Son of David Maltby and Lucy March
MALTBY, HENRY ALONZO (1830–1906).
H. A. Maltby, newspaperman, the son of David and Lucy (Marsh) Maltby, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, on November 4, 1830. He moved to Texas in 1851. He served Corpus Christi as mayor and resigned in 1857 to join Gen. William Walker's filibuster forces in Nicaragua, where he commanded a company that he raised in Corpus Christi. Maltby began publication of the Corpus Christi Daily Ranchero in 1859. This paper continued publication erratically through the Civil War. He moved the publication to Santa Margarita, Willacy County, in 1863. Later issues were published from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, in 1865 and 1866 and finally in Brownsville from 1866 through 1870. In the final year the paper merged with the Rio Grande Democrat to form the Brownsville Democrat and Ranchero, which ran until 1880. In 1861 Maltby was elected to represent Nueces County in the Secession Convention. After returning from the convention, he started a paper in Brownsville called the American Flag, an organ of the Confederacy for foreign countries. When the Union seized Brownsville he moved the headquarters to Matamoros. He served on the executive committee of the Nueces County Committee of Safety in April 1861 and made an unsuccessful bid for the state legislature in June 1861. Maltby married Hannah A. Franks in Nueces County on March 21, 1862, and they had five children. He was a Mason and once was master of the Brownsville lodge. He died in Brownsville on May 18, 1906, and was buried in the Old Brownsville Cemetery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Houston Post, May 19, 1906. Maltby Family Papers, Local History Archives, Corpus Christi Public Library. San Antonio Daily Express, May 19, 1906.
H. A. MALTBY DEAD-The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) 18 May 1906, Fri • Page 1
One of Brownsville's Best Known and Oldest Citizens Passes Away Suddenly This Morning at 8 o'clock. Died, at his residence on Levee street this morning at 8 o'clock,
The people of Brownsville were greatly shocked this morning when the intelligence was circulated over the city that Henry A. Maltby, Sr. had died suddenly at his residence on Levee street this morning at 8 o'clock, of heart trouble. It was known that Mr. Maltby had been in bad health for some time, but no one thought death was so near. The subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 4, Ohio. and came to Texas in 1850, locating at Corpus Christi, where he became editor and proprietor of ''The Ranchero" established in that city in 1859, and afterward published in this city. He was a member of the Texas delegation to the Secession convention and after his return from that historical assemblage he came to this city and started a paper called the ' 'American Flag, ' ' which was the organ of the confederacy on this border. When Federal troops occupied Brownsville his office was moved to Matamoros, where it remained until the close of the war. For the past several years Mr. Maltby has been engaged in the hardware business here and has attained considerable success that line. in Mr. Maltby was an officer in the confederate army, and was the oldest past master of Rio Grande Lodge No 81, A. F. & A. M. He was quiet and unassuming, a man of staunch principles, loyal to his friends and true to what was his conception of right. His death removes from our midst one of the men who have been connected with the border history of Texas for many years, and whose demise is universally regretted. Deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. E. P. Combe, and three sons, H. A. jr., Jasper and David Maltby, all of whom live at or near Brownsville. To these and to all other relatives and friends The Herald extends its most sincere and heart felt sympathy in their affliction. The funeral will take place from the family residence on Levee street, tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, and will be conducted under the auspices of Rio Grande Lodge No. SI, A. F. & A. M. of which he was past master.
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MALTBY, HENRY ALONZO (1830–1906).
H. A. Maltby, newspaperman, the son of David and Lucy (Marsh) Maltby, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, on November 4, 1830. He moved to Texas in 1851. He served Corpus Christi as mayor and resigned in 1857 to join Gen. William Walker's filibuster forces in Nicaragua, where he commanded a company that he raised in Corpus Christi. Maltby began publication of the Corpus Christi Daily Ranchero in 1859. This paper continued publication erratically through the Civil War. He moved the publication to Santa Margarita, Willacy County, in 1863. Later issues were published from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, in 1865 and 1866 and finally in Brownsville from 1866 through 1870. In the final year the paper merged with the Rio Grande Democrat to form the Brownsville Democrat and Ranchero, which ran until 1880. In 1861 Maltby was elected to represent Nueces County in the Secession Convention. After returning from the convention, he started a paper in Brownsville called the American Flag, an organ of the Confederacy for foreign countries. When the Union seized Brownsville he moved the headquarters to Matamoros. He served on the executive committee of the Nueces County Committee of Safety in April 1861 and made an unsuccessful bid for the state legislature in June 1861. Maltby married Hannah A. Franks in Nueces County on March 21, 1862, and they had five children. He was a Mason and once was master of the Brownsville lodge. He died in Brownsville on May 18, 1906, and was buried in the Old Brownsville Cemetery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Houston Post, May 19, 1906. Maltby Family Papers, Local History Archives, Corpus Christi Public Library. San Antonio Daily Express, May 19, 1906.
