William H. Maltby
W. H. Maltby
Born
In Worthington Co. Ohio
March 14, 1837
Died
At Corpus Christi
Aug. 21, 1880
Aged
43 Y's, 5 M's, & 6 Days
Photo Credit: Rosa G. Gonzales
1. Corpus Christi History by Murphy Givens
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (July 15, 1998).
2. Corpus Christi History by Murphy Givens
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (December 6, 1999). Available on microfilm.
3. Corpus Christi History by Murphy Givens
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (May 10, 2006).
4. Biographical information from Pathfinders of Texas, 1836 - 1846
5. Oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, 1865
Provenance: Corpus Christi Public Libraries
6. News item, 1870
Bro. Bill, of the Corpus Christi Advertiser, has performed the endearing feat of changing the name of Miss Anna Maria Headen to that of Mrs. W.H. Maltby. That we wish them much joy everyone who knows us at all must be perfectly aware. A day following the happy event his Big Brother Hank was in Corpus Christi, but a promise to be in Brownsville on a certain day prevented him from following up the path of their honeymoon and extending to them the Texas hug. To be deprived of that happy felicity, Oh, this cruel world! But Bro. Bill is married nevertheless, and the way he celebrated the occasion is just what might be expected of one who has the reputation of being the first wit in Texas. No palatial cars, or gaudy bridal chamber for them. A drive of ten miles brought the twain to the middle of a prairie, where with heaven for a covering and earth for a bed, and surrounded with fragrant flowers, and a thousand mocking birds to sing their sweetest lullabies, loving natures and natures God bade them as one in flesh now and forever! As for the grandeur of the occasion, the diamond wedding, in comparison, stands where the artificial does to the natural.
Source: Daily Ranchero (Brownsville), Aug 11, 1870,Page 3, col. 2
Research: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription: Geraldine D. McGloin
Provenance: Corpus Christi Public Libraries
“This picture hung over Mr. Eli T. Merriman’s desk until his death in 1941.
Mr. Merriman and Mr. Maltby were partners in publishing The Corpus Christi Free Press.â€
Donated to the Corpus Christi Public Libraries in 1941
Provenance: Corpus Christi Public Libraries
9. Obituary
On Friday the 20 inst., William Henderson Maltby, the subject of this sketch, died at his residence in this City at 6:15 p.m., age 43 years 5 months and 6 days. On the Wednesday previous late in the afternoon he took to his bed and at once commenced sinking, the doctors giving him up Friday _______. He was conscious of his condition, recognized and bid adieu to the friends who visited him. Mr. Maltby came to this City in the latter part of '59. In 1860-61 he was connected with his brother, H. A. Maltby, in the publication of the Ranchero, a small weekly paper. He consequently became a member of Capt. B. F. Neal's Artillery Company, C. S. A., and was elected first lieutenant, afterwards becoming Captain of the company. With a number of others he was captured by the Federal forces of Mustang Island, taken to New Orleans, released through the influence of his brother, Gen. Jasper A. Maltby, and went to Vicksburg, where he remained until an exchange of prisoners was effected. Returning to this point he resumed the publication with his brother of the Ranchero at Santa Margarita on the Nueces. The Ranchero was afterwards moved to Brownsville and the paper continued under the same name. Upon the occupation of Brownsville by the U. S. forces it was moved across
the Rio Grande and published in Matamoras, in which city the _________. Upon returning to Corpus Christi he commenced the publication of the Advertiser, which was succeeded by the Gazette under Barnard & Son. He next, in conjunction with Mr. E. T. Merriman commenced the publication of his present paper The Free Press now in the fourth volume. He was a man endowed with more than ________ to rank high among his fellow men. He leaves a large family to mourn his loss and many sympathizing friends.
Source:
Semi Weekly Ledger, Corpus Christi, TX, August 22, 1880, p. 3, col. 3
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission
10. Research by Frank Wagner
MALTBY, WILLIAM HENDERSON, b. 1837 in Worthington, Ohio, son of Rev. David Maltby, a Methodist minister, d. 20 August 1880, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Educated in various places in Ohio, he spent his youth in Cleveland, where he was secretary of the Cleveland Light Guards as late as 23 March 1859. He joined with his brother, Henry Alonzo Maltby, in organizing the Ranchero, a Democratic newspaper in Corpus Christi 22 October, 1859. With a legacy of $7,920 from a grandfather, he was able to marry Mary Grace Swift 15 July 1860. He joined the Confederate Army, was captured on Mustang Island and transported as a prisoner-of-war to New Orleans where his brother, Union Brigadier-General Jasper A. Maltby, was his warder. When Jasper was transferred to Vicksburg, William was moved and given the liberty of the town. Ultimately, William was permitted to give his parole and was returned to Corpus Christi. Owing to Union attacks in the Corpus Christi region, the Ranchero was moved to Matamoros, 24 May, 1865 - 16 June, 1866. At the end of the Civil War, he returned to Corpus Christi and began the Corpus Christi Advertiser. On the death of his first wife in the yellow fever epidemic of 1868, he married Anna Maria Headen, 22 July, 1870, daughter of William Headen, a leading merchant. Quite successful with the Advertiser, he sold the newspaper to James and Frank Barnard, who changed the name to Corpus Christi Gazetteq.v. Joining with Eli Merriman, Maltby organized the Corpus Christi Ledger in response to the exceptional hard times brought on by the financial collapse of Jay Cook & Co., and the political machinations of the Grant administration. Merriman continued the Ledger after Maltby's death, and eventually combined it into the Corpus Christi Caller.
Research by: Frank Wagner
Transcription by: Rosa G. Gonzales