Obituaries for Austin County, Texas
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McGregor, Mary (Carmichael) (1793-1861)
In Austin County, Texas, on the 22nd of August, of tumor in the stomach, in her 67th year. Mrs. Mary McGregor, wife of Malcolm McGregor, formerly of this county. She was born in Cumberland County, N.C., where in early life she was trained to religious habits. As a member of the Presbyterian Church, in a quiet and unobtrusive manner, she showed her faith by her works. Her reverence for God was displayed by a constant searching of His Scriptures to know the ways of truth and eternal life -- closing a life of piety and a godly walk, by a triumphant testimony to the promise, “My grace shall be sufficient for thee.”
McHenry, Lydia Ann (1796-1864)
Lydia, daughter of Barnabas and Sarah McHenry, immigrated to TX in December 1833. She took a slave woman with her and claimed a quarter league of land near the site of Bellville in the Stephen F. Austin colony.
Outspoken and determined, she once faced down a sheriff with a warrant against her absent brother-in-law by insisting that all of the family's property was her own and her sister's inheritance from their father and thus could not under Mexican Law be seized for the husband's debts. She found little to praise in either Stephen F. Austin or his colony. She wrote letters and sent reports about the unhealthfulness of the Texas climate, it's citizens, the ad interim government for its leniency toward Antonio López de Santa Anna. In September 1834, she helped organize the first church in the colony at Caney Creek. She was also one of the first school teachers in the Republic of Texas. She opened a boarding school for girls at Montville and after closing two months later, she attempted a second school in her brother-in-law's home in 1837, with her sister as a teacher of a class of boys. It was closed in April 1838. Between 1840 and 1844, she went to KY and NY in time to attend the session of the Methodist General Conference that split the church into two branches over the issue of slavery. She returned to Texas in 1844 and lived with her sister and brother-in-law for the remainder of her life. During the Civil War, she and her sister taught clothing making to help with the shortage of clothes brought on by the war.
McLean, Dr. John M. (1825-1861)
In Austin county, Texas, on the 24th of August, of bilious congestive fever, Dr. JOHN M. McLEAN, aged about 36 years, formerly of Robeson county, N. C.
—Published in Fayetteville Semi-Weekly Observer (Fayetteville, North Carolina), October 3, 1861, p. 3.
McNutt, Robert Brice (1826-1860)
Robert Brice McNutt was born February 3, 1826 in Maury County, TN and died July 11, 1860 in Kenney, Texas.
He married Elizabeth T. Bush March 22, 1849 in Kenney, Austin County, TX, daughter of Zenuz Bush and Martha Brooks.
She was born January 14, 1842 in Tennessee or maybe Kentucky, and died July 18, 1901 in Kenney, Texas
(buried at Concord Cemetery as Elizabeth Husk).
R. B. McNutt was a Citizen of the Republic of Texas. He has a special insignia on his grave.
According to Myrtle McNutt Rhodes,
--he was born near Globe Creek which was in or near Mooresville, Maury County, TN.
--He was called Brice; some may have called him R. B. McNutt. --In April, 1934, at the age of 8, he came to Texas with his parents.
--An 1850 Austin County census listed Robert B. McNutt (a farmer), 24, Elizabeth 26, and Sarah, 1 month, at one household. Also in the household: August, a 21 year old laborer from Germany (born about 1829).
--Robert Brice McNutt and his wife remained at the old homestead after Major McNutt moved near Hutto. Sempronius soon became a ghost town due to the railroad by-passing it. Robert B.'s family and Elizabeth McNutt Levy's family soon moved to larger towns, Brenham, Bellville, and Chapel Hill (from Williamson...")
--Nathan W. Bush (his wife's brother) sold the land to Robert Brice for $426.65 on February 8, 1853. Description of the land: part of a half league of land granted to John Fitz-Gibbons by the government of Mexico and lying in Austin County on the south side of Piney Creek (more specifics available); 284-1/2 acres.
--He may have died once yellow fever since there was an epidemic in the area around the time that he died.
Robert Brice and Elizabeth Bush McNutt had 5 children.
