George Sealy
b. 9 January 1835, d. 14 December 1901
- Father: Robert Sealy
- Mother: Mary McCarty
- George Sealy was born on 9 January 1835 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- He married Magnolia A. Willis, daughter of Peter James Willis and Caroline Womack, on 12 May 1875 in Galveston, Texas, at Trinity Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Bill Bird officiating.
- In about 1880, the town of Sealy, in southeastern Austin County, was named in his honor as a director of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad.
- His wife Magnolia A. Willis became a widow at his death.
- George Sealy died on 14 December 1901 at age 66 while traveling by train to a meeting in New York to discuss interest rates on Galveston bonds to help finance the city's recovery from the Galveston hurricane of 1900.
- He was interred at Trinity Episcopal Cemetery, Galveston, Texas.
- For additional biographical information, see The Handbook of Texas Online.
- Last Edited: 18 May 2011