Henry M. Holmes Letters 1882-1895

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Henry M. Holmes Letters 1882-1895

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A native of England, Henry Marcus Holmes (1836-1895) served in the Union army during the Civil War. He established a land and law practice after he was honorably discharged from the military at Fort McKavett, Texas, in 1871. He was elected Justice of the Peace in Menard County in 1872 and in the mid 1870s played a prominent role as a prosecuting attorney during the "Hoo Doo War" in neighboring Mason County. When friend Lawrence Sullivan ("Sul") Ross was elected Governor of Texas in 1887, Holmes served as his private secretary. The collection contains letters received by Henry M. Holmes and others. Included are three letters from former governor Lawrence Sullivan Ross that discuss personal matters and state politics.

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Holmes, Henry McCall, 1834-1899

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Henry Marcus Holmes was born in Bristol, England, on 1836 December 9 to Marcus H. and Elizabeth Holmes. Soon after his arrival in Texas in 1850 October, Holmes became acquainted with Shapley Prince and Catherine Fulkerson Ross and began a lasting friendship with their son, Lawrence Sullivan (“Sul”) Ross. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Holmes headed north and joined the Union army. During the conflict he participated in battles at Valverde, New Mexico (1862 February 20-21), and Fr...

Holmes, Henry M.

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Resident of Mason, Tex. From the description of Papers, 1882-1895. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70964024 Resident of Mason, Texas. From the description of Henry M. Holmes papers, 1882-1895. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 310355923 ...

Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, Jr.

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Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898

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Soldier, governor, and university president Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (1838-1898) was born in the Iowa Territory and immigrated to Texas in 1839. After earning his A.B. from Wesleyan University in Florence, Alabama in 1859, Ross joined the Texas Rangers, initially as a lieutenant and later as a captain. Ross' fame in Texas greatly increased when, during the battle of the Pease River, his company rescued Cynthia Ann Parker. In 1861, he married Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley, and prompt...