Mary Elizabeth McMordie
Born: 7 October 1834, Montgomery Co., TN
Died: 14 Jul 1873, Williamson Co., TX
Married: William Henry Davis
Mary Elizabeth, the eldest daughter and second child of Hans and Martha Kenner McMordie, was
born on 7 October 1834 in Montgomery County, Tennessee (McMordie Family Bible, 1903). On
23 Jan 1849, when she was 14, she married William Henry Davis, who was 27 years old at that
time. William was also a native of Montgomery County, having been born there on
30 Sep 1821. Their children were:
- Martha Elizabeth Davis
- Born: 1853, Missouri
- Died: 1925
- Married: - Tisdale
- Madora Ellen Davis
- Born: 9 Sep 1855, Williamson Co., TX
- Died: 31 Jan 1941
- Married: Abram F. Wallace
- James Robert Davis
- Born: 27 Nov 1857, Williamson Co., TX
- Died: 20 Apr 1939
- Married: Alice Lynn Matt
- Henry Irvine Davis
- Born: 11 Jan 1860, Williamson Co., TX
- Died: 24 Jul 1929
- Married: Mattie Thompson
- Mary Jane Davis
- Born: 4 Feb 1862, Williamson Co., TX, Confederate States of America
- Died: 4 May 1905 (?)
- Married: Julian A Forbes
- Abram Francis Davis
- Born: 31 May 1864, Williamson Co., TX, Confederate States of America
- Died: 9 Jan 1874, Williamson Co., TX
- John Simpson Davis
- Born: 2 May 1867, Williamson Co., TX
- Died: 4 Jan 1930
- Married: Sallie B Osteen
- Maggie B Davis
- Born: 22 Mar 1869, Williamson Co., TX
- Died: 16 Dec 1942
- Married: Harold L. Morton
- May Davis
- Born: 13 Aug 1871, Williamson Co., TX
- Died:
- Married: John F Stapp
- Kate Davis
- Born: 13 Jul 1873, Williamson Co., TX
- Died: 24 Jul 1873, Williamson Co., TX
The 1850 Census of Montgomery County, #682, listed William Davis, age 28, and his 16 year
old wife, Mary E Davis. William was a farmer and both he and Mary were born in
Tennessee. Before 1853, the Davis family had moved to Missouri, since their eldest
child was born in that state. By 1855 they had removed to Texas and were living in the
Andice community of Williamson County. In 1870 Davis household consisted of William, a
farmer aged 47, his 35-year-old wife, Mary, and eight children ranging in age from
1 to 17 (US Census Texas, 1870). The ninth child, a daughter May, was born in 1871. Then
in 1873 a double tragedy occurred. On 14 Jul 1873 Mary died in childbirth with her tenth
child, and the baby girl died ten days later. William lived 11 more years and died on
1 Aug 1884, at Andice, Williamson County, Texas (Davis-McMordie Hanging File, n.d.).
Only the defendants of Harold L. and Maggie Davis Morton are known to have been
traced. An outline of this genealogy is:
- Maggie B Davis
- Born: 22 Mar 1869, Williamson Co., TX
- Died: 16 Dec 1942
- Married: Harold L. Morton, 4 Apr 1894
Children:
- Vera Lynn Morton
- Born: 25 Sep 1895, Alameda Co., CA
- Married: William David Cargill, 23 Dec 1917 Born: 31 Mar 1889
Children of William and Vera Cargill:
- William David Cargill, Jr.
- Born: 29 Sep 1918, Bexar Co., TX
- Married: Dorothy Helen Hardy, 16 Sep 1944, London, England Born: 3 Feb 1921
Children:
- Elizabeth Cargill
- Born: 18 Feb 1947, Travis Co., TX
- John Channell Cargill
- Born: 18 Feb 1947, Travis Co., TX
- William George Cargill
- Born: 7 Feb 1950, Ector Co., TX
- Kirk Morton Cargill
- Born: 25 Jan 1924, McCulloch Co., TX
- Married: Paula Gene Linson, 9 Jan 1946, Travis Co., TX
Children:
- Mary Lynn Cargill
Born: 19 Oct 1949, Lea Co., NM
- David Kirk Cargill
Born: 25 Nov 1950, Lea Co., NM
References
Davis-McMordie Hanging File, Montgomery County Library, Clarksville, Tennessee, n. d.
McMordie Family Bible, A. McMordie, Calvert, Jan 2nd, 1903.
United States Census, 1850, Montgomery County, Tennessee, #682-361.
United States Census, 1850, Tennessee, Montgomery County, #744-370.
United States Census, 1870, Williamson Co., Texas, #400.