G.W.L. Fly

George Washington Lafayette Fly

Full Name: George Washington Lafayette Fly
Date of birth: June 2, 1835
Date of death: January 27, 1905

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 60 Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883 17th (1) (2)   Democrat Unknown / Gonzales   Gonzales

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Terms of Service top

House District 60
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th (1) (2)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Unknown / Gonzales
Counties in district: Gonzales

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • Confederate States Army, Major, Company I, 2nd Texas Infantry, commandant of Galveston. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • George Washington Lafayette Fly. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
  • Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 19, 99, Plate No. 39. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

  • George Washington Lafayette Fly, 1835-1905. Relatives: George Washington Lafayette Fly - father; William Madden Fly - son. Ancestry.com.
  • William Stoner Fly. Relatives: George Washington Lafayette Fly - grandfather; William Stoner Fly - grandson. Ancestry.com.
  • Information on William Fly. Relatives: George Washington Lafayette Fly - father; William Madden Fly - son. George Washington Lafayette Fly - grandfather; William Stoner Fly - grandson. William Madden Fly - uncle; William Stoner Fly - nephew. WikiTree.org.

Photographs

  • Photograph. G.W.L. Fly, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881
Commerce and Manufactures  
Congressional Districts  
Educational Affairs  
Military Affairs  
School Claims  

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