CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: GEORGE N. ALDREDGE - Dallas Co, TX  

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 
GEORGE N. ALDREDGE

George N. Aldredge, of Dallas, was born in Lee county, Georgia, 
April 14, 1846.  He removed with his parents in 1856 to Texas, 
locating at Pittsburg in Camp county.  When less than sixteen 
ears of age he entered the Confederate army, serving two years 
in Col. Clark's regiment and afterward until the close of the 
war in Chisholm's regiment of cavalry.  He participated in all 
the battles in which his command took part.  Two years after the 
close of hostilities he was graduated from McKinzie college and 
then studied law under Gov. O. M. Roberts at Gilmer, Upshur county, 
Texas.  He was admitted to the bar and practiced one year in Gilmer 
with Col. John L. Camp, then for two years in Waxahachie, and then 
removed to Dallas where he has since resided.  He was county 
attorney of Dallas county 1875 to 1878, and was then elected 
district judge holding this office for ten years.  After retiring 
from the bench he engaged in the practice with Judge A. T. Watts 
and J. J. Eckford and has long been recognized as one of the 
brainiest and most successful lawyers in the state.  He married at 
Hearne in 1869, Miss Betty W. Hearne.  They have three children, 
George E., Horatio and Sawnie R.  Judge Aldredge has a national 
reputation as an orator.  His speech in Atlanta, Ga., in 1895 
before the American Banker's Association on the money question 
was praised by the leading papers of the nation, and Senator 
Caffery of Louisiana introduced it in the United States Senate 
as part of his speech on the same subject and it is printed in 
the Congressional Record.  Judge Aldredge's speech on Robt. E. 
Lee delivered at the unveiling of the confedrate monument in 
Dallas in 1897 is considered a classic.