The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . ilmer, in Upshur County,where he taught school and prac-ticed law. He married in 1851 andcontinued the practice of law up to1861. He was then elected Captainof a company from Upshur Countyand joined the Confederate the Fourteenth Texas Regi-ment was organized he was electedColonel, and in that capacity served through the entire periodof the war; he was twice wounded severely, first at Murfrees-boro, Tenn., in the right shoulder, and afterward at AltoonaHeights, Ga., was seriously wounded in the right leg. He wastwice captur
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . ilmer, in Upshur County,where he taught school and prac-ticed law. He married in 1851 andcontinued the practice of law up to1861. He was then elected Captainof a company from Upshur Countyand joined the Confederate the Fourteenth Texas Regi-ment was organized he was electedColonel, and in that capacity served through the entire periodof the war; he was twice wounded severely, first at Murfrees-boro, Tenn., in the right shoulder, and afterward at AltoonaHeights, Ga., was seriously wounded in the right leg. He wastwice captured and imprisoned for many months. After thewar he returned to Texas and was elected a member of the Con-stitutional convention of 1866 and State Senator in 1874. Hebecame District Judge in 1878, and was appointed a memberof the Board of Regents of the State University, but owing toill health could not serve. In 1884 he was appointed LandCommissioner to Arizona. At the end of his term he movedto San Antonio and after a lingering illness died in July, 246 The History and Geography of Texas ECTOR. M. D. Ector was born in Putman County, Ga., February 28,1822. He was educated at La Grange, Ga., and at CenterCollege, Kentucky. He began the practice of law in his native county in 1845, and in the sameyear was elected to the Legisla-ture in that State. He came toTexas in 1849 and located atHenderson, where he practicedlaw. He was elected and servedin the Texas Legislature in1855. In 1861 he enlisted as aprivate and soon afterward wasappointed Adjutant by Colonel(afterward General) Hogg. Af-ter the battle of Shiloh he wasmade a Colonel for gallantry onthe field, and two weeks laterwas made a Brigadier General. He was in the battles of Chicka-mauga, Murfreesboro and other engagements, and while fightingnear Atlanta on the 28th of July, 1864, he received a wound whichnecessitated the amputation of his left leg. When sufficiently re-covered from the operation he reported for duty a
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