State Judge of 14th State District Court from 1884 to 1888; was a private in Co. F Tex. 14th (Clark's) TX. Inf and Co. F, 2nd (Chisum's) Texas Partisan Rangers. Master Mason and a Knight of Pythias
Read more here: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fal03
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From an old Dallas County Book:
ALDREDGE, GEORGE N.
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 years 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 1875-1878, 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 questions 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. (Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson
Read more here: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fal03
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From an old Dallas County Book:
ALDREDGE, GEORGE N.
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 years 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 1875-1878, 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 questions 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. (Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson
State Judge of 14th State District Court from 1884 to 1888; was a private in Co. F Tex. 14th (Clark's) TX. Inf and Co. F, 2nd (Chisum's) Texas Partisan Rangers. Master Mason and a Knight of Pythias
Read more here: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fal03
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From an old Dallas County Book:
ALDREDGE, GEORGE N.
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 years 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 1875-1878, 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 questions 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. (Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson
Read more here: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fal03
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From an old Dallas County Book:
ALDREDGE, GEORGE N.
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 years 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 1875-1878, 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 questions 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. (Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, Volume I; by Sid S. Johnson
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