1. Sarah Jane McNutt April 10, 1850- June 10, 1863 (Buried next to her Father in Montgomery Cemetery) Fatally burned while standing in front of an open fire.
2. Nathan Bush (Nath) McNutt March 24, 1852 - March 30, 1915 (Concord Cemetery)
3. Joseph (Uncle Joe) McNutt September 19, 1854 - January 6, 1940 (Concord Cemetery)
4. Elizabeth (Betty) McNutt January 1, 1857 - April 13, 1933 (El Dorado, Tx)
5. Anna McNutt born May 10, 1860- January 1914
Elizabeth Bush McNutt married Robert A. Husk in 1860 after the death of Robert Brice McNutt.
McNutt, Sarah Jane (1850-1863)
Sarah Jane McNutt was fatally burned while standing in front of an open fire. She is buried beside her father in Montgomery Cemetery/Sempronius.
Father is Robert Brice McNutt, and her Mother is Elizabeth Bush.
Mecklenburg, Frederick Maria Theodor (1856-1909)
The Sulphur Springs Gazette, February 5, 1909:
Sealy, Texas, Feb. 1. -- F. Mecklenburg, assistant cashier of the Sealy National Bank, killed himself at his home here today. The officials of the bank state that his work for the bank has always been pleasant and carefully attended to, and that his accounts are absolutely correct. No reason for the act can be assigned.
Mr. Mecklenberg was born in Prussia and came to Texas in 1881, settling in Austin County. He came to Sealy in 1885 and has resided here since. He leaves a widow and four children.
Mewis, Mary Annie (Kenter) (1884-1910)
Mrs. Arthur E. Mewis (Mary Kenter Mewis)
Bellville Times
Mrs. A. E. Mewis died at the family home in the Roach Prairie Community on Friday, October 28th, 1910, in the 26th year of her age.
She leaves her husband and three small children and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Kenter, and a number of other relatives to mourn her passing away.
She was a native of this community and possessed a large circle of friends.
The funeral took place on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock with interment at Pilgrims' Rest, Rev. I W. Campbell of the Methodist church conducting the services.
The TIMES joins many friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family.
Minton, Samuel Andrew (1841-1899)
Samuel Andrew Minton was born in 1841 in Austin County, Texas. His parents were Alfred Minton and Jane K. Shelburne.
Samuel married Martha Ann Miller in Austin County, Texas on September 6, 1861. This is recorded in Austin County Marriage Book Vol. D, page 100.
He enlisted as a Private in Company A, 20th Texas Infantry, Captain Daniel's Company. He served from the spring of 1862 until the close of the war according to Confederate Pension Papers File Number 18520.
In 1868, he bought 175 acres of land in Austin County.
Samuel Andrew Minton died on May 13, 1899. He is buried in the Thompson Cemetery in Austin County, Texas.
Montgomery, Minerva (Lucas) (1822-1883)
Minerva's father is Fielding Lucas, who served as a Pvt in the IN Militia during the War of 1812. He was b. 25 Aug 1791 in VA and d. 15 Jan 1841 in Indiana. His wife was Margaret "Peggy" Davis. [Sourcing National Society, US Daughters of 1812]
Moore, Lovick Pierce "LP" (1813-1905)
Dallas Morning News June 29, 1905
SAN JACINTO VETERAN DEAD
Lovic P. Moore, Soldier of Sam Houston's Army, Dies at His Home.
Special to The News.
Temple, Tex., July 28. - The death of Lovic P. Moore, one of the few
surviving members of Sam Houston's army and a participant in the
struggle at San Jacinto, occurred here yesterday.
Mr. Moore was born in Georgia, spent his youth in Alabama, and came
to Texas in 1835. At the time of his death he was 92 years and 8
months of age.
In 1868 he came to Bell County, having married Miss Annie Ayres,
daughter of David Ayres, in Washington County in 1835, the year of
his arrival in the then Mexican dependency. Three sons and one
daughter survive him - D. W., T. T. and David P. Moore of Bell
County, and Mrs. C. C. Minnis of Albuquerque, N.M.
