevelt (1933-1941). Ellis died shortly after his 65th birthday on May 11, 1905 and was subsequently interred at the
Uvalde Cemetery
.
CONDITION:
Normal letter folds, slight edge flaws, some toning, two file holes at top, but in good condition.
The little "EBAY ITEM" tag is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to the letterhead.
Approximate size
of
letterhead is
11" X 8 1/2".
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