Mary William (Houston) Morrow (1850 - 1931)

Born 9 Apr 1850 in Huntsville, Walker, Texas

Ancestors

Wife of John Simeon Morrow — married 11 Apr 1871 in Texas

Died 14 Dec 1931 at age 81 in Stamford, Texas

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Biography

Mary William Houston (Willie) was born in 1850 at Huntsville. When Mary William Houston was born on April 9, 1850 both Sam and Margaret Lea expected a boy. They planned to name the child in honor of Andrew Jackson. Sam's mentor.

As soon as she was old enough, Mary William was enrolled at Baylor Female Seminary, and after her graduation she went to live with her sister Nannie Houston Morrow, in Georgetown, TX. On April 11, 1871, "Mary Willie" as she was known in the family, was married to John Simeon Morrow, a first cousin of her sister's husband.

In 1883-84 Mary Willie and her husband moved to Abilene, where he established a law practice. After his death Mary Willie became the post mistress of Abilene in 1910. She was also an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Abilene.

On December 14, 1931, Mary Willie Houston died at the home of her daughter in Stamford, TX. She is buried in Abilene, Texas.

Sources

• http://www.shsu.edu/~smm_www/geneology/children.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Houston
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLP-2ZF : 12 April 2016), Mary Houston in household of Sam Houston, Walker county, Walker, Texas, United States; citing family 463, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFT-17F : 15 July 2017), Mary W Morrow in household of J S Morrow, Precinct 5, Chambers, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 21, sheet 265A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1295; FHL microfilm 1,255,295.