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340 SIXTY YEARS IN TEXAS.
THE M'COMMAS FAMILY.
ELDER AMON MCCOMMAS, with his wife, nee Mary
Brumfield, and children, came from Missouri in
1844. He hailed from Virginia, stopping for repairs,
successively, in Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois and
Missouri. Of his children, James B. married Miss
Shields before coming; John (a soldier in the
Mexican war) married in Dallas county Missouri
Tucker; Elisha married Rhoda Ann Tucker; William
M. married Julia Tucker; Amon, Jr., married
Nancy Seals; Stephen B. died a soldier in
the City of Mexico, December 24, 1847; Rosa married
Jesse Cox; Armilda married Benj. F. Fleaman;
Mary E. married John W. Herndon.
MCCOMMAS, Stephen B., Sr., brother of Amon, came
with his family. His son, Burke, died a soldier
in the City of Mexico, about Christmas, 1847. Of
his other children, Serena married Rufus Bennett,
and of John I have no data.
MCCOMMAS, John C., brother of Amon and Stephen,
came with them married-was a soldier in Mexico,
and did live in Young county.
MCCOMMAS, Mrs. Lavinia, a sister-in-law of the three
brothers, with her family, came with them.
MOORE, Benj. S., came single-married Martha
Weatherford.
MYERS, William, and family came in 1843; his son
Meredith married Miss Eddy.
MOUNTS. Jesse V., and family, came in 1844: he
commanded in the Grand Prairie skirmish in 1846.
MOUNTS, Thomas A., married Eliza J. Harmison.
MOUNTS, George, died a soldier in the City of Mexico,
December, 1847.
MOUNTS, J. H.MINTER,
Rev. Green, came before 1846.
MCCANTS, Joshua, and family came before July,
1845-in Grand Prairie fight.
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Jackson, George. Sixty years in Texas, book, 1908; Dallas, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20205/m1/354/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.