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with a conscientious conviction of right, he voted to cast his all with the Confederacy. Soon after the Convention adjourned, he was stricken with paralysis by which he was confined to his bed for two years, and from the effects of which he never fully recovered. In 1864, he moved to Tyler, and formed there a partnership with Thomas Selman, and continued his law practice there until 1877, at which time he moved to Fort Worth, where he died, September 20, 1881. See James Lynch, The Bench and Bar of Texa.s, 215-216; John Henry Brown, Jndirm Wars and Pionee1·s of Texas, 370-372; Encyclopedia, of the New West, 569-571; Norman Kittrell, Gov- erno1·s Who Have Been, a1ul Othe1· P1tbli.c Men of Texas, 160-161; Cliff D. Cates, Pioneer History of Wise County, 264-266. 4 No significant biographical materials have been found concerning A. S. Broaddus. 5 John C. Robertson (March 10, 1824----, 1895) was born in Han- cock County, Georgia. In 1837, his parents moved to Chambers County, Alabama, and there the boy was reared, and educated at Oakbowry Col- lege. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1845; then, he studied law at Harvard under the celebrated Judges Joseph Storey and Simon Greenleaf. In September, 1845, he was married to Sara Goodman, and six: years later they moved to Texas, and settled at Tyler. John C. Robertson was a member of the Secession Convention, also he was Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety which was vested with the authority to raise and equip troops for the Confederate Army. He was made lieutenant colonel of the Texas Infantry Regiment of the Con- federate States Army, and served throughout the war. At the close of the war, the United States Government brought suit against the Commit- tee of" Public Safety for nearly three million dollars, an estimated value of certain arms and military stores and munitions which the troops under Judge Robertson's command had take possession of. In 1866, Judge Rob- ertson and Colonel W. S. Herndon formed a law partnership. This law firm came to be considered one of the best in Texas. In 1878, Judge Rob- ertson was elected a district judge, and reelected in 1880, but voluntarily resigned the office in 1884. He died in 1895, leaving a handsome estate. His eldest son, Sawnie Robertson, became Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas; another son, H. G. Robertson, was a leading lawyer of Beaumont. See Sidney S. Johnson, Texans Who Wore the Grav, 47-48; Wentworth Man- ning, Some History of Van Zandt Co1intv, 206-207; Johnson-Barker, Texas and Texcms (1916 edition), III, 1160-1161; Encyclopdia, of the New West, 334-335. 0 Waightstill A. Montgomery, the son of Allen and Susan (Largent) Montgomery, was born in Burke County, North Carolina, January 6, 1834. He was reared on a farm and trained to be a farmer; however, he learned the blacksmith's trade, the saddler's art, and the wagon maker's busi- ness in addition to his farm chores. He came to Texas in 1857. In 1858, he married Mary Elizabeth Largent, a distant cous:n. They had nine children. In 1862, W. A. Montgomery joined the Cenfedcrate Army, Com- pany F, of Martin's Regiment. His captain was John K. Bumpass. His war service was rendered in Indian Territory and Texns. When the war closed, he returned to Texas and resumed his farming operations until 1886, at which time he went into the mercantile business with his oldest
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