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Samuel Ely Holland Full Name: Samuel Ely Holland Date of birth: December 6, 1826 Date of death: November 19, 1917 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 53 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th (1)   Populist Marble Falls / Burnet   Burnet, Lampasas (1) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches HOLLAND, SAMUEL ELY (1826-1917). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch, Samuel E. Holland, pp. 110-111. Born 12/6/1826 in Meriwether County, Georgia. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Portrait and biographical sketch, Samuel Eli Holland, pp. 289-292. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890. Military Service Notes Mexican War: S.E. Holland, Private, 1st Texas Mounted Volunteers, service date 5/1/1847, enlistment in Austin, age 20; Samuel E. Holland, Private, Bell's Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers, service date 10/25/1848, enlistment at McCulloch's Station, Texas, age 22. U.S., Compiled Military Service Records for American Volunteer Soldiers, Mexican War, 1845-1848; Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 (Ranger Rolls - Statehood). Confederate States Army: Burnet Guards, Burnet County, Cav. Co., 27th Brigade, Captain Wm. H. Magill, enlistment 1/8/1861; Private, Co. for Burnet County, 3rd Frontier District, Captain Jas. P. Magill, enlistment 1864 in Burnet County and mustered into service 1/28/1864. S.E. Holland, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 (Civil War Index - Abstracts of Muster Rolls). Ancestry.com. Mexican War, United States Army, served under Samuel Highsmith, then Col. John Coffee Hays' regiment, later served as Private under Captain Henry E. McCulloch in Bell's Regiment of Texas Mounted Volunteers; Confederate States Army, frontier scout in Captain James P. Magill's company of the Burnet Guards in the 27th Brigade. Handbook of Texas Online. Other Resources S.E. Holland, birth date 12/6/1826, death date 11/19/1917, portrait, burial in Holland Cemetery, Burnet, Burnet County, with spouse Clara A. Holland. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. S.E. Holland, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Commerce and Manufactures   Military Affairs   Revenue and Taxation

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