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Born in Virginia February 14, 1781 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1820 Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and President of the Constitutional Convention, 1836 Senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas, 1836 to 1840 Died in Bowie County, Texas December 20, 1846 Mary Dandridge Ellis Wife of Richard Ellis Born in Virginia 1787 Died in Bowie County, Texas October 21, 1837 Ellis County, Texas was named for Richard Ellis Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
