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Jacob Lewis Ellison

J.L. Ellison
Full Name: Jacob Lewis Ellison
Birth date: August 31, 1837
Death date: July 6, 1910

Terms of Service

  • House, 21st (1) (2) (4) Legislature
    1/8/1889 - 1/13/1891
    Democrat
  • House, 20th (3) Legislature
    1/11/1887 - 1/8/1889
    Democrat
(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.
(3) Roster of senators and representatives of the 20th Legislature with their postoffice address, Austin Weekly Statesman, "Governmental," 12/30/1886, p. 6. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
(4) Roster of Representatives of the 21st Legislature, "Twenty-First Legislature: Members of the House, Address, Occupation and Politics," Galveston Daily News, 1/5/1889, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

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Other Resources

  • Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, 36th Regiment, Texas Cavalry (Woods'), enlistment date 8/1/1862. Jacob L. Ellison of Caldwell County, born circa 1838, U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Senior 2nd Lieutenant). 32nd Texas Cavalry in Personnel of Texas State Government bios. Ancestry.com .
  • Obituary, Colonel J.L. Ellison, 7/7/1910, p. 3. Austin Statesman .
  • Jacob L. Ellison, death date 7/6/1910 in Martindale, Caldwell County, at age 72. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • Confederate States Army, 2nd Lieutenant, Company K, 32nd Texas Cavalry. Military grave marker, Jacob Lewis Ellison. Jacob L. Ellison, birth date 8/31/1837, death date 7/6/1910, burial in Martindale City Cemetery, Martindale, Caldwell County. Confederate States Army grave marker. Find a Grave .
  • Jacob L. Ellison, Democrat, farmer, age 51 in 1889, born in Mississippi. Legislative Reference Library Card File .
  • Biographical sketch, J.L. Ellison, p. 128. Born 8/31/1837 in Mississippi, married Martha W. Martindale on 8/23/1866. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 20th Legislature 1887.
  • Biographical sketch, J.L. Ellison, pp. 274-275. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature 1889.

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