George Washington McKellar

Full Name: George Washington McKellar
Date of birth: September 17, 1841
Date of death: June 7, 1919

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	35	Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901	26th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Coldspring / San Jacinto		Polk, San Jacinto
H	35	Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899	25th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Coldspring / San Jacinto		Polk, San Jacinto

(1) COLDSPRING, TEXAS. "Coldspring is at the junction of State Highway 150 and Farm roads 1514, 946, and 2025, sixty-five miles north of Houston in central San Jacinto County . . . in 1850 the [post office] name was changed to Cold Spring, officially respelled Coldspring in 1894." Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) San Jacinto County. House Journal.
(3) Coldspring, San Jacinto County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Cold Springs. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 35
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coldspring / San Jacinto
Counties in district: Polk, San Jacinto

House District 35
Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899
Legislatures: 25th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Coldspring / San Jacinto
Counties in district: Polk, San Jacinto

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Resolutions and Journal entries

36th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 7/11/1919, p. 386. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, George W. McKellar, pp. 85-86. Born 9/17/1841 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, married Julia F. Partlow at Abbeville, South Carolina, on 6/8/1865. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Corporal, Company F, 2nd South Carolina Infantry, enlisted 4/14/1861. George Washington McKellar, Cold Springs, San Jacinto County, attorney at law, death date 6/7/1919 in San Jacinto County. Widow Mrs. Julia Francis Adlena McKellar, marriage date 6/8/1865 in Abbeville, South Carolina. Pension File Nos. 22866 (G.W. McKellar) and 36170 (George Washington McKeller), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Corporal, Company F, 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry. Military grave marker, George W. McKellar, birth date 9/17/1841, death date 6/7/1919, burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Coldspring, San Jacinto County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. G.W. McKellar, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. G.W. McKellar, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

26th R.S. - 1899 County Government and County Finances Private Land Claims Revenue and Taxation Roads, Bridges and Ferries
25th R.S. - 1897 Commerce and Manufactures Confederate Home, Special County Government and County Finances Education Revenue and Taxation

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