Suggested edit: MASTERSON, Hon. ALEXANDER E.
None of the younger members of the bar in southeast Texas, and few of the older generation, stand higher in breadth and success of practice than Hon. Alexander Ewing Masterson, of Angleton, Brazoria County. Aside from his natural abilities and determination of character, he has been blessed with a bright family record of achievements along his chosen lines, which has been an added incentive of great potency in the furtherance and realization of his laudable ambitions. The professional record of the Masterson family in Brazoria County now covers more than three-quarters of a century, during which grandfather, father and son have all been called to the county bench and otherwise honored their calling and themselves. The ex-judge, of this sketch, has also attained particularly high repute as a practitioner of corporation law and the legal manager of large corporate interests. He has also served his district in the house of representatives of the twenty-sixth legislature, and for some years has been recognized as an able and leading advocate of thorough waterway development in Texas, primarily, and, secondarily, of all southwestern water ways. Acting as a delegate to the first national River and Harbor Congress, he has never relaxed his efforts to bring the subject to the attention of state and national authorities and induce practical legislative action.
Mr. Masterson is a native of Texas, born at Houston January 31, 1873, son of Archibald Roane and grandson of Thomas G. Masterson. The latter settled at Brazoria in 1832, coming from Tennessee, and was an active member of the bar, or county judge, until the time of his death in 1883. The father, ex-County Judge A. R. Masterson, is a well-known practitioner at the Houston bar. His mother was the only daughter of Dr. Alexander Ewing who was surgeon general in the Texas army during the war between Texas and Mexico and personally attended to the wounds of General Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto.
Alexander E. Masterson obtained his preparatory education in the public schools of Houston, San Antonio and Brazoria, commencing his law studies while still a pupil in the latter place. From school he entered his father's office, and at the age of nineteen was prepared for admission to the bar. Upon the removal of his age disability he passed the required examination before the court of the twenty-third district and, securing a license to practice, located at Brazoria, then the county seat. He followed its removal to Angleton, where he has since been engaged in a large and high-grade practice and served the public both on the bench and in the legislature. In 1901 and 1903 he was elected judge of Brazoria County, having been sent to the twenty-sixth legislature. in 1898, as a representative from Matagorda and Brazoria counties, which comprise the fifty-third district. During all this period he has been an active member of the Texas Bar Association. He is also associated with the I. O. R., Woodmen of the World and B. P. O. E. (Houston Lodge No. 151).
Perhaps no more forcible indication of Mr. Masterson's leadership in the practice of corporation law can be given than to state that he is general attorney for the Houston & Brazos Valley Railroad, local attorney for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe system with its connections, and attorney for the Angleton and Alvin State banks. He is also vice president of the former and is identified with other financial and business interests of the county. Married in 1895 to Miss Mary Cochran, daughter of Dr. J. L. Cochran, a pioneer of Brazoria, he is the father of John Cochran, Å. E. Jr., Gertrude, Mary and Carlos Bee Masterson. A stalwart and broad-minded member of his profession, a leader in all the movements which best advance the community, and a man of domesticity and affectionate thoughtfulness - his personality is well rounded, well balanced and refined by the tenderest influences of life. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
None of the younger members of the bar in southeast Texas, and few of the older generation, stand higher in breadth and success of practice than Hon. Alexander Ewing Masterson, of Angleton, Brazoria County. Aside from his natural abilities and determination of character, he has been blessed with a bright family record of achievements along his chosen lines, which has been an added incentive of great potency in the furtherance and realization of his laudable ambitions. The professional record of the Masterson family in Brazoria County now covers more than three-quarters of a century, during which grandfather, father and son have all been called to the county bench and otherwise honored their calling and themselves. The ex-judge, of this sketch, has also attained particularly high repute as a practitioner of corporation law and the legal manager of large corporate interests. He has also served his district in the house of representatives of the twenty-sixth legislature, and for some years has been recognized as an able and leading advocate of thorough waterway development in Texas, primarily, and, secondarily, of all southwestern water ways. Acting as a delegate to the first national River and Harbor Congress, he has never relaxed his efforts to bring the subject to the attention of state and national authorities and induce practical legislative action.
