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William M. Gellatly Full Name: William M. Gellatly Other surnames: Gellately Date of birth: July 16, 1834 Date of death: June 6, 1909 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 2 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th   Democrat Milam / Sabine   Nacogdoches, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches GELLATLY, WILLIAM M. (1834-1909). Handbook of Texas Online. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, 1st Lieutenant, Company F, 11th Texas Infantry, enrolled 2/17/1862, age 27 years. War Department memo: "The records show William Gellatly, not borne as W.M. Gellately . . . " William M. Gellately [Gellatly], death date 6/6/1910 in Sabine County, Texas, widow Mrs. Mary C. Gellately, marriage date 10/24/1866 in Sabine County. Pension File No. 49588, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958. Ancestry.com. Revolutionary Army, Texas Revolution; Confederate States Army, Lieutenant, Company F, 11th Texas Infantry. Handbook of Texas Online. Other Resources Census of 1870 - William Gellothy, Hemphill, Sabine County, age 36, born circa 1834 in New York, lawyer, living in household with Mary E. Gellothy, age 23. Census of 1880 - William Gellately, Milam, Sabine County, age 45, born circa 1835 in New York, farmer, wife Mollie C. Census of 1900 - William Gellatly, Sabine County, age 66, born July 1834 in New York, farmer, wife Mary C. Gellatly. FamilySearch. 1870 1880 1900 W. Gellatly, birth date 7/16/1834, death date 6/6/1909, burial in Milam Cemetery, Milam, Sabine County. Find a Grave. Wm. Gellatly, Milam, Sabine County, p. 55, "has been member thirteenth [sic] legislature and is county attorney." Texas Legal Directory for 1876-77, 1877. Photographs Photograph. W. Gellatly, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 14th R.S. - 1874 Claims and Accounts   Judiciary No. 2   Removal of Judge L.M. Cooper, 3rd Judicial District

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