Edward Jeremiah Gurley
Full Name: Edward Jeremiah GurleyDate of birth: June 7, 1824
Date of death: July 4, 1914
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Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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H | 60 | Aug 7, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 | 11th (1) (2) | Waco / McLennan | Bosque, McLennan |
(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. E.J. Gurley sworn 8/7/1866, p. 4. House Journal.
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House District 60
Aug 7, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870 Legislatures: 11th (1) (2) Home City/County: Waco / McLennan Counties in district: Bosque, McLennan |
(1) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Not present at organization of the House on 8/6/1866. E.J. Gurley sworn 8/7/1866, p. 4. House Journal.
Biographical Information top
Biographical Sketches
- GURLEY, EDWARD JEREMIAH (1827-1914). Birth date 6/7/1827. Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch, Colonel Edward J. Gurley. Birth date 6/7/1824. A Memorial and Biographical History of McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 632-634, Chicago, Illinois, crediting Lena Armstrong Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Military Service Notes
- Edward Jeremiah Gurley, birth date 6/7/1824, death date 7/4/1914. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Confederate States Army, Colonel, 30th Texas Cavalry Regiment (also called 1st Texas Partisan Rangers), portrait, pp. 29, Plate No. 49. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.
Other Resources
- E.J. Gurley, death date 7/4/1914 in Waco, McLennan County; age 90. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Edwards J. Gurley, birth date 6/7/1824 in Franklin County, Alabama, death date 7/4/1914 in Waco, Texas, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco. Find a Grave.
- Obituary, "Col. E.J. Gurley of Waco Is Dead," 7/4/1914, p. 3. Houston Chronicle.
- Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1866. Journal of the Texas State Convention: Assembled at Austin, Feb. 7, 1866. Adjourned April 2, 1866, pp. 3-5. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
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11th R.S. - 1866
Commerce and Manufactures Congressional Districts, Select Judicial Districts, Select Judiciary Privileges and Elections |
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