Military Civil War
E. I. enlisted at the age of 16. Because of his short stature, barely 5 feet 7 inches, and slight build, he was made color bearer for the legion.
From the Beaumont Enterprise
Kaptain Kellie's Kolumn
Captain Edward Irwin Kellie, born in Charleston, SC, March 17, 1845, soldier of the Confederacy, founder of the first Jasper County Fair, of the South Texas State Fair at Beaumont, of Jasper's first Chamber of Commerce, of the Beaumont 50,000 Club, of the Jefferson Davis Rifles (Jasper's first militia company) and The Jasper Newsboy.
E.I. Kellie was a New Orleans newsboy who came to Texas in 1859 at 16 years old to "punch cattle." Kellie's parents had died three years before to yellow fever. He landed in Galveston, but there were not any cows there so he asked the editor of the newspaper if he could be his "devil."
He got the job where he learned to stick type and other foundations that allowed him, later on, to run the Jasper Newsboy. He worked for the Sabine Times until 1860.
After fighting in the Civil War, he set up shop in Jasper with an old hand press used for pre-war papers, East Texas Clarion and East Texian.
"His paper was one of the most fearless and widely quoted newspapers of the reconstruction period," Jasper Newsboy, Jan. 10, 1985
When Kellie died in 1928 he had his daughter place his cherished Confederate flag in his casket.
Even when a Galveston historian pleaded with her to preserve the flag she did not give in. Kellie was buried with the flag next to his body.
Marriage 1 Sarah L. Brown b: in Louisiana
Children
Edward Kellie
Colie E. Kellie b: abt 1870 in Texas
Marriage 2 Martha S. "Mattie" Brown b: Dec 1840 in Alabama
Married: 9 Nov 1871 in Jasper County, Texas
Children
May Kellie (Causey) b: 30 Jan 1873 in Texas
Bertie Kellie b: 17 Oct 1874 in Texas
Nellie D. Kellie (Scullin) b: abt 1878 in Texas
Eddie L. Kellie (Mays) b: May 1879 in Texas
E. I. enlisted at the age of 16. Because of his short stature, barely 5 feet 7 inches, and slight build, he was made color bearer for the legion.
From the Beaumont Enterprise
Kaptain Kellie's Kolumn
Captain Edward Irwin Kellie, born in Charleston, SC, March 17, 1845, soldier of the Confederacy, founder of the first Jasper County Fair, of the South Texas State Fair at Beaumont, of Jasper's first Chamber of Commerce, of the Beaumont 50,000 Club, of the Jefferson Davis Rifles (Jasper's first militia company) and The Jasper Newsboy.
E.I. Kellie was a New Orleans newsboy who came to Texas in 1859 at 16 years old to "punch cattle." Kellie's parents had died three years before to yellow fever. He landed in Galveston, but there were not any cows there so he asked the editor of the newspaper if he could be his "devil."
He got the job where he learned to stick type and other foundations that allowed him, later on, to run the Jasper Newsboy. He worked for the Sabine Times until 1860.
After fighting in the Civil War, he set up shop in Jasper with an old hand press used for pre-war papers, East Texas Clarion and East Texian.
"His paper was one of the most fearless and widely quoted newspapers of the reconstruction period," Jasper Newsboy, Jan. 10, 1985
When Kellie died in 1928 he had his daughter place his cherished Confederate flag in his casket.
Even when a Galveston historian pleaded with her to preserve the flag she did not give in. Kellie was buried with the flag next to his body.
Marriage 1 Sarah L. Brown b: in Louisiana
Children
Edward Kellie
Colie E. Kellie b: abt 1870 in Texas
Marriage 2 Martha S. "Mattie" Brown b: Dec 1840 in Alabama
Married: 9 Nov 1871 in Jasper County, Texas
Children
May Kellie (Causey) b: 30 Jan 1873 in Texas
Bertie Kellie b: 17 Oct 1874 in Texas
Nellie D. Kellie (Scullin) b: abt 1878 in Texas
Eddie L. Kellie (Mays) b: May 1879 in Texas
Military Civil War
E. I. enlisted at the age of 16. Because of his short stature, barely 5 feet 7 inches, and slight build, he was made color bearer for the legion.