Mr. Masterson is a native of Texas, born at Houston January 31, 1873, son of Archibald Roane and grandson of Thomas G. Masterson. The latter settled at Brazoria in 1832, coming from Tennessee, and was an active member of the bar, or county judge, until the time of his death in 1883. The father, ex-County Judge A. R. Masterson, is a well-known practitioner at the Houston bar. His mother was the only daughter of Dr. Alexander Ewing who was surgeon general in the Texas army during the war between Texas and Mexico and personally attended to the wounds of General Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto.
Alexander E. Masterson obtained his preparatory education in the public schools of Houston, San Antonio and Brazoria, commencing his law studies while still a pupil in the latter place. From school he entered his father's office, and at the age of nineteen was prepared for admission to the bar. Upon the removal of his age disability he passed the required examination before the court of the twenty-third district and, securing a license to practice, located at Brazoria, then the county seat. He followed its removal to Angleton, where he has since been engaged in a large and high-grade practice and served the public both on the bench and in the legislature. In 1901 and 1903 he was elected judge of Brazoria County, having been sent to the twenty-sixth legislature. in 1898, as a representative from Matagorda and Brazoria counties, which comprise the fifty-third district. During all this period he has been an active member of the Texas Bar Association. He is also associated with the I. O. R., Woodmen of the World and B. P. O. E. (Houston Lodge No. 151).
Perhaps no more forcible indication of Mr. Masterson's leadership in the practice of corporation law can be given than to state that he is general attorney for the Houston & Brazos Valley Railroad, local attorney for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe system with its connections, and attorney for the Angleton and Alvin State banks. He is also vice president of the former and is identified with other financial and business interests of the county. Married in 1895 to Miss Mary Cochran, daughter of Dr. J. L. Cochran, a pioneer of Brazoria, he is the father of John Cochran, Å. E. Jr., Gertrude, Mary and Carlos Bee Masterson. A stalwart and broad-minded member of his profession, a leader in all the movements which best advance the community, and a man of domesticity and affectionate thoughtfulness - his personality is well rounded, well balanced and refined by the tenderest influences of life. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Suggested edit: MASTERSON, Hon. ALEXANDER E.
None of the younger members of the bar in southeast Texas, and few of the older generation, stand higher in breadth and success of practice than Hon. Alexander Ewing Masterson, of Angleton, Brazoria County. Aside from his natural abilities and determination of character, he has been blessed with a bright family record of achievements along his chosen lines, which has been an added incentive of great potency in the furtherance and realization of his laudable ambitions. The professional record of the Masterson family in Brazoria County now covers more than three-quarters of a century, during which grandfather, father and son have all been called to the county bench and otherwise honored their calling and themselves. The ex-judge, of this sketch, has also attained particularly high repute as a practitioner of corporation law and the legal manager of large corporate interests. He has also served his district in the house of representatives of the twenty-sixth legislature, and for some years has been recognized as an able and leading advocate of thorough waterway development in Texas, primarily, and, secondarily, of all southwestern water ways. Acting as a delegate to the first national River and Harbor Congress, he has never relaxed his efforts to bring the subject to the attention of state and national authorities and induce practical legislative action.
Mr. Masterson is a native of Texas, born at Houston January 31, 1873, son of Archibald Roane and grandson of Thomas G. Masterson. The latter settled at Brazoria in 1832, coming from Tennessee, and was an active member of the bar, or county judge, until the time of his death in 1883. The father, ex-County Judge A. R. Masterson, is a well-known practitioner at the Houston bar. His mother was the only daughter of Dr. Alexander Ewing who was surgeon general in the Texas army during the war between Texas and Mexico and personally attended to the wounds of General Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto.
Alexander E. Masterson obtained his preparatory education in the public schools of Houston, San Antonio and Brazoria, commencing his law studies while still a pupil in the latter place. From school he entered his father's office, and at the age of nineteen was prepared for admission to the bar. Upon the removal of his age disability he passed the required examination before the court of the twenty-third district and, securing a license to practice, located at Brazoria, then the county seat. He followed its removal to Angleton, where he has since been engaged in a large and high-grade practice and served the public both on the bench and in the legislature. In 1901 and 1903 he was elected judge of Brazoria County, having been sent to the twenty-sixth legislature. in 1898, as a representative from Matagorda and Brazoria counties, which comprise the fifty-third district. During all this period he has been an active member of the Texas Bar Association. He is also associated with the I. O. R., Woodmen of the World and B. P. O. E. (Houston Lodge No. 151).
