Abraham McMordie
Born: 6 Apr 1838, Montgomery Co., TN
Died: 3 Jul 1913, Robertson Co., TX
Married: Annette Wheelock Killough

Abe McMordie was born on 6 Apr 1838 in Montgomery County, Tennessee, the second son and third child of Hans and Martha Kenner McMordie (McMordie Family Bible, 1903; Montgomery County, 1850).  He was 15 when the family moved to Williamson County, Texas.

Abe enlisted in August 1861 as a private in Capt. H. M. Burrows' Williamson County Company, 27th Brigade, Texas Militia, CSA, Brig. Gen. E. S. C. Robertson, commander (Texas Confederate Index, n. d.).  He served throughout the war and was back in Williamson County in 1865 and 1866 (McMordie, 1936).  The next year he was in Robertson County, Texas, where he married Annette Wheelock Killough on 3 Oct 1867 (McMordie Family Bible, 1903).

Their children were:

  1. May McMordie
  2. Hattie McMordie
  3. Jena McMordie
  4. Ripley McMordie
  5. Blackburn K McMordie
  6. Annette K McMordie
  7. Mary McMordie
  8. Dena McMordie
  9. Nancy Dee McMordie
  10. Francis McMordie
  11. Dudley H McMordie
  12. Patrick McMordie
Two sets of twins were born to Annett, May and Hattie in 1869, and Blackburn and Annett in 1874.  Blackburn seems to have been the only child of Annett that died as an infant.  Abe was a farmer in Brazos County in 1880 and a carpenter in Robertson County in 1900 (Billingsley, n. d.; Brazos County Census, 1880; Robertson County Census, 1900).  By 1910 Abe and Annett were living in Calvert, Robertson County, where Abe was a 72-year-old blacksmith.  Annett was 60 at this time and 11 of her 12 children were still alive.  Their three unmarried children still lived with them, Dena, aged 32, who worked as a dry goods sales lady, Nancy Dee, 29, who worked at home as a dressmaker, and Patrick, a 24 year old painter (Robertson County Census, 1900).  Abraham McMordie died on 3 Jul 1913, and was buried in the Calvert Cemetery (Floyd & Corn, 1980).

Annett Killough McMordie was born on 27 Dec 1849 in Robertson County, Texas, the daughter of Samuel Blackburn Killough and Annett Wheelock Killough.  Annett Wheelock came to Texas from Illinois in 1833.  She was 19 when she married Samuel Blackburn Killough in 1841.  In 1840 Samuel Killough was a member of a posse that caught and killed an Indian who had stolen horses from the whites.  He was the Chief Justice for Robertson County for many years (Floyd & Corn, 1980; Baker, 1970).  Annett McMordie was 83 years old when she died on 12 Feb 1933.  She was buried next to Abraham in the Calvert Cemetery (Floyd & Corn, 1980).

References

Baker, J. W., History of Robertson County Texas, Texian press, Waco, 1970, PP. 90-1, 111.

Billingsley, N Y, Brazos County Texas Births, 1850 - 1910, Ericsons Books, Nacogdoches TX, p. 175.

Floyd, V C, Corn, V, Cemeteries in Robertson County Texas, Armstrong Inc., Houston, 1980, P. 81.

McMordie Family Bible, A. McMordie, Calvert, Jan 2nd, 1903.

McMordie, G. K., Autobiographical Sketch, Unpublished, 1936, p. 2.

Texas Confederate Index, Reel 10., n. d.

United States Census, 1850, Montgomery County, Tennessee, #744-370.

United States Census, 1860, Robertson County, Texas, #33.

United States Census, 1880, Brazos County, Texas, #232.

United States Census, 1900, Robertson County, Texas, Vol. 92, ED 13, Sheet 14.

United States Census, 1910, Robertson County, Texas, Vol. 118, ED 105, Sheet 184.

United States Census, 1920, Robertson County, Texas, Vol. 141, ED 173, Sheet 6.