"There is no more picturesque attractive figure in the history of Grayson County than Captain J.H. LeTellier. Good-looking and talented, he had graduated from Bethany College and had been a Captain in the Confederate army.  His private school was principally established to educate boys, but he usually took a number of girls into his lower grades.

Captain LeTellier was born in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, January 28, 1842.  He was educated in the private schools of that town and at the Albemarle Military Academy; he was graduated from Bethany College, Virginia, at which institution he was the pupil and friend of Dr. Alexander Campbell.  His father was a charter member of the first church founded by the distinguished divine.  .  He began his career as a teacher in Snowville, Virginia in 1860.

At the age of nineteen in 1861 he joined a Company organized at Central Depot, Virginia and was mustered into service May 5, 1861 in Company K, 24th Virginia Infantry, famous as Kemper's Brigade.  He took part in all of the bloodiest battles on the soil of Virginia and neighboring states.  He was at Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Malvern Hill, Spottsylvania Court House, and many other important points in the army of north Virginia under General Pickett.  He was wounded seven times in battle.  He rose from the ranks to the Captain of his Company.  It was while he was under General Hoke on October 20, 1864 in the Battle of Plymouth, North Carolina that he was seriously wounded by the fragment of a shell.  He was taken to the hospital at Charlottesville where he remained four and one-half months, and where an iron ball weighing two ounces was taken from his leg he remained for many months before recovery.  While in this enforced absence from the service he was prevented from rising to brigade rank.  He was in the charge of General Pickett at Gettysburg of which General Lord Woolsey has said that its parallel is not in the annals of war.  He was wounded again in the Bloody Angle on that fateful field.

At the close of the war, Captain LeTellier resumed teaching.  He came to Kaufman County, Texas in February 1871 and to Sherman in August 1871, when he instituted the Sherman Private School of which he was principal to the time of his death. ~ ~ ~ Sherman Daily Democrat, 18 July 1913 & 22 July 1913

According to the 1876 & 1877 City Directory for Sherman, Captain LeTellier's "select school" was located on the west side of S. Travis St. between Center and King.  He resided on the west side of Walnut, also between Center and King.

Mrs. LeTellier was a pioneer citizen of Sherman, having come to Sherman with her husband immediately after the Civil War.  She saw Sherman and North Texas develop from a wilderness into a thriving and cultured community, doing her full share in the work of developing and assisting her talented husband in the noble work in which he was engaged.

She belonged to a prominent and talented family. Her father, Rev. J.H. Younger, was a pioneer Methodist minister and temperance lecturer, well remembered by early settlers of North Texas. ~ ~ ~ Sherman Daily Democrat, Thursday, September 10, 1914

The Sherman City Directory for 1912 Sherman Private School at 721-723 South Travis with J.L. LeTellier as proprietor.  His residence is 720 South Walnut.


CAPTAIN LE TELLIER DEAD
Passed Away at His Home Here at 2 o'clock This Afternoon

Shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon, Captain J. H. LeTellier died at his home, No. 720 South Walnut Street.  His death followed a long illness which has kept him confined at his home more or less for nearly a year.  At times he grew much better and was able to come up town for a short time, and then he would be attacked with sinking spells from which it took him days to rally.  His death today followed one of these attacks and his passing was calm and peaceful.
A splendid man who has done much for Sherman is gone.  Nearly ever since the Civil War, he has conducted a private school in this city and has educated many prominent business men and many men prominent in political and social life.
The work was not abandoned until last year when he had to give up the work on account of declining health.  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Fannie LeTellier and one daughter, Miss Clifford LeTellier.
The funeral arrangements have not yet been announced. ~ ~ ~ Sherman Daily Democrat, Friday, July 18, 1913

WORDS OF FAREWELL
Remarks by Dr. Wharton at the Funeral of Captain Le Tellier.  Published by Request


ANOTHER OF SHERMAN's PIONEER CITIZENS HAS PASSED AWAY

Mrs. Fannie LeTellier, 67 years of age, widow of the late Captain J.H. LeTellier, died this  morning shortly after 10 o'clock after an illness that began early in the summer.  However, she was not thought to be seriously ill until last Monday when she had a serious attack.  Later she improved and her friends hoped for her recovery.
She will be buried tomorrow (Friday) afternoon and her body will be laid beside her late husband in West Hill Cemetery.
Death occurred at her home, No. 425 South Crockett at the residence of Mrs. J.T. Wilson, where she and her daughter, Miss Clifford, have occupied a suite of rooms since the death of Captain LeTellier some time ago....Mrs. LeTellier is survived by her daughter, Miss Clifford, and a sister, Mrs. Wood of Memphis, Tennessee. ~ ~ ~ Sherman Daily Democrat, Thursday, September 10, 1914