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James Lawrence Gay

Full Name: James Lawrence Gay
Birth date: September 6, 1816
Death date: March 4, 1900

Terms of Service

  • House, 6th (1) Legislature
    11/5/1855 - 11/2/1857
     
(1) Included "[a]mong 1855 legislators that this writer has positively identified as Know Nothings." The party was active in Texas at the state level between 1855 and 1857. "An Analysis of the Texas Know Nothings," Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 414, 416-417. Southwestern Historical Quarterly .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Other Resources

  • Census of 1860 - James L. Gay, Fayette County, age 44, born circa 1816 in South Carolina, farmer.
    Census of 1870 - James L. Gay, Fayette County, age 54, born circa 1816 in Alabama, farmer. FamilySearch . 1860 1870
  • Jas. Lawrence Gay, father of Jas. F. Gray, birth date 1/16/1856 in Fayette County, death date 5/29/1922 in Waco, McLennan County. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
  • James L. Gay, birth date 9/6/1816, death date 3/3/1900, burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McClennan County. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, "Death of J.L. Gay," The Schulenburg Sticker, 3/8/1900, p. 2, crediting Schulenburg Public Library. "Deceased lived in Fayette county, Texas, from 1839 until four years ago, when he removed to [Waco]." Death date 3/4/1900. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .

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