H. A. MALTBY DEAD-The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) 18 May 1906, Fri • Page 1
One of Brownsville's Best Known and Oldest Citizens Passes Away Suddenly This Morning at 8 o'clock. Died, at his residence on Levee street this morning at 8 o'clock,
The people of Brownsville were greatly shocked this morning when the intelligence was circulated over the city that Henry A. Maltby, Sr. had died suddenly at his residence on Levee street this morning at 8 o'clock, of heart trouble. It was known that Mr. Maltby had been in bad health for some time, but no one thought death was so near. The subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 4, Ohio. and came to Texas in 1850, locating at Corpus Christi, where he became editor and proprietor of ''The Ranchero" established in that city in 1859, and afterward published in this city. He was a member of the Texas delegation to the Secession convention and after his return from that historical assemblage he came to this city and started a paper called the ' 'American Flag, ' ' which was the organ of the confederacy on this border. When Federal troops occupied Brownsville his office was moved to Matamoros, where it remained until the close of the war. For the past several years Mr. Maltby has been engaged in the hardware business here and has attained considerable success that line. in Mr. Maltby was an officer in the confederate army, and was the oldest past master of Rio Grande Lodge No 81, A. F. & A. M. He was quiet and unassuming, a man of staunch principles, loyal to his friends and true to what was his conception of right. His death removes from our midst one of the men who have been connected with the border history of Texas for many years, and whose demise is universally regretted. Deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. E. P. Combe, and three sons, H. A. jr., Jasper and David Maltby, all of whom live at or near Brownsville. To these and to all other relatives and friends The Herald extends its most sincere and heart felt sympathy in their affliction. The funeral will take place from the family residence on Levee street, tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, and will be conducted under the auspices of Rio Grande Lodge No. SI, A. F. & A. M. of which he was past master.
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Son of David Maltby and Lucy March
MALTBY, HENRY ALONZO (1830–1906).
H. A. Maltby, newspaperman, the son of David and Lucy (Marsh) Maltby, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, on November 4, 1830. He moved to Texas in 1851. He served Corpus Christi as mayor and resigned in 1857 to join Gen. William Walker's filibuster forces in Nicaragua, where he commanded a company that he raised in Corpus Christi. Maltby began publication of the Corpus Christi Daily Ranchero in 1859. This paper continued publication erratically through the Civil War. He moved the publication to Santa Margarita, Willacy County, in 1863. Later issues were published from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, in 1865 and 1866 and finally in Brownsville from 1866 through 1870. In the final year the paper merged with the Rio Grande Democrat to form the Brownsville Democrat and Ranchero, which ran until 1880. In 1861 Maltby was elected to represent Nueces County in the Secession Convention. After returning from the convention, he started a paper in Brownsville called the American Flag, an organ of the Confederacy for foreign countries. When the Union seized Brownsville he moved the headquarters to Matamoros. He served on the executive committee of the Nueces County Committee of Safety in April 1861 and made an unsuccessful bid for the state legislature in June 1861. Maltby married Hannah A. Franks in Nueces County on March 21, 1862, and they had five children. He was a Mason and once was master of the Brownsville lodge. He died in Brownsville on May 18, 1906, and was buried in the Old Brownsville Cemetery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Houston Post, May 19, 1906. Maltby Family Papers, Local History Archives, Corpus Christi Public Library. San Antonio Daily Express, May 19, 1906.
