Santa Rosa County FlArchives Biographies.....Magaha, Ernest M. October 26, 1884 - 
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Source: Vol. II  pg.138  The Lewis Publishing Co. 1923
Author: History of Florida, Past and Present

        ERNEST M. MAGAHA, county judge of Santa Rosa County, had achieved 
distinct prestige as one of the successful and representative members of the 
bar of his native county prior to his election to the bench of the County 
Court, and had been engaged in the general practice of law at Milton, the 
county seat, from 1913 until 1916, in the autumn of which latter year he was 
elected county judge, his reelection in 1920 showing the high popular estimate 
placed upon his administration on the bench and his status as a loyal and 
public-spirited citizen.
	The judge was born in Santa Rosa County on 26 October, 1884, and was 
reared in the home of one of his maternal uncles, his early education having 
been received in the public schools and his professional course having been 
taken in the law department of the University of Florida, in which he was 
graduated as a member of the class of 1913 and with the degree of Bachelor of 
Laws. Thereafter he was engaged in the successful practice of his profession at 
Milton, is a member of the law firm of Clark & Magaha, until his election to 
the bench of the County Court, in 1916, as already noted in this context. His 
present term as county judge will expire in January, 1925. He was recently a 
candidate for the office of judge of the Circuit Court, and as such made a very 
close race in the primaries. Judge Magaha is a vigorous supporter of the
principles and policies of the democratic party, he and his wife hold
membership in the Baptist Church. He is a Templar Mason, and is affiliated also
with the Woodmen of the World.
	The Magaha family was founded in Virginia in the colonial period of our 
national history, and ISAAC MAGAHA, ancestor of Judge Magaha on the maternal
side, came to Florida and served as a soldier in the Seminole Indian war, in
recognition of which he was given a tract of land in this state, where he
settled and where he passed the remainder of his life.
	June 9, 1907, recorded the marriage of Judge Magaha to Miss HETTIE 
NOWLING, daughter of J. T. and MARY (MERRYWEATHER) NOWLING, who still reside in 
Santa Rosa County, where the father is a prosperous merchant and where he 
formally served as county commissioner, both he and his wife being natives of 
Florida. Judge and Mrs. Magaha have four children: J. T., CARL H., ERNEST M.,
Jr., and MADALINE BELLE.


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