George M. Flournoy
Born: November 30, 1832
Birthplace: Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia
Father: Marcus Aurelius Flournoy 1795 – 1849
(Buried: Cusseta Cemetery, Chambers County, Alabama)
Mother: Margaret Jane Shelman 1813 – 1842
1st Wife: Eugenia Haralson 1837 – 1857
Married: July 19, 1853 in Chambers, Alabama
2nd Wife: Virginia Louisa Holman 1837 – 1900
Married: July 1, 1858 in Austin, Texas
Children:
Eugenia Flournoy Corti 1854 – 1912
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, California)
George M. Flournoy Jr. 1859 – 1926
(Buried: Union Cemetery, Bakersfield, California)
Marguerite Flournoy Garrity 1865 – 1905
Education:
Attended University of Georgia
1853: Graduated from University of Alabama Law School
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Austin, Texas
1860: Texas State Attorney General
1860: Delegate to Texas State Democratic Party Convention
1860: Asked an audience "What shall you do is Lincoln is elected? That, I know, is what you want to hear about. I say, Secede from the Union"
1860: Helped call for a Texas Secession Convention in Austin, Texas
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention
1861: Co Author of Texas Declaration of Causes for Secession
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 16th Texas Infantry Regiment
Recommended for promotion to the rank of Brigadier General
Often led a Brigade in Walker's Texas Division
1865: Detailed to Court Martial Duty for the Confederate Army
Occupation after War:
Served in Maximillian's Army in Mexico
Attorney in Galveston, Texas
1875: Member of Texas State Constitution Convention
1878 – 1889: Attorney in San Francisco, California
Died: September 18, 1889
Place of Death: San Francisco, California
Age at time of Death: 56 years old
Burial Place: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, California
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