William Beck Ochiltree
Born: October 18, 1811
Birthplace: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Father: David Ochiltree 1782 – 1834
(Buried: Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Mother: Lucy Ann Winslow 1797 – 1872
(Buried: Cross Creek Cemetery No. 1, Fayetteville, North Carolina)
Wife: Atala Hotchkiss 1820 – 1871
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Texas)
Children:
US Congressman Thomas Peck Ochiltree 1837 – 1902
(Buried: Mount Hope Cemetery, Hastings–on–Hudson, New York)
Virginia May Ochiltree Wiegers 1837 – 1918
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sulphur Springs, Texas)
William Beck Ochiltree 1843 – 1906
(Buried: Washington Cemetery, Houston, Texas)
Lucy Ochiltree Rogers 1846 – 1876
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Texas)
Eva Mariah Ochiltree Kneeland 1848 – 1931
(Buried: Concordia Cemetery, El Paso, Texas)
Nathan Smith Ochiltree 1853 – 1859
(Buried: Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Texas)
Ayalita "Lita" Ochiltree Morris 1855 – 1914
(Buried: Marshall Cemetery, Marshall, Texas)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Alabama
Attorney in Nacogdoches, Texas
Judge of fifth judicial District of Texas
1844: Texas Republic Secretary of Treasury
1845: Texas Republic Adjutant General
1845: Delegate to Convention of 1845
1855: Texas State Representative
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention
1861 – 1862: Texas Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
Known to have been a guardian of the best interests of Texas.
He had Sabine Pass made a port of entry and urged to the War Department to build a fort there.
He opposed any type of legislation that would permit the President to draft militia away from local defense service.
He voted for every railroad construction bill that might tie Texas to the east.
He opposed the law prohibiting planters from selling their cotton wherever there was a market.
1861: He announced he would not seek a term in regular congress.
1862: Returned to Texas to recruit a regiment for the war but had to resign in 1863 due to bad health.
1863 – 1867: Resident of Jefferson, Texas
Occupation after War:
1863 – 1867: Resident of Jefferson, Texas
Died: December 27, 1867
Place of Death: Jefferson, Texas
Age at time of Death: 56 years old
Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Jefferson, Texas
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