George Isbell Turnley
Full Name: George Isbell TurnleyDate of birth: August 29, 1840
Date of death: October 23, 1923
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| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 2 | Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 | 19th (1) (2) (3) (4) | Democrat | Cold Spring / San Jacinto | Polk, San Jacinto |
(1) Coldspring formerly spelled Cold Spring. Cold Spring became the county seat of newly established San Jacinto County in 1870. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) The Texas legislature established San Jacinto County with Coldspring as the county seat on August 13, 1870, out of parts of Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, and Walker counties. Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Cold Spring, Polk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Cold Springs. Rules of Order of the House of Representatives of the Nineteenth Legislature, 1885.
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House District 2
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887 Legislatures: 19th (1) (2) (3) (4) Party: Democrat Home City/County: Cold Spring / San Jacinto Counties in district: Polk, San Jacinto |
(1) Coldspring formerly spelled Cold Spring. Cold Spring became the county seat of newly established San Jacinto County in 1870. Handbook of Texas Online.
(2) The Texas legislature established San Jacinto County with Coldspring as the county seat on August 13, 1870, out of parts of Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, and Walker counties. Handbook of Texas Online.
(3) Cold Spring, Polk County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(4) Cold Springs. Rules of Order of the House of Representatives of the Nineteenth Legislature, 1885.
Biographical Information top
Military Service Notes
- Confederate States Army, Private, Company G, 10th Alabama Infantry, enlisted 6/4/1861 at Jacksonville, Alabama. George Isbell Turnley, death date 10/23/1923 in Harris County; widow Mrs. Geo. I. Turnley, marriage date 6/11/1878 in San Jacinto County. Pension File Nos. 39316 (George L. Turnley) and 39491 (George Isbell Turnley), Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com.
- 10th Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, Army of Northern Virginia, p. 55. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Other Resources
- Census of 1880 - George F. Turnley, San Jacinto County, age 37, born circa 1843 in Alabama, lawyer, wife Emma.
Census of 1900 - Geo. E. Turnley, San Jacinto County, born May 1846 in Georgia, wife Emily.
Census of 1910 - Geo I. Turnley, Harris County, born circa 1844 in Alabama, wife Emily.
George I. Turnley married Emily E. Ross, 6/11/1878 in San Jacinto County, Texas.
FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 - G.I. Turnley, birth date 8/29/1840, death date 10/23/1923 in Houston. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
- Biographical sketch, G.I. Turnley, p. 55. Age 41 (born circa 1844), born in Alabama, former mayor of Jacksonville, AL, came to Texas 1876. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
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19th R.S. - 1885
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