Edward Irwin Kellie

Full Name: Edward Irwin Kellie
Date of birth: March 17, 1845
Date of death: June 24, 1928

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	14	Jan 9, 1907 - Jan 10, 1911	31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 30th ⁽⁴⁾ 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Jasper / Jasper	Senate President Pro Tempore (31st)	Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler

(1) 31st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected 4/11/1909, 1st C.S. Senate Journal.
(2) Democrat; roster of members of the 31st Legislature with biographical and party information. "Year Book 1909," Number 13, May-June 1910, pp. 408-415. Bulletin (Texas Department of Agriculture).
(3) 31st Legislature - Roll Call of holdover Senators, 1/12/1909, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal.
(4) 30th Legislature - Roll of the Senators-elect, Absent, 1/8/1907, p. 2; Oath of office administered, 1/9/1907, p. 5. Senate Journal. January 8, 1907 January 9, 1907

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Senate District 14
Jan 9, 1907 - Jan 10, 1911
Legislatures: 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 30th ⁽⁴⁾ 31st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (31st)
(31st)
(31st)
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Jasper / Jasper
Counties in district: Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Capt. E.I. Kellie (1845-1928), photos and biographical sketch, burial in Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper County. 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.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Color Bearer of Whitfield's Texas Legion, 27th Texas Cavalry. Edward Irwin Kellie, born 1845, death date 6/24/1928, newspaper publisher and founder of Jasper Newsboy. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

Other Resources

Census of 1880 - E.I. Kellie, Orange, Orange County, born about 1845 in South Carolina, editor, age 35. FamilySearch.
Captain Edward Irwin Kellie, birth date 3/17/1845 in Charleston, South Carolina; death date 6/24/1928 in Jasper, Jasper County, Texas; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
"East Texas' Mark Twain, Edward I. Kellie," by Bob Bowman, date unknown. Founder of Jasper News-boy. Texas Escapes Online Magazine.
31st Legislature (1909) - E.I. Kellie, Jasper, Jasper County, nativity South Carolina, Civil Engineer, Dem., age 63, 50 years in Texas. 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..

Photographs

Photograph. E.I. Kellie, 31st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. E.I. Kellie, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

30th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
31st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, east wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

31st R.S. - 1909 Agricultural Affairs Commerce and Manufactures Federal Relations Labor Military Affairs (Chair) Mining and Irrigation Public Buildings and Grounds Public Health Public Lands and Land Office
30th R.S. - 1907 Commerce and Manufactures Educational Affairs Labor Military Affairs (Chair) Mining and Irrigation Public Land and Land Office Public Printing

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