Guilford Manor Magill
March 22, 1862 Georgia
March 2, 1938 Houston, Harris County, Texas
Lived at 425 Yale Street, Houston, Harris County, Texas at the time of his death

Son of
Thomas Seldon Magill
April 20, 1836 Monroe County, Tennessee – May 7, 1906 Kansas

Martha Rebecca Harris Magill
March 30, 1840 Forsyth County, Georgia – November 3, 1885 Louisburg, Miami County, Kansas
Both buried Louisburg Cemetery, Louisburg, Miami County, Kansas

Married February 10, 1899 Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas
Shirley Rugeley Magill
February 10, 1875
April 24, 1907
Both buried Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas

Daughter of
Edgar P. Rugeley
January 3, 1851 Matagorda County, Texas
February 25, 1913 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Patti Ann Matthews Rugeley
August 14, 1849 North Carolina
July 12, 1943 San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Both buried Cedarvale Cemetery, Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas
 

MAGILL – RUGELEY
 

MARRIED.—At the M. E. Church South in Bay City, on Friday, February 10th, 1899, at 11 o’clock, a.m Miss Shirley, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Rugeley to Mr. G. M. Magill; Rev. E. C. Boaz, of Angleton, officiating.

Attendants: Mr. Ike Towell, and Miss Dollie Rugeley; Mr. O. J. Dubek and Miss Alice Rugeley; Mr. W. L. McCamly and Miss Ada Rugeley; Mr. W. A. Rugeley and Miss Tenie Holmes.

Mrs. B. J. Dantzler presided at the organ and played the organ and played the wedding march. Messers. Wm Cash and L. W. Brown acted as ushers.

The church was most beautifully decorated, and the scenic effect had been heightened by darkening the windows and lighting the lamps.

The bride was attired in a magnificent white satin dress cut en train, and carried a handsome bride’s bouquet. The groom looked calm but, as one lady put it very determined. The attendant ladies and gentlemen were conventionally attired, all forming a beautiful and imposing procession, headed by the officiating minister, who halted at the chancel rail and faced about as the attendants deployed to the right and left. The ceremony and concluding prayer were beautiful and impressive, and at its conclusion the bridal party filed out, the large assemblage following, and this, one of Bay City’s most elaborate weddings, was over.

A large list of presents of varying usefulness, beauty, and value, attested the love and esteem in which both bride and groom are held by a large circle of relatives and friends, both at home and abroad.

After partaking of dinner at the Rugeley House—one of the kind of dinners for which its accomplished hostess has become famous—the bridal party left for El Campo, where they expect to take the train to day for New Orleans. They expect to spend carnival week in the Cresent City and then visit other points for a day or two, returning in about ten days.

The bride comes of one of the oldest and bluest-blooded of Texas families, her paternal grand-father, Col. John Rugeley having been a member of the Texas Congress in the palmy days of the Republic, and many other members of the family have distinguished themselves in various positions of honor and trust. And she, herself, by virtue of her sweet amiability and practical domestic accomplishments, is eminently fitted for the position of reigning queen of her husband’s home.

The groom is one of the three owners and is the secretary, treasurer, and resident manager of the Bay City Town Co. He is a gentleman of wide and varied business experience, unusual business sagacity, foresight, and acumen, and is so full of enterprise that it oozes out of the tips of his fingers. And withal he is a man of generous heart and noble impulses, loyal to friends, charitable to enemies, liberal to the church, benevolent to the poor, and fair and just to all. Here’s to the bride and groom; May all their skies be sun-lit, and all their paths flower-strewn.

The Matagorda County Tribune, February 11, 1899
 

G. M. Magill Laid To Rest In The City He Planned

The last rites for the beloved man, G. M. Magill, age 75, were held this (Thursday) morning at the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Ernest Deutsch delivering a sermon recalling the great deeds of this founder of Bay City.

The remains were carried to Cedarvale Cemetery where Taylor Bros. were in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Magill came to Bay City and founded the town in 1894. He was instrumental in moving the county seat from Matagorda to Bay City, later in the nineties. He developed the real estate of the city, laid plans with a vision that, possibly a bit early, but are being realized as the old gentleman was laid to his last resting spot in a plot which he probably helped plan years ago.

He was the first deacon in the First Presbyterian Church in the city and was active in his work until he left here several years ago.

Surviving are a son, Mason, of Amarillo and a daughter, Mrs. Grace Daniels, of San Antonio.

Pall bearers were Messrs. A. S. Collins, Oscar Barber, Ira Anderson, John Bond, J. C. Lewis and Layton Moore.

Matagorda County Tribune, March 3, 1937
 

Children
 

Walter Mason Magill
November 3, 1899 Texas
June 19, 1979 Bexar County, Texas

Married
Catherine S. Shepherd Magill
January 24, 1910 - December 15, 1997
Both buried Sunset Memorial Park, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Walter “Mac” Magill

Mr. Walter “Mac” Magill, age 79, died Tuesday, June 19, 1979. He was a member of Concordia Lutheran Church. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Catherine Magill; 1 niece; several cousins. Graveside service Thursday at 1 o’clock at Sunset Memorial Park, the Rev. Norman Abbott officiating. Arrangements with Porter Loring, 1101 McCullough 227-8221

The News, San Antonio, Texas, June 20, 1979

Pictures courtesy of  Find A Grave volunteer rwy #48041853
 

Miss Grace Magill Weds Harry Daniels

San Antonio Express

Mrs. Tattie A. Rugeley announces the marriage of her granddaughter, Miss Grace Magill, to Harry Daniels Jr. son of Harry Daniels of this city, the wedding having taken place Saturday afternoon in Corpus Christi. The bride wore a brown printed silk frock with coat to match and brown beige accessories. Her corsage of Talisman roses and valley lilies.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniels returned to this city Sunday evening and are at home at 123 Claremont Avenue.

