Served as Brazos County Attorney 1907-1918 and again 1939-1944. Married Edna Earl Nall in Brazos county Texas on 24 Oct 1900. His parents were Louise Ellezbe & Cade Bethea.
Historical Review of South-East Texas and
THE FOUNDERS, LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN
OF ITS COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND CIVIC AFFAIRS.
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO
1910
Volume 2, Page 821
LEMAR BETHEA is a prominent attorney at Bryan and well known in central Texas. He was born near DeKalb in Kemper county, Mississippi, March 20, 1876, a son of Cade and Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Bethea, the father born in Fayetteville, Georgia, May 14, 1838, and the mother at Society Hill, South Carolina, August 17, 1844. The maternal family located in Kemper county, Mississippi, in 1845, and they were farming people there. Cade Bethea served four years as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, a member of Company I, Second Alabama Volunteer Cavalry, General Wheeler's command, and continuing in service until the close of the war he then located in Lauderdale county. Mississippi, at the town of Meridian, where he followed both saw and lumber milling until moving to Kemper county. It was there that he met and married Mrs. Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Ball. She was then the widow of Josh Ball, of Kemper county. Mr. Bethea had also been previously married, his first wife having been Ella P. Briggs, of Mississippi, her family having been among the early pioneers of that commonwealth. On the lst of January, 1887, Mr. Bethea arrived with his family in Tyler county, Texas, at the town of Mobile, and he became identified with the saw milling business there. During latter part of 1889 and all of 1890 the family home was at Lampasas. He operated throughout ‘southeastern Texas until 1908. From then on during the remainder of his life he followed farming in Polk county, near Livingston, where he died on the 4th of October, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. The members of this family are Lemar and Cade Bethea and J. V. Ball, the latter a son of Mrs. Bethea by her first husband.
Lemar Bethea attended in his youth the Moscow High School, where he pursued his literary course under Professor M. Winston, a noted educator in eastern Texas. In 1896 he entered the State University at Austin, and graduated from its law department in 1898 with the degree of LL.B., while in 1899 he received from the same institution the degree of LL.l‘I. Admitted to the bar in the same year he began practice at Conroe in Montgomery county, and from there in August of 1900 came to Bryan and has since practiced in this city. In 1906 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of county attorney for Brazos county, and re-elected in 1908, which office he now holds. He is a member of the fraternal order of Elks at Bryan, and he is also a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Tau Chapter, of his Alma Mater, the State University at Austin. On the 24th of October, 1900. Mr. Bethea was married to Edna Earl Nall, a daughter of R. M. Nall, of Bryan. A daughter and a son have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bethea, Milton Lois and William Cade Bethea.
Historical Review of South-East Texas and
THE FOUNDERS, LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN
OF ITS COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND CIVIC AFFAIRS.
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO
1910
Volume 2, Page 821
LEMAR BETHEA is a prominent attorney at Bryan and well known in central Texas. He was born near DeKalb in Kemper county, Mississippi, March 20, 1876, a son of Cade and Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Bethea, the father born in Fayetteville, Georgia, May 14, 1838, and the mother at Society Hill, South Carolina, August 17, 1844. The maternal family located in Kemper county, Mississippi, in 1845, and they were farming people there. Cade Bethea served four years as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, a member of Company I, Second Alabama Volunteer Cavalry, General Wheeler's command, and continuing in service until the close of the war he then located in Lauderdale county. Mississippi, at the town of Meridian, where he followed both saw and lumber milling until moving to Kemper county. It was there that he met and married Mrs. Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Ball. She was then the widow of Josh Ball, of Kemper county. Mr. Bethea had also been previously married, his first wife having been Ella P. Briggs, of Mississippi, her family having been among the early pioneers of that commonwealth. On the lst of January, 1887, Mr. Bethea arrived with his family in Tyler county, Texas, at the town of Mobile, and he became identified with the saw milling business there. During latter part of 1889 and all of 1890 the family home was at Lampasas. He operated throughout ‘southeastern Texas until 1908. From then on during the remainder of his life he followed farming in Polk county, near Livingston, where he died on the 4th of October, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. The members of this family are Lemar and Cade Bethea and J. V. Ball, the latter a son of Mrs. Bethea by her first husband.
Lemar Bethea attended in his youth the Moscow High School, where he pursued his literary course under Professor M. Winston, a noted educator in eastern Texas. In 1896 he entered the State University at Austin, and graduated from its law department in 1898 with the degree of LL.B., while in 1899 he received from the same institution the degree of LL.l‘I. Admitted to the bar in the same year he began practice at Conroe in Montgomery county, and from there in August of 1900 came to Bryan and has since practiced in this city. In 1906 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of county attorney for Brazos county, and re-elected in 1908, which office he now holds. He is a member of the fraternal order of Elks at Bryan, and he is also a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Tau Chapter, of his Alma Mater, the State University at Austin. On the 24th of October, 1900. Mr. Bethea was married to Edna Earl Nall, a daughter of R. M. Nall, of Bryan. A daughter and a son have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bethea, Milton Lois and William Cade Bethea.