Mr. Moore enlisted with Sam Houston in 1836 and served throughout
the revolution. He was a member of the party which started to the
relief of the Alamo, but which turned back after reaching Gonzales
on receiving news of its fall.
From Gonzales his command retreated on foot, being so closely
pursued by the Mexicans that they were cut off from their horses.
They were pursued as far as the Colorado River, after which they
fell back to the Brazos, where Houston held his army until the enemy
was located at San Jacinto.
Mr. Moore was on detached duty during the struggle that followed and
rendered his country invaluable service. Lovic Moore was the last of
the little remnant of Hill County veterans who served in the
revolution, whereas a few years since a dozen or more were living.
The funeral services were conducted this afternoon from the family
residence one mile east of town, where the home has been for many
years, an immense concourse of people followed the remains to their
last resting place, were (where) services were conducted by Rev. C.
R. Wright of Waco, pastor of the Methodist Church.
Obituary submitted by Joy Neely
(Comment from Joy Neely: L. P. Moore and Mary Ann Ayres got their
marriage bond here in Austin County in 1835. And her father David
Ayres received land here in Austin County and his name is on one of
the original leagues. )
Moorre, Mary Ann (Ayres) (1819-1892)
Temple Weekly Times (Temple, Tex.), vol. 12, no. 80, ed. 1, Thursday, 9 June 1892, page 7
An Old Texas Gone
Mrs. Mary Ann Moore died last Saturday evening at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Minnis, at the age of 73.
Mrs. Moore was the wife of L. P. Moore, an old Texan, who came from Connecticut in the year 1834 and settled in Washington County, being one of the first settlers. Mr. Moore, with his family, moved to Bell County in 1866 and has lived here ever since. The deceased attended regularly every year with her husband the reunion of the Texas veterans till this year when she could not go on account of her ill health. Mrs. Moore was a member of the Methodist church for fifty years, but did not attend services often on account of deafness. The immediate cause of her death was cancer of the stomach from which she had suffered for fifteen years. She leaves her husband hale and hearty at the age of 79, respected and honored as one of Texas’ noblemen, also four children that Bell county finds price in claiming as citizens; D. P. Moore, Mrs. C. C. Minnis, D. W. and T. T. Moore.
The Temple Times (Temple, Tex.), vol. 12, no. 86, ed. 1, Thursday, 16 June 1892, page 3
Obituary
On the 4th day of June, 1892, at the age of 73, Mrs. M. A. Moore, in response to the promised call from the Master to His faithful servants, “come up higher,” left this world to enjoy the reward that awaits all who do the will of God.
Mrs. Moore, the deceased, was born at Ithaca, N. Y. on July 22, 1819. She came to Texas in the fall of 1834 with her father, David Ayers, who settled in the territory of what is now known as Washington County, and at that place was married to Mr. L. P. Moore on July 29, 1835.
The life and death of the deceased only adds another strong link to the great chain of evidence that the promises of God will be verified if his children will only be faithful and live up to the standard of the true disciple as taught by the Son of God. The departed raised a family fo four children to manhood and womanhood who reflect honor upon the parents and in whom Bell county finds pride in calling her citizens.
Mrs. Moore was a member of the Methodist church for over fifty years and all who knew her are united in their praises to her memory as a consistent and useful member, kind, generous, charitable and a model type of a true Christian wife and mother, whose life was an example to the world that the finite mind can never fully appreciate.
The deceased suffered many years with ills to which this flesh is heir but despite this she was happy to the last in the consciousness of having lived a useful life; she loved Texas and her people and ever looked forward from year to year to the reunion of her old veterans, of whom she was one, with undisguised joy.
Now let the aged rejoice that the time draws near when they will meet their old friend on the other shore, and the young take new courage from the example set by this servant of God recognizing in her life and death a fulfillment of His promises.
Morris, SGT Henry Madison (1824-1890)
"The Galveston Daily News," Saturday, 9th August 1890. "Mr. H. M. Morris. Sealy, Tex., Aug. 8 - died, August 6, in Sealy, Mr. H. M. Morris, aged 66 years. He was one of the founders of Sealy and for a long time a prominent business man here."
