George Sealy

b. 9 January 1835, d. 14 December 1901
  • 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

Family: Magnolia A. Willis b. 15 June 1854, d. 8 November 1933