Charles Elliott Ashe

1866 - 1940  (73 years)

• Name	Charles Elliott Ashe
  Birth	17 Sep 1866	Cedar Bayou, Harris, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	25 Apr 1910	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 43, born TX, marr 7 yrs, district court judge, parents born TX/TX
  Census	3 Jan 1920	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 52, born TX, civil judge, parents born TX/TX
  Census	9 Apr 1930	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 63, born TX, marr at 31, civil judge in district court, parents born TN/TX
  Death	22 Feb 1940	Houston, Harris, TX
  Burial		Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I1831	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Gaston Ashe
  Mother	Sally Jones
  Family ID	F880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marian S “Minnie” Szabo,   b. 9 Oct 1871, Houston, Harris, TX d. 10 Jul 1953, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 81 years)  [1]
  Marriage	1903	Houston, Harris, TX
  Children	1. Charles Alexander Ashe,   b. 13 Oct 1905, Houston, Harris, TX d. 8 Oct 1920, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 14 years) + 2. Marjorie Ashe,   b. 27 Dec 1912, Houston, Harris, TX d. 16 Dec 1997, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 84 years)
  Histories		Charles Ashe & Mariam Szabo Genealogy
  Family ID	F475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 May 2015

  
  

• Photos

  Charles E Ashe Photo Judge Charles E. Ashe helped incorporate the Lawyers Library Association and was elected the first President of the organization. Judge Ashe remained an active member for many years. Aside from his services in support of the Law Library, Judge Ashe presided over the 11th District Court in Houston from 1900 to 1936, and his service to both the Houston Bar Association and the State Bar of Texas is well-documented. The grandson of President Anson Jones, last president of the Republic of Texas, he was also an active member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas.

  
  

  Headstones » Slide Show		Baker Family Gravesite in Houston Plot: Sect. E-1, Lot 57
  		Charles E Ashe Headstone CHARLES E. ASHE 1866 - 1940
  		Charles E Ashe Grave Placque PRESIDENT GENERAL CHARLES E. ASHE 1926 - 1927 The Sons Of The Republic Of Texas

  
  

• Notes

  from "Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs: Volume 2", 1910 (google books) JUDGE CHARLES A. ASHE is judge of the Eleventh District Court of Texas. When elected to the bench in 1900 he brought to the office a seasoned legal mind, a thorough experience as a practicing member of the Houston bar, and the esteem and confidence of the majority of his fellow citizens. After four years he was re-elected, and in 1908 was elected for his third term, on which he is now serving. Born at Cedar bayou, in Harris county, September 17, 1866 he is a Texan both by birth and by connection with one of the old and illustrious families of the state. His mother, whose maiden name was Sallie S. Jones, was the daughter of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas. Anson Jones was a physician by profession, originally from Great Barrington, Connecticut, who settled in the old town of Brazoria in 1822 and practiced there until he became secretary of state under Sam Houston. He was a surgeon on the battlefield of San Jacinto, and in 1845 resigned the office of president when Texas became a state of the American Union. He died at Houston in 1858. Judge Ashe's paternal grandfather was a Tennessean and a lawyer of note, representing his district in Congress. In 1848 he brought his family to Texas and lived first at Galveston and later at Cedar Bayou. Richard G. Ashe, the father of Judge Ashe, was born in Tennessee, and has lived most of his life in Harris county, and for many years in the city of Houston, being at the present time in the employ of the city government. After leaving the public schools, Charles E. Ashe began the study of law under the tutorage of his uncle, Judge C. Anson Jones, of Houston, and in February, 1888, was admitted to the bar. He was engaged in practice at Houston from that year until his election to the bench in 1900. His choice by the Democratic party for a place on their ticket was sanctioned by the bar in general. Judge Ashe is a member of the Houston Business League, the Houston Turn Verein, The Thalian Club, and he also affiliates with Holland Lodge, No. 1, A.F.&A.M.; Texas Lodge, No, 1, K. of P., and the Tonkaway Tribe, I.O.R.M. He married, in 1902, Marian S. Szabo. Her father was the late Alexander A. Szabo, of Houston. Their one child, Charles Alexander, was born October 13, 1905.

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Gault, Charles B, Ashe genealogy : some descendants of John Baptista Ashe of Carolina , (Chapel Hill, N.C, 1978), pg 8.