She married James David Brownlow on August 29, 1878 and they made their home in Giles County.
By 1900 the family had moved to a farm near Del Valle (Travis County), Texas. Some of Mary's brothers had already settled in Texas by the time they had moved from Tennessee and these brothers lent a hand to help build them a farmhouse. However, it is remembered as one of the strangest house one could ever imagine. It was built on different levels and you had to step up when going from the kitchen to the dining room. It had a sleeping porch on the lower level as well. But it was in this house that they raised their eleven children.
Mary or "Mat" as she was called is remembered as a short lady with black hair. She was a very energetic woman, "fast as greased lightening", in everything she did. She loved her family and when her grandkids came over she would have them help her in the kitchen by having them get up on a box to help them reach the counter tops with her. Their house had two big windows and she used to sit there in the early morning and watch the sun come up while mending cloths or crocheting. As she watched the sun come up and the large tree with all the honeysuckle vines and buzzing bees she liked to sing church songs with her grandchildren. One of her favorites was, "Scatter Bright Smiles".
David and Mary never talked much about the old times in Tennessee. When asked about relatives Mary would only say, "all I have are my brothers and sisters". Mary lived to be seventy-six years of age.
She married James David Brownlow on August 29, 1878 and they made their home in Giles County.
By 1900 the family had moved to a farm near Del Valle (Travis County), Texas. Some of Mary's brothers had already settled in Texas by the time they had moved from Tennessee and these brothers lent a hand to help build them a farmhouse. However, it is remembered as one of the strangest house one could ever imagine. It was built on different levels and you had to step up when going from the kitchen to the dining room. It had a sleeping porch on the lower level as well. But it was in this house that they raised their eleven children.
Mary or "Mat" as she was called is remembered as a short lady with black hair. She was a very energetic woman, "fast as greased lightening", in everything she did. She loved her family and when her grandkids came over she would have them help her in the kitchen by having them get up on a box to help them reach the counter tops with her. Their house had two big windows and she used to sit there in the early morning and watch the sun come up while mending cloths or crocheting. As she watched the sun come up and the large tree with all the honeysuckle vines and buzzing bees she liked to sing church songs with her grandchildren. One of her favorites was, "Scatter Bright Smiles".
David and Mary never talked much about the old times in Tennessee. When asked about relatives Mary would only say, "all I have are my brothers and sisters". Mary lived to be seventy-six years of age.
Family Members
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Zora L. Brownlow
1879–1932
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William Sewell Brownlow
1881–1915
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Lena Olga Brownlow McAngus
1883–1964
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Claron Lewis Brownlow
1885–1910
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David Samuel Brownlow
1887–1965
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Mary Elizabeth "Mamie" Brownlow Wheeler
1890–1918
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Lizzie Brownlow Burch
1892–1911
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Ethel Brownlow Balagia
1895–1983
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Ollie May Brownlow
1897–1913
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Austin Leonard Brownlow
1900–1926
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Frank Brownlow
1902–1965
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