Ochiltree, Thomas P. (Thomas Peck), 1837-1902

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Born in Livingston, Alabama, Thomas Peck Ochiltree (1839-1902) moved to East Texas with his family shortly after his birth. After serving in John G. Walker’s company of Texas Rangers from 1854 through 1855, he was appointed chief clerk and sergeant at arms of the Texas House of Representatives. Admitted to the bar in 1857, Ochiltree established a law practice in Marshall and became a delegate to both the state and national Democratic conventions while also editing the Star State Jeffersonian . During the Civil War, he joined Hood’s Texas Brigade and was captured by Union forces near Appomattox. Following his release from the prison camp on Johnson’s Island, Ochiltree traveled to Europe, where he worked for T. H. MacMahon and Company. In 1870, he was appointed commissioner of emigration for Texas and U. S. marshal for the eastern district of Texas four years later. Ochiltree also represented the Galveston district in the Forty-eighth Congress from 1883 though 1885, before retiring to New York.

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Ochiltree, Thomas Peck. Handbook of Texas Online . Accessed July 27, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/foc01 .

From the guide to the Ochiltree, Thomas Peck, Papers 66-132., 1882-1897, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)

Born in Livingston, Alabama, Thomas Peck Ochiltree (1839-1902) moved to East Texas with his family shortly after his birth.

After serving in John G. Walker's company of Texas Rangers from 1854 through 1855, he was appointed chief clerk and sergeant at arms of the Texas House of Representatives. Admitted to the bar in 1857, Ochiltree established a law practice in Marshall and became a delegate to both the state and national Democratic conventions while also editing the Star State Jeffersonian. During the Civil War, he joined Hood's Texas Brigade and was captured by Union forces near Appomattox. Following his release from the prison camp on Johnson⁰́₉s Island, Ochiltree traveled to Europe, where he worked for T. H. MacMahon and Company. In 1870, he was appointed commissioner of emigration for Texas and U. S. marshal for the eastern district of Texas four years later. Ochiltree also represented the Galveston district in the Forty-eighth Congress from 1883 though 1885, before retiring to New York.

From the description of Ochiltree, Thomas Peck, Papers, 1882-1897 (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 754848619

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Birth 1837-10-26

Death 1902-11-25

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