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George Washington McKellar Full Name: George Washington McKellar Date of birth: September 17, 1841 Date of death: June 7, 1919 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 35 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th (1)   Democrat Coldspring / San Jacinto   Polk, San Jacinto H 35 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th (2) (3) (4)   Democrat Coldspring / San Jacinto   Polk, San Jacinto (1) COLDSPRING, TEXAS. "Coldspring is at the junction of State Highway 150 and Farm roads 1514, 946, and 2025, sixty-five miles north of Houston in central San Jacinto County . . . in 1850 the [post office] name was changed to Cold Spring, officially respelled Coldspring in 1894." Handbook of Texas Online. (2) San Jacinto County. House Journal. (3) Coldspring, San Jacinto County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (4) Cold Springs. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 36th Legislature, 2nd C.S., 7/11/1919, p. 386. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, George W. McKellar, pp. 85-86. Born 9/17/1841 in Abbeville County, South Carolina, married Julia F. Partlow at Abbeville, South Carolina, on 6/8/1865. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Corporal, Company F, 2nd South Carolina Infantry, enlisted 4/14/1861. George Washington McKellar, Cold Springs, San Jacinto County, attorney at law, death date 6/7/1919 in San Jacinto County. Widow Mrs. Julia Francis Adlena McKellar, marriage date 6/8/1865 in Abbeville, South Carolina. Pension File Nos. 22866 (G.W. McKellar) and 36170 (George Washington McKeller), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com. Confederate States Army, Corporal, Company F, 2nd Regiment, South Carolina Infantry. Military grave marker, George W. McKellar, birth date 9/17/1841, death date 6/7/1919, burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Coldspring, San Jacinto County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. G.W. McKellar, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. G.W. McKellar, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 26th R.S. - 1899 County Government and County Finances   Private Land Claims   Revenue and Taxation   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   25th R.S. - 1897 Commerce and Manufactures   Confederate Home, Special   County Government and County Finances   Education   Revenue and Taxation

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