Perhaps no more forcible indication of Mr. Masterson's leadership in the practice of corporation law can be given than to state that he is general attorney for the Houston & Brazos Valley Railroad, local attorney for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe system with its connections, and attorney for the Angleton and Alvin State banks. He is also vice president of the former and is identified with other financial and business interests of the county. Married in 1895 to Miss Mary Cochran, daughter of Dr. J. L. Cochran, a pioneer of Brazoria, he is the father of John Cochran, Å. E. Jr., Gertrude, Mary and Carlos Bee Masterson. A stalwart and broad-minded member of his profession, a leader in all the movements which best advance the community, and a man of domesticity and affectionate thoughtfulness - his personality is well rounded, well balanced and refined by the tenderest influences of life. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
None of the younger members of the bar in southeast Texas, and few of the older generation, stand higher in breadth and success of practice than Hon. Alexander Ewing Masterson, of Angleton, Brazoria County. Aside from his natural abilities and determination of character, he has been blessed with a bright family record of achievements along his chosen lines, which has been an added incentive of great potency in the furtherance and realization of his laudable ambitions. The professional record of the Masterson family in Brazoria County now covers more than three-quarters of a century, during which grandfather, father and son have all been called to the county bench and otherwise honored their calling and themselves. The ex-judge, of this sketch, has also attained particularly high repute as a practitioner of corporation law and the legal manager of large corporate interests. He has also served his district in the house of representatives of the twenty-sixth legislature, and for some years has been recognized as an able and leading advocate of thorough waterway development in Texas, primarily, and, secondarily, of all southwestern water ways. Acting as a delegate to the first national River and Harbor Congress, he has never relaxed his efforts to bring the subject to the attention of state and national authorities and induce practical legislative action.
Mr. Masterson is a native of Texas, born at Houston January 31, 1873, son of Archibald Roane and grandson of Thomas G. Masterson. The latter settled at Brazoria in 1832, coming from Tennessee, and was an active member of the bar, or county judge, until the time of his death in 1883. The father, ex-County Judge A. R. Masterson, is a well-known practitioner at the Houston bar. His mother was the only daughter of Dr. Alexander Ewing who was surgeon general in the Texas army during the war between Texas and Mexico and personally attended to the wounds of General Sam Houston at the battle of San Jacinto.
Alexander E. Masterson obtained his preparatory education in the public schools of Houston, San Antonio and Brazoria, commencing his law studies while still a pupil in the latter place. From school he entered his father's office, and at the age of nineteen was prepared for admission to the bar. Upon the removal of his age disability he passed the required examination before the court of the twenty-third district and, securing a license to practice, located at Brazoria, then the county seat. He followed its removal to Angleton, where he has since been engaged in a large and high-grade practice and served the public both on the bench and in the legislature. In 1901 and 1903 he was elected judge of Brazoria County, having been sent to the twenty-sixth legislature. in 1898, as a representative from Matagorda and Brazoria counties, which comprise the fifty-third district. During all this period he has been an active member of the Texas Bar Association. He is also associated with the I. O. R., Woodmen of the World and B. P. O. E. (Houston Lodge No. 151).
Perhaps no more forcible indication of Mr. Masterson's leadership in the practice of corporation law can be given than to state that he is general attorney for the Houston & Brazos Valley Railroad, local attorney for the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe system with its connections, and attorney for the Angleton and Alvin State banks. He is also vice president of the former and is identified with other financial and business interests of the county. Married in 1895 to Miss Mary Cochran, daughter of Dr. J. L. Cochran, a pioneer of Brazoria, he is the father of John Cochran, Å. E. Jr., Gertrude, Mary and Carlos Bee Masterson. A stalwart and broad-minded member of his profession, a leader in all the movements which best advance the community, and a man of domesticity and affectionate thoughtfulness - his personality is well rounded, well balanced and refined by the tenderest influences of life. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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