William Beck Ochiltree
William Beck Ochiltree | |
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Deputy from Texas to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States | |
In office February 4, 1861 – February 17, 1862 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Fayetteville, North Carolina | October 18, 1811
Died | December 27, 1867 Jefferson, Texas | (aged 56)
Resting place | Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Texas |
William Beck Ochiltree (October 18, 1811 – December 27, 1867), was a settler, judge, and legislator in Texas. In 1963, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Number 967, honoring Colonel Ochiltree, was placed at the courthouse in Perryton.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina; his family lived for a time in Florida and after 1820 in Alabama, where Ochiltree began practicing law. In 1839 he moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, and continued his practice. During the years of the Republic of Texas, he was a judge of the Fifth Judicial District, secretary of the treasury in 1844, adjutant general in 1845, and delegate to the Convention of 1845.
After the annexation of Texas by the United States, he was a representative in the Sixth Texas Legislature in 1855 and delegate to the Secession Convention in 1861. He was elected to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States but resigned after a short time to return to Texas and raise a regiment.
Poor health forced him to resign that post in 1863. He subsequently lived at Jefferson until his death.
References
[edit]- ^ "Colonel William B. Ochiltree - Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas". Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. William Nienke, Sam Morrow. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
External links
[edit]- William Beck Ochiltree from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Read William B. Ochiltree's entry in the Biographical Encyclopedia of Texas hosted by the Portal to Texas History.
- 1811 births
- 1867 deaths
- Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
- Members of the Texas House of Representatives
- Ochiltree County, Texas
- Politicians from Fayetteville, North Carolina
- People from Nacogdoches, Texas
- People of Texas in the American Civil War
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
- Signers of the Confederate States Constitution
- Signers of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States
- Justices of the Republic of Texas Supreme Court
- People from Jefferson, Texas
- 19th-century American judges
- 19th-century members of the Texas Legislature