From the Beaumont Enterprise
Kaptain Kellie's Kolumn
Captain Edward Irwin Kellie, born in Charleston, SC, March 17, 1845, soldier of the Confederacy, founder of the first Jasper County Fair, of the South Texas State Fair at Beaumont, of Jasper's first Chamber of Commerce, of the Beaumont 50,000 Club, of the Jefferson Davis Rifles (Jasper's first militia company) and The Jasper Newsboy.
E.I. Kellie was a New Orleans newsboy who came to Texas in 1859 at 16 years old to "punch cattle." Kellie's parents had died three years before to yellow fever. He landed in Galveston, but there were not any cows there so he asked the editor of the newspaper if he could be his "devil."
He got the job where he learned to stick type and other foundations that allowed him, later on, to run the Jasper Newsboy. He worked for the Sabine Times until 1860.
After fighting in the Civil War, he set up shop in Jasper with an old hand press used for pre-war papers, East Texas Clarion and East Texian.
"His paper was one of the most fearless and widely quoted newspapers of the reconstruction period," Jasper Newsboy, Jan. 10, 1985
When Kellie died in 1928 he had his daughter place his cherished Confederate flag in his casket.
Even when a Galveston historian pleaded with her to preserve the flag she did not give in. Kellie was buried with the flag next to his body.
Marriage 1 Sarah L. Brown b: in Louisiana
Children
Edward Kellie
Colie E. Kellie b: abt 1870 in Texas
Marriage 2 Martha S. "Mattie" Brown b: Dec 1840 in Alabama
Married: 9 Nov 1871 in Jasper County, Texas
Children
May Kellie (Causey) b: 30 Jan 1873 in Texas
Bertie Kellie b: 17 Oct 1874 in Texas
Nellie D. Kellie (Scullin) b: abt 1878 in Texas
Eddie L. Kellie (Mays) b: May 1879 in Texas
E. I. enlisted at the age of 16. Because of his short stature, barely 5 feet 7 inches, and slight build, he was made color bearer for the legion.
From the Beaumont Enterprise
Kaptain Kellie's Kolumn
Captain Edward Irwin Kellie, born in Charleston, SC, March 17, 1845, soldier of the Confederacy, founder of the first Jasper County Fair, of the South Texas State Fair at Beaumont, of Jasper's first Chamber of Commerce, of the Beaumont 50,000 Club, of the Jefferson Davis Rifles (Jasper's first militia company) and The Jasper Newsboy.
E.I. Kellie was a New Orleans newsboy who came to Texas in 1859 at 16 years old to "punch cattle." Kellie's parents had died three years before to yellow fever. He landed in Galveston, but there were not any cows there so he asked the editor of the newspaper if he could be his "devil."
He got the job where he learned to stick type and other foundations that allowed him, later on, to run the Jasper Newsboy. He worked for the Sabine Times until 1860.
After fighting in the Civil War, he set up shop in Jasper with an old hand press used for pre-war papers, East Texas Clarion and East Texian.
"His paper was one of the most fearless and widely quoted newspapers of the reconstruction period," Jasper Newsboy, Jan. 10, 1985
When Kellie died in 1928 he had his daughter place his cherished Confederate flag in his casket.
Even when a Galveston historian pleaded with her to preserve the flag she did not give in. Kellie was buried with the flag next to his body.
Marriage 1 Sarah L. Brown b: in Louisiana
Children
Edward Kellie
Colie E. Kellie b: abt 1870 in Texas
Marriage 2 Martha S. "Mattie" Brown b: Dec 1840 in Alabama
Married: 9 Nov 1871 in Jasper County, Texas
Children
May Kellie (Causey) b: 30 Jan 1873 in Texas
Bertie Kellie b: 17 Oct 1874 in Texas
Nellie D. Kellie (Scullin) b: abt 1878 in Texas
Eddie L. Kellie (Mays) b: May 1879 in Texas
