Submitted by Kathey K Hunt, with information provided by Linda Feagin Harwell
and the taken from the archives of the Kaufman County Library family files.
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Mary Elizabeth Bullock was born 16 Aug 1812, probably in KY. Her parentage is not known. She married Alexander Martin Morrow on 7 Jun 1835 in Lewis Co MO. By 1838 Mary, Alexander & their children had moved to Red River Co TX, then Bexar Co TX and by 1846 were residing with 4 children in Henderson Co TX, in that portion that became Kaufman County in 1848. They were enumerated in error on the Henderson Co TX census in 1850. Henderson Co TX census in 1850 HH # 183 / 183
On 28 Mar 1860 Alexander died from acute bronchitis. He was buried next to his son, Alexander, in the Morrow Chapel Cemetery. Mary is mentioned on a Texas Historical Marker at that site. By 1860 Mary had 2 more children and her two daughters, Texana & Emily had both married and left her home. She and her remaining 4 children were enumerated on the Kaufman Co TX Census. 1860 Kaufman Co TX Census - Prairieville - HH # 519 / 618
1870 Kaufman Co TX Census - HH # 117 / 127
1880 Kaufman Co TX Census
KNOWN CHILDREN of Mary E & Alexander Morrow
Additional Information on Mary's Children & GrandchildrenTexana MORROWShe is buried in Kaufman City Cemetery between husbands N B Nash & J W Smith. Married #1 04 May 1859 Kaufman Co TX KNOWN CHILDREN with NASH
Married #2 01 Jan 1873 Kaufman Co TX CHILDREN with Smith
Married #3 29 May 1878 Kaufman Co CHILDREN with Taylor
CENSUS Emily Frances MORROWShe drew a Confederate Widow's Pension for Alfred's service - Pension # 43441 Married 02 Mar 1859 Kaufman Co TX KNOWN CHILDREN
CENSUS Andrew Jackson MORROWConfederate States Army veteran - served in Co G 12th TX Cavalry. He received TX CSA Pension # 42269; Gussie received CSA Widow's Pension # 51139. Married #1: 6 Nov 1873 Kaufman Co TX KNOWN CHILDREN with Mahalia
Married #2: 16 Dec 1883 Kaufman Co TX KNOWN CHILDREN with Gussie
CENSUS John Marion MORROWMarried 01 Nov 1876 Kaufman Co TX KNOWN CHILDREN
Terrell Daily Transcript - 1 May 1905 CENSUS Nestor MORROWNestor was a Lawyer. He was elected Kaufman Co. Attorney from 16 Nov 1880 to 18 Nov 1884. He was Kaufman County Judge from 22 Nov 1892 to 10 Nov 1896. Married 13 Oct 1879 Kaufman Co TX KNOWN CHILDREN
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Mary A MORROWMarried circa 1880 - at unknown place KNOWN CHILDREN
CENSUS View a LINK to legal papers concerning W R & Mary Ayers HERE. Obituary of Mary E MorrowMary Morrow died in Kaufman County on 5 Jun 1894. She is buried next to Alexander at Morrow Chapel. Her probate was filed in Kaufman County on 1 Aug 1894, file # 768 with Mary Ayres as Executor. Kaufman Sun - Friday, 8 Jun 1894 "Grandma Morrow died Tuesday about 12 o'clock. Her remains were taken to Morrow's Chapel, 8 miles east of Kaufman, Wednesday morning and buried by the side of those of her husband, who died in 1860. Rev. J D Martin officiated. Mrs. Morrow was a native of Shelby County, Kentucky, and in August would have been 82 years old. She came to Texas with her husband in 1839, settled in Kaufman County at what is now called Morrow's Chapel in 1846, where she raised a family of six children, three boys and three girls. They are all living and were around her bed as she breathed her last. When about 19 years of age Mrs. Morrow became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and died in that faith. She was one of the oldest settlers of the county, and was one of those true, noble women that won the love and respect of everybody. So pure and religious had her life been she was anxious to go when the summons came. Death had no terrors for her. Her life was one filled with good deeds, kind words, and tender sympathy and solitude for the weak and distressed. Her kind and benevolent heart was touched and mellowed into the tenderest compassion by the suffering and sorrowful. She loved all people and spoke only kind words. Her love was of that trusting, confiding character that was not puffed up or behaved itself unseemly - it was a love that went out to all suffering humanity, full of tenderness and sympathy, gentleness and kindness, charity and benevolence, Christ-like in simplicity, sincerity, steadfastness and sanctifying influence. But in the relation of mother she exemplified those noble traits of character that made the southern mother the noblest, grandest woman the world ever saw. Around the fireside and in the home circle her sweet disposition, amiableness and kindness of heart showed itself best. In her home and in her children were her greatest joy. She was truly domestic. Her wants were few and simple, and as she lived she died, with love and faith that saw in every lowering and somber cloud a silver lining; heard in every peal of thunder the voice of God, and felt in every evening breeze the breath of Christ. Hers was a living, acting faith that read a sermon in every open grave and saw a sign board pointing to Heaven and a better life in every gravestone. How beautiful life is lived as this noble, Christian woman lived it. To her it was not, "all of life to live or all of death to die". There was a home for happier and better than this earth could give awaiting her. She has gone there to take possession." **Added Notation: The young woman Eveline Jenkins, living with Mary on the 1850 census, is believed to be Mary & Alexander's daughter, born circa 1837, married and widowed by that time. She married John R Gilliland in Kaufman Co TX on 7 Aug 1851, and as more research is done, the information will be updated here. If you have any information on this family, we would like to hear from you. |