For the past several years the bride has been connected with society and club department of the San Antonio Express.

Matagorda County Tribune, April 2, 1936

Grace Magill Daniels

Mrs. Grace Magilll Daniels, 58, 826 E. Magnolia Ave., died March 25. Member St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and resident San Antonio 50 years. Survivors: Daughter, Miss Rosemary Ann Daniels, San Antonio; brother, W. M. Magill, San Antonio; aunt, Mrs. Alice Harding, San Antonio; several cousins. Services 9:30 a. m. Friday, March 27, Roy Akers Funeral Chapels, 515 N. Main Ave., Father James Joseph officiating. Pallbearers: Lee Daniels Louis McBroon, Lynn Daniels, Bill Stites, Ed Niehaus, Charles Harding, and Victor Harding. Interment Sunset Memorial Park. Arrangements by Roy Akers CA6-7201.

San Antonio Express-News, March 27, 1964

Pictures courtesy of  Find A Grave volunteer rwy #48041853

Harry W. Daniels

Harry W. Daniels, 56, residence 824 E. Magnolia Ave., died in a local hospital Tuesday, Dec. 19, 1961. Mr. Daniels was a member of the Episcopal Church, Perfect Union Lodge No. 10, AF&AM, San Antonio Scottish Rite Bodies, and resident of San Antonio 50 years. Survivors Wife, Mrs. Grace Magill Daniels; daughter, Miss Rosemary Ann Daniels, San Antonio, Texas; brother, L. L. Daniels, San Antonio, Texas. Funeral services 4 p. m. Thursday Dec. 21 at Akers Chapel with Father John D. Allen officiating. Interment in Sunset Memorial Park.

Arrangements by Roy Akers.Funeral Home

The News, San Antonio, Texas, December 21, 1961

Daniels Services

A printer for 38 years Daniels worked at The Light for the past 19 years.

San Antonio Light, December 20, 1961 [additional information abstracted from this issue]
 

Homes in Bay City
 

2205 Avenue K - 1979 - Sold to William Cash

July 11, 2026
 

2201 Fifth Street - Built 1904 - Sold to T. J. Poole Jr. in 1915
Courtesy of Matagorda County Museum

July 11, 2026
 

Additional Information
 

 Census Records

1870 Census – Kansas - Miami County - West Township – June 22, 1870
151-155
Magill, Thomas, 34, M W, Laborer, 4000 value of real estate, 355 value of personal estate, Georgia,
Magill, Martha R., 29, F W, Keeping house, Georgia,
Magill, Guilford Mc, 8, M W, Georgia,
Magill, Robert E., 5, M W, Georgia,
Magill, James W., 2 M W, Georgia,
Magill, Laura, 1/12, F W, Kansas born May

1900 Census – Texas – Matagorda County, Justice Precinct No. 3, June 23, 1900
325-326
Magill, G. M., Head, W M, b Mar 1862, 38, married 2 yrs, GA TN GA, Land Agent
Magill, Shirley, Wife, W F, b Feb 1875, 25, married 2 yrs, 1 child-1living, TX TX TX
Magill, Walter M., Son, W M, b Nov 1899, 7/12, single, TX GA TX

The Seymour Sun, with G. M. Magill as editor and N. M. Vogelsang proprietor, is a seven-column weekly, neatly printed and well edited. In the greeting to the public the full desirability of Seymour as a location is well known.

Fort Worth Daily Gazette, May 14, 1890 Seymour was in Baylor County, Texas
 

Beeville boasts of nine real estate offices. Mr. G. M. Magill who opened up here Monday, making the ninth. The more the merrier.

Beeville Bee, July 24, 1891
 

News comes from Matagorda county that the county seat election held there last week resulted in an, overwhelming victory for Bay City, the new town recently founded by G. M. Magill, a Beevillian. His friends here, where he is known as one of our most popular young bachelors, can but congratulate him upon his success and wish that he may yet be the father of a prosperous town, if not of a family. By the terms of the removal of the county seat from old Matagorda, the Company of which Mr. Magill is a member will build a court house on the plan of the Bee county court house, costing about $8,000. Bay City is the name given the new town, which is situated only a mile and a half from the Colorado river, and has communication with tide water. It is also in track of the proposed Gulf Shore railway from San Antonio to Galveston, a part of which is built, with fair prospects of its completion. There is little doubt but what Magill has made a paying venture out of the Bay City scheme, and his friends are
glad of it.—Beeville Bee

Bay City Breeze, October 11, 1894
 

Daily Tribune, May 21, 1907
 

Matagorda County Tribune, September 15, 1911
 

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