Samuel Ely Holland
Full Name: Samuel Ely HollandDate of birth: December 6, 1826
Date of death: November 19, 1917
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 53 | Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 | 25th (1) | Populist | Marble Falls / Burnet | Burnet, Lampasas |
(1) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual.
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House District 53
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 Legislatures: 25th (1) Party: Populist Home City/County: Marble Falls / Burnet Counties in district: Burnet, Lampasas |
(1) Populist. Texas Legislative Manual.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- HOLLAND, SAMUEL ELY. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, Samuel E. Holland, Burnet. Brown, John Henry. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, 1880, pp. 304-305. Born 12/6/1826 in Merriweather County, Georgia. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
- Biographical sketch, Samuel E. Holland, pp. 110-111. Born 12/6/1826 in Meriwether County, Georgia. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.
- Portrait and biographical sketch, Samuel E. Holland, pp. 289-292. Samuel Ely Holland, born 12/6/1826 in Merryweather County, Georgia. Types of Successful Men of Texas, 1890.
Military Service Notes
- Mexican War: S.E. Holland, Private, 1st Texas Mounted Volunteers, service date 5/1/1847, enlistment in Austin, age 20; Samuel E. Holland, Private, Bell's Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers, service date 10/25/1848, enlistment at McCulloch's Station, Texas, age 22. U.S., Compiled Military Service Records for American Volunteer Soldiers, Mexican War, 1845-1848; Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 (Ranger Rolls - Statehood).
Confederate States Army: Burnet Guards, Burnet County, Cav. Co., 27th Brigade, Captain Wm. H. Magill, enlistment 1/8/1861; Private, Co. for Burnet County, 3rd Frontier District, Captain Jas. P. Magill, enlistment 1864 in Burnet County and mustered into service 1/28/1864. S.E. Holland, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900 (Civil War Index - Abstracts of Muster Rolls). Ancestry.com. - Mexican War, United States Army, served under Samuel Highsmith, then Col. John Coffee Hays' regiment, later served as Private under Captain Henry E. McCulloch in Bell's Regiment of Texas Mounted Volunteers; Confederate States Army, frontier scout in Captain James P. Magill's company of the Burnet Guards in the 27th Brigade. Handbook of Texas Online.
Other Resources
- S.E. Holland, birth date 12/6/1826, death date 11/19/1917, portrait, burial in Holland Cemetery, Burnet, Burnet County, with spouse Clara A. Holland. Find a Grave.
Photographs
- Photograph. S.E. Holland, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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25th R.S. - 1897
Commerce and Manufactures Military Affairs Revenue and Taxation |
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