G.B. Sanford

Gary Bonner Sanford

Full Name: Gary Bonner Sanford
Date of birth: June 30, 1890
Date of death: December 21, 1966

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 8 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th (1) (2) (3)   Democrat Timpson / Rusk   Rusk
H 8 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th (4) (5) (6)   Democrat Timpson / Rusk   Rusk
H 6 May 6, 1922 - Jan 9, 1923 37th (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)   Democrat Timpson / Rusk   Rusk

(1) Timpson. House Journal.
(2) Timpson, Rusk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Garrison. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) Timpson. House Journal.
(5) Timpson, Rusk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Garrison. Texas Legislative Manual.
(7) District 6 composed of the county of Rusk, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(8) Census of 1920 - Gary Sanford listed in the Charles E. Sanford household in Arlam [incorporated place: voting precinct 26, Caledonia], Rusk County. FamilySearch.
(9) TIMPSON, TEXAS. "Timpson is on the Southern Pacific Railroad at the junction of U.S. highways 87, 84, and 59, fifteen miles northwest of Center in northwestern Shelby County." Handbook of Texas Online.
(10) Gary B. Sanford, in special election 5/6/1922, succeeded Lumpkin Webb, died after 2nd Called Session [sic]. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(11) Timpson, Rusk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(12) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 38th and 39th Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.

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House District 8
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Timpson / Rusk
Counties in district: Rusk
House District 8
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th (4) (5) (6)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Timpson / Rusk
Counties in district: Rusk
House District 6
May 6, 1922 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Timpson / Rusk
Counties in district: Rusk

(1) Timpson. House Journal.
(2) Timpson, Rusk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Garrison. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) Timpson. House Journal.
(5) Timpson, Rusk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) Garrison. Texas Legislative Manual.
(7) District 6 composed of the county of Rusk, Acts 1911, 32nd Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 10, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(8) Census of 1920 - Gary Sanford listed in the Charles E. Sanford household in Arlam [incorporated place: voting precinct 26, Caledonia], Rusk County. FamilySearch.
(9) TIMPSON, TEXAS. "Timpson is on the Southern Pacific Railroad at the junction of U.S. highways 87, 84, and 59, fifteen miles northwest of Center in northwestern Shelby County." Handbook of Texas Online.
(10) Gary B. Sanford, in special election 5/6/1922, succeeded Lumpkin Webb, died after 2nd Called Session [sic]. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(11) Timpson, Rusk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(12) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 38th and 39th Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • Biographical sketch, Capt. Thomas Smith Garrison, Volume III, pp. 1410-1411. Born 5/17/1837 in Carroll County, Georgia. Relatives: Caleb Garrison and Thomas Smith Garrison - brothers. Relatives: Thomas Smith Garrison - grandfather; Gary Bonner Sanford [son of Adele Bonner Garrison Sanford] - grandson. Relatives: Caleb Garrison - great-uncle; Gary Bonner Sanford - great-nephew. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.

Military Service Notes

Other Resources

  • Gary Bonner Sanford, birth date 6/30/1890 in Timpson, Texas; death date 12/21/1966 in Jasper County; usual residence in Timpson, Rusk County; retired government employee; served in World War I. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Gary B. Sanford (1890-1966), burial in Caledonia Cemetery, Caledonia, Rusk County. Find a Grave.
  • Calculated relationship based on James Freeborn Garrison, Susan Mandeville Garrison, and Edgar Hubbard Carter family group sheets. Relatives: Edgar Hubbard Carter and Gary Bonner Sanford - cousins once removed. Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy, 2001. Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy Garrison-Logan Family History & Genealogy
  • GARY, TX. In 1898, Sanford's maternal grandfather helped to establish a settlement between Timpson and Carthage; the new town was named Gary, Texas, "in honor of Garrison's grandson." Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Obituaries, Gary Sanford, 12/22/1966, p. 10, and 12/23/1966, p. 12. Gary Bonner Sanford, former State Senator, grandson of Capt. T.S. Garrison, veteran of World War I. "The town of Gary was named for Gary Sanford." Marshall News Messenger.

Photographs

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Committee Information top

39th R.S. - 1925
Appropriations (Vice Chair) 
Banks and Banking  
Game and Fisheries  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Insurance  
38th R.S. - 1923
Appropriations  
Engrossed Bills  
Game and Fisheries  
Penitentiaries  
Privileges, Suffrage and Elections  
Roads, Bridges and Ferries  

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