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Edwin Fairfax Gray

Houston, Harris County

Marker Text

Midshipman in the Texas Navy, 1841. Lieutenant in the U. S. Navy, 1857. Lieutenant Colonel, 4th Texas Infantry C. S. A., 1862-65. Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia March 15, 1829; Died, Aug. 19, 1884

Marker Details

Address 2525 Washington
Location Description Glenwood Cemetery, 2525 Washington, Section E-2, Lot 133. NOTE: supplemental granite marker notes his service in the 3rd Texas Infantry, C.S.A., not the 4th as recorded on the 1936 marker.
Marker # 10671
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial grave marker (gray granite)
Code Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; Civil War; military topics
Latitude, Longitude 29.764698, -95.386991

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