Marker Details

Gray, Edwin Fairfax

2525 Washington Avenue

Houston , 77007

Notes:

Louis Lenz Inventory # 60 of 71; Gray's grave site Section E-2; cemetery staff notes that the "Defenders of the Republic of Texas" medallion installed in 2006 by the DRT

Directions: Glenwood cemetery, Section E-2

Key Time Period: 1846 - 1865 Statehood - Civil War

Corretions/New Research:

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 Type: Centennial Grave Marker

Historical Org: Texas Historical Commission (THC)

Key Map Information: 493 J

GPS Coordinates: 29 45.886, 95 23.208

Precinct No: 2

Marker No: 10671