Terms of Service

• House, 17th ^{(1) (2) (3)} Legislature
  1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
  Democrat
  

(1) "James E. Gray, democrat, a prominent farmer and granger, is elected representative from Washington county," p. 1, 11/5/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Independent Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. J.E. Gray, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

• Confederate States Army, Private, Company K, 22nd Regiment Infantry, Texas Volunteer Infantry, commanding officer Col. R.B. Hubbard, enlistment 6/16/1862 at Camp Hubbard, age 32 years. James Gray, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com .
• Biographical sketch, J.E. Gray, "A Living Lesson in Temperance," 2/16/1917, p. 1. Born 7/8/1828 in Abbeville District, South Carolina. Includes photograph. Comanche Chief .
• Census of 1880 - James E. Gray, Washington County, age 50, born circa 1830 in South Carolina, farmer, wife Louisa.
  Census of 1910 - James E. Gray, Comanche, Comanche County, age 81, born circa 1829 in South Carolina, trader, wife Louisa.
  Census of 1920 - James E. Gray, Comanche, Comanche County, age 91, born circa 1829 in South Carolina, wife Louisa. FamilySearch . 1920 1880
1910
• J.E. Gray, birth date 7/8/1828, death date 9/25/1920, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Comanche, Comanche County, with wife Nancy L. Gray. Find a Grave .

Committee Information

• 17th R.S. - 1881
• Agricultural and Mechanical College and State Normal Schools, Visit (Co-Chair) 
• Agriculture  
• Commerce and Manufactures (Chair) 
• Revenue and Taxation