Obit: Judge Richard Ellis January 10, 1846, Bowie Co Texas

Judge Richard Ellis departed this life January 10, 1846, at his residence in Bowie County.
 He had been in a feeble situation for several years, yet his death was very sudden. 
On the day of his death, his son, who had been absent from home several weeks,
 remained with him all day. In the evening his son went out to give some orders, and
 in his absence, the Judge, who was lying on the bed at the time, and supposed to be 
asleep, arose and was seen by the servants to walk out in the passage and return to
 his room to the fire, where by some means, his clothes, which were of combustible 
materials, took fire, and although the alarm was immediately given and every possible 
assistance was rendered by his son and servants, his death was almost instantaneous. 
Judge Ellis was born February 14, 1781, in the State of Virginia. At an early age he read
 law in Richmond, Virginia, in the office of Wirt & Wickham, and practiced law for several 
years in his native state. He emigrated to Alabama at an early date, was a member of 
the Convention that framed the Constitution for that State, afterwards elected Judge 
of the District and Supreme Court; which office he filled for several years. He moved to 
West Tennessee and was appointed President of the first meeting ever held at Memphis 
to connect a railroad from that point to the Eastern cities. He emigrated to Texas in the 
year 1834, and in 1836 was elected a member to the Convention that framed the 
Constitution of the Republic of Texas, appointed President of the Body, afterwards 
elected to the Senate and made President pro-tem of that body. He was a kind and 
affectionate parent. He has left a son and daughter. 
(The Norther Standard, Jan. 5, 1847)



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