Mary Azalete Gurley

Birth: Oct. 2, 1825 Alabama, USA Death: Mar. 1, 1902

From Some Notable Persons in First Street Cemetery of Waco, Texas, compiled by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, MSD:

Mary Azalete Gurley Blocker, 1825-1902. A native of Alabama. Daughter of Davis R. and Patience Gurley and wife of Richard Furman Blocker. Came to Texas ca. 1852.

Richard Furman Blocker, 1824-1861. Attended LaGrange College. Moved to Waco Village to practice law in 1851. Richard F. Blocker and Edwards J. Gurley formed the first law firm in Waco.

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This name and information were found in the 1962 survey of Old First Street Cemetery by Mrs. J. L. Staton, Sr. and Mrs. Thos. R. Meredith.

Their cemetery survey was published in 1965 in McLennan County Cemetery Records, Volume I, by the Central Texas Genealogical Society.

• Wife of R. F. Blocker.

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Parents:

 Davis Robert Gurley (1792 - 1861)

 Patience Bland Smith Gurley (1797 - 1885)

Spouse:

 Richard F Blocker (1824 - 1861)

Sibling:

 Mary Azalete Gurley Blocker (1825 - 1902)

 James Henry Gurley (1829 - 1865)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: First Street Cemetery Waco McLennan County Texas, USA