Individual Details

Mary E. married James R. Horton about 1837 in Carroll Co TN. I previously had a note that Mary's sister Nancy was married to James R. Horton, but this was evidently incorrect.

1850 Census. Hunt Co, TX, Hh 78
James R. Horton, age 38, Farmer, b. NC
Mary, age 33, b. KY
Susannah 13. William B. 12 Parilee 10. All born in Tennessee
Sarah 8. Austin 6. Alpharajon age 4 (female), and John age 5 months. Born in Texas

1860 Census. Beat 4, Hunt Co, TX, P.O. Greenville, Hh 287
Mari E. Horton, age 41, Farmer, b. KY
William B., 20, farmer, b. TN
Paralee M. 17, b. TN
Rest of the children born in Texas
Sarah 15. Austin V. 14. Alfinzine 10. John 8. Thomas 6. Virginia age 4, and Hiram, age 1.

1870 Census. Prec 1, Hunt Co, TX. P.O. Greenville, Hh 129
Indexed as "Herter", but it should have been Horton.
Mary Horton, age 51, b. KY
Parlie, 26, b. TN. Then the rest of the children except the last were dittoed as b. TN
Alfintine, age 20. Jno. 17. Virginia, 12. Hiram 11.
There are two more male children whoe names are very difficult to read - one is perhaps Jas. who is 7, the other Tinz or Tiny, age 8. Are they grandsons? Certainly they were born after the death of Mary's husband.
Next door in Hh 128 was Austin V. Horton, age 24, and apparently his wife whose name, although is difficult to read, appears to have been Missouri, age 19.

1880 Census. Prec 1, Hunt Co, TX, Hh 225
Mary Horton, age 62, b. KY, father b. NC, mother b. VA
Hiram age 22. James age 20. Both born TX, father b. NC, mother b. KY

1900 Census. Greenville Ward 3, Hunt Co, TX, Hh 22 - appears to be part of 210 Stonewall Street, and living by herself.
Mary E. Horton, b. Oct 1818, age 81, widowed. Had 12 children of which 5 are living. Real estate valued at $5000; pers prop at $2000. Born KY, father b. NC, mother b. VA. She's the landlady.
[10 of the children can be counted in the 1850 and 1860 censuses]

Found on FindAGrave.com #9723975, is the grave of Mary E. Merrell Horton with an obituary. She was one of the oldest residents of the county when she passed away. Mary was buried East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, where her headstone reads "Thy trials ended, thy rest is won". A printed obit states that she was born in Franklin, Simpson Co KY where her father Timothy Merell (sic) was a tobacco merchant. He moved with his daughter to Huntington, Tenn. where she married James R. Horton, about 1827. The Hortons moved to Hunt Co, TX in 1845, settling where Greenville is now located. Mr. Horton died circa 1860. The article states that Mary was a granddaughter of Benjamin F. Merrell, shot to death with others by the British Crown for refusing allegiance.

FindAGrave also shows the grave of James R. Horton, died 1861, in Forest Park Cemetery, Greenville. Stone seems much too new and probably was placed a number of years after his death. Memorial #19194520.

Birth	23 Oct 1818	Simpson County, Kentucky
Death	22 Apr 1910	Greenville, Hunt County, Texas

Father	Timothy Merrill (1778 - 1850)
Mother	Elizabeth "Betsy" Bradshaw ( - )
Sibling	Wiley B. Merrill (1803 - 1852)
Sibling	Austin D. Merrill (1806 - 1829)
Sibling	William Merrill (1808 - 1838)
Sibling	Benjamin Merrill (1810 - )
Sibling	Elizabeth Merrill (1814 - 1834)
Sibling	Nancy Merrill (1816 - )
Sibling	Robert Merrill (1820 - )
Sibling	Susan Merrill (1822 - )
Sibling	Alexander F. Merrill (1823 - 1886)
Sibling	[Child] Merrill (1824 - 1824)
Sibling	Mumford Merrill (1826 - )
Sibling	Richmond Pierson Merrill (1828 - )