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E.I. Kellie
Full Name: Edward Isaiah Kellie
Date of birth: 1845
Date of death: 1928
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Terms of Service top
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14
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Jan 9, 1907 - Jan 10, 1911
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31st
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30th
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Democrat
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Jasper / Jasper
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Senate President Pro Tem, Ad Interim (after 1st C.S.).
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Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler
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(1)
30th Legislature - 1/8/1907, p. 2, listed as Absent; 1/9/1907, p. 5, administered the oath of office.
Senate Journal .
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31st Legislature - 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2, listed in Roll Call with "hold-over Senators."
Senate Journal .
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Photo and biographical sketch. Interment in the Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County, TX. Birth year 1845; death year 1928.
Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch of Captain E.I. Kellie; photograph of E.I. Kellie and the “Jeff Davis Rifles” militia, taken in Washington D.C. in 1901. Kellie founded “Jasper Newsboy” newspaper and represented East Texas as a State Senator.
Jewels of Jasper: a Project of the Students of Jasper Jr. High School, Jasper, Texas 2009.
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Photograph.
E.I. Kellie, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
E.I. Kellie, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
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30th session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, west wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
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1880 United States Census - Texas, E.I. Kellie, birth year <1845>, birthplace South Carolina, editor, age 35.
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service .
"East Texas' Mark Twain, Edward I. Kellie," by Bob Bowman, date unknown. Founder of Jasper News-boy.
Texas Escapes Online Magazine 2007.
31st Legislature - E.I. Kellie, Jasper, Jasper County, nativity South Carolina, Civil Engineer, Dem., age 63, 50 years in Texas. Birth year estimated.
Texas Legislative Manual .
"Early Southeast Texas newspapers: history of yesteryear recorded in their yellowed pages," W.T. Block, Reprinted from Beaumont Enterprise-Journal, 1/1/1978, p. 10a. Edward Isaiah Kellie age 16 in Nov. 1860, state senator, died at Jasper abt. 1930.
W.T. Block, Jr., Table of Printed Articles 2004.
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