H. A. MALTBY DEAD-The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) 18 May 1906, Fri • Page 1
One of Brownsville's Best Known and Oldest Citizens Passes Away Suddenly This Morning at 8 o'clock. Died, at his residence on Levee street this morning at 8 o'clock,
The people of Brownsville were greatly shocked this morning when the intelligence was circulated over the city that Henry A. Maltby, Sr. had died suddenly at his residence on Levee street this morning at 8 o'clock, of heart trouble. It was known that Mr. Maltby had been in bad health for some time, but no one thought death was so near. The subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 4, Ohio. and came to Texas in 1850, locating at Corpus Christi, where he became editor and proprietor of ''The Ranchero" established in that city in 1859, and afterward published in this city. He was a member of the Texas delegation to the Secession convention and after his return from that historical assemblage he came to this city and started a paper called the ' 'American Flag, ' ' which was the organ of the confederacy on this border. When Federal troops occupied Brownsville his office was moved to Matamoros, where it remained until the close of the war. For the past several years Mr. Maltby has been engaged in the hardware business here and has attained considerable success that line. in Mr. Maltby was an officer in the confederate army, and was the oldest past master of Rio Grande Lodge No 81, A. F. & A. M. He was quiet and unassuming, a man of staunch principles, loyal to his friends and true to what was his conception of right. His death removes from our midst one of the men who have been connected with the border history of Texas for many years, and whose demise is universally regretted. Deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. E. P. Combe, and three sons, H. A. jr., Jasper and David Maltby, all of whom live at or near Brownsville. To these and to all other relatives and friends The Herald extends its most sincere and heart felt sympathy in their affliction. The funeral will take place from the family residence on Levee street, tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, and will be conducted under the auspices of Rio Grande Lodge No. SI, A. F. & A. M. of which he was past master.
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MALTBY, HENRY ALONZO (1830–1906).
H. A. Maltby, newspaperman, the son of David and Lucy (Marsh) Maltby, was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, on November 4, 1830. He moved to Texas in 1851. He served Corpus Christi as mayor and resigned in 1857 to join Gen. William Walker's filibuster forces in Nicaragua, where he commanded a company that he raised in Corpus Christi. Maltby began publication of the Corpus Christi Daily Ranchero in 1859. This paper continued publication erratically through the Civil War. He moved the publication to Santa Margarita, Willacy County, in 1863. Later issues were published from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, in 1865 and 1866 and finally in Brownsville from 1866 through 1870. In the final year the paper merged with the Rio Grande Democrat to form the Brownsville Democrat and Ranchero, which ran until 1880. In 1861 Maltby was elected to represent Nueces County in the Secession Convention. After returning from the convention, he started a paper in Brownsville called the American Flag, an organ of the Confederacy for foreign countries. When the Union seized Brownsville he moved the headquarters to Matamoros. He served on the executive committee of the Nueces County Committee of Safety in April 1861 and made an unsuccessful bid for the state legislature in June 1861. Maltby married Hannah A. Franks in Nueces County on March 21, 1862, and they had five children. He was a Mason and once was master of the Brownsville lodge. He died in Brownsville on May 18, 1906, and was buried in the Old Brownsville Cemetery.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Houston Post, May 19, 1906. Maltby Family Papers, Local History Archives, Corpus Christi Public Library. San Antonio Daily Express, May 19, 1906.
H. A. MALTBY DEAD-The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Texas) 18 May 1906, Fri • Page 1
One of Brownsville's Best Known and Oldest Citizens Passes Away Suddenly This Morning at 8 o'clock. Died, at his residence on Levee street this morning at 8 o'clock,
The people of Brownsville were greatly shocked this morning when the intelligence was circulated over the city that Henry A. Maltby, Sr. had died suddenly at his residence on Levee street this morning at 8 o'clock, of heart trouble. It was known that Mr. Maltby had been in bad health for some time, but no one thought death was so near. The subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 4, Ohio. and came to Texas in 1850, locating at Corpus Christi, where he became editor and proprietor of ''The Ranchero" established in that city in 1859, and afterward published in this city. He was a member of the Texas delegation to the Secession convention and after his return from that historical assemblage he came to this city and started a paper called the ' 'American Flag, ' ' which was the organ of the confederacy on this border. When Federal troops occupied Brownsville his office was moved to Matamoros, where it remained until the close of the war. For the past several years Mr. Maltby has been engaged in the hardware business here and has attained considerable success that line. in Mr. Maltby was an officer in the confederate army, and was the oldest past master of Rio Grande Lodge No 81, A. F. & A. M. He was quiet and unassuming, a man of staunch principles, loyal to his friends and true to what was his conception of right. His death removes from our midst one of the men who have been connected with the border history of Texas for many years, and whose demise is universally regretted. Deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. E. P. Combe, and three sons, H. A. jr., Jasper and David Maltby, all of whom live at or near Brownsville. To these and to all other relatives and friends The Herald extends its most sincere and heart felt sympathy in their affliction. The funeral will take place from the family residence on Levee street, tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock, and will be conducted under the auspices of Rio Grande Lodge No. SI, A. F. & A. M. of which he was past master.
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