Edwin Fairfax Gray

Historical marker location:

2525 Washington, Houston, Texas

( Glenwood Cemetry, 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 installed: 1936

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.

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Texas was once an independent country: After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas became its own country, known as the Republic of Texas. It existed as an independent nation for nine years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.