Served as Brazos County Attorney 1907-1918 and again 1939-1944. Married Edna Earl Nall in Brazos county Texas on 24 Oct 1900. His parents were Louise Ellezbe & Cade Bethea.
Historical Review of South-East Texas and
THE FOUNDERS, LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN
OF ITS COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND CIVIC AFFAIRS.
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO
1910
Volume 2, Page 821
LEMAR BETHEA is a prominent attorney at Bryan and well known in central Texas. He was born near DeKalb in Kemper county, Mississippi, March 20, 1876, a son of Cade and Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Bethea, the father born in Fayetteville, Georgia, May 14, 1838, and the mother at Society Hill, South Carolina, August 17, 1844. The maternal family located in Kemper county, Mississippi, in 1845, and they were farming people there. Cade Bethea served four years as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, a member of Company I, Second Alabama Volunteer Cavalry, General Wheeler's command, and continuing in service until the close of the war he then located in Lauderdale county. Mississippi, at the town of Meridian, where he followed both saw and lumber milling until moving to Kemper county. It was there that he met and married Mrs. Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Ball. She was then the widow of Josh Ball, of Kemper county. Mr. Bethea had also been previously married, his first wife having been Ella P. Briggs, of Mississippi, her family having been among the early pioneers of that commonwealth. On the lst of January, 1887, Mr. Bethea arrived with his family in Tyler county, Texas, at the town of Mobile, and he became identified with the saw milling business there. During latter part of 1889 and all of 1890 the family home was at Lampasas. He operated throughout ‘southeastern Texas until 1908. From then on during the remainder of his life he followed farming in Polk county, near Livingston, where he died on the 4th of October, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. The members of this family are Lemar and Cade Bethea and J. V. Ball, the latter a son of Mrs. Bethea by her first husband.
Lemar Bethea attended in his youth the Moscow High School, where he pursued his literary course under Professor M. Winston, a noted educator in eastern Texas. In 1896 he entered the State University at Austin, and graduated from its law department in 1898 with the degree of LL.B., while in 1899 he received from the same institution the degree of LL.l‘I. Admitted to the bar in the same year he began practice at Conroe in Montgomery county, and from there in August of 1900 came to Bryan and has since practiced in this city. In 1906 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of county attorney for Brazos county, and re-elected in 1908, which office he now holds. He is a member of the fraternal order of Elks at Bryan, and he is also a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Tau Chapter, of his Alma Mater, the State University at Austin. On the 24th of October, 1900. Mr. Bethea was married to Edna Earl Nall, a daughter of R. M. Nall, of Bryan. A daughter and a son have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bethea, Milton Lois and William Cade Bethea.
Historical Review of South-East Texas and
THE FOUNDERS, LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN
OF ITS COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND CIVIC AFFAIRS.
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO
1910
Volume 2, Page 821
LEMAR BETHEA is a prominent attorney at Bryan and well known in central Texas. He was born near DeKalb in Kemper county, Mississippi, March 20, 1876, a son of Cade and Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Bethea, the father born in Fayetteville, Georgia, May 14, 1838, and the mother at Society Hill, South Carolina, August 17, 1844. The maternal family located in Kemper county, Mississippi, in 1845, and they were farming people there. Cade Bethea served four years as a soldier in the Confederate army during the Civil war, a member of Company I, Second Alabama Volunteer Cavalry, General Wheeler's command, and continuing in service until the close of the war he then located in Lauderdale county. Mississippi, at the town of Meridian, where he followed both saw and lumber milling until moving to Kemper county. It was there that he met and married Mrs. Louisa Amanda (Ellerbe) Ball. She was then the widow of Josh Ball, of Kemper county. Mr. Bethea had also been previously married, his first wife having been Ella P. Briggs, of Mississippi, her family having been among the early pioneers of that commonwealth. On the lst of January, 1887, Mr. Bethea arrived with his family in Tyler county, Texas, at the town of Mobile, and he became identified with the saw milling business there. During latter part of 1889 and all of 1890 the family home was at Lampasas. He operated throughout ‘southeastern Texas until 1908. From then on during the remainder of his life he followed farming in Polk county, near Livingston, where he died on the 4th of October, 1909, at the age of seventy-one years. The members of this family are Lemar and Cade Bethea and J. V. Ball, the latter a son of Mrs. Bethea by her first husband.
Lemar Bethea attended in his youth the Moscow High School, where he pursued his literary course under Professor M. Winston, a noted educator in eastern Texas. In 1896 he entered the State University at Austin, and graduated from its law department in 1898 with the degree of LL.B., while in 1899 he received from the same institution the degree of LL.l‘I. Admitted to the bar in the same year he began practice at Conroe in Montgomery county, and from there in August of 1900 came to Bryan and has since practiced in this city. In 1906 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to the office of county attorney for Brazos county, and re-elected in 1908, which office he now holds. He is a member of the fraternal order of Elks at Bryan, and he is also a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Tau Chapter, of his Alma Mater, the State University at Austin. On the 24th of October, 1900. Mr. Bethea was married to Edna Earl Nall, a daughter of R. M. Nall, of Bryan. A daughter and a son have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Bethea, Milton Lois and William Cade Bethea.
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