Matthew Duncan Ector
Birthplace: Putnam County, Georgia
Father: Hugh Walton Ector 1798 – 1835
Mother: Dorothy Dolly Duncan 1801 – 1848
1st Wife: Letitia Graham 1834 – 1859
(Buried: Old Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Texas)
2nd Wife: Sarah P. Chew 1841 – 1925(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas)
Children:
Matt Ector
(Buried: Old Henderson City Cemetery, Henderson, Texas)
William Chew Ector 1873 – 1916
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas)
Paul Ector 1875 – 1877
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas)
Anne Ector Pleasant 1878 – 1934
(Buried: Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Louisiana)
Education:
Attended Centre College in Danville, Kentucky
Occupation before War:
Georgia State Representative for one term
Attorney in Henderson, Texas
Texas State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861: Private in 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment
1861: Lt. In 3rd Texas Cavalry Regiment
Adjutant to Brig. General James L. Hogg
Colonel of 14th Texas Cavalry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army
1862 – 1863: Brigade Commander Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1863: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
1863 – 1863: Assigned Duty in Mississippi
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Atlanta left leg was amputated
1865: Traveled to Mobile, Alabama to assume command of defenses
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Marshall, Texas
1875 – 1879: Judge of Texas State Court of Appeals
Died: October 29, 1879
Place of Death: Tyler, Texas
Age at time of Death: 57 years old
Burial Place: Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall, Texas
Grave Location: Block 2 – B Lot 56
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