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Dallas (TX) Morning News, Apr. 23, 1910.
MRS. MARY E. HORTON DEAD
Pioneer Resident of Texas Passes Away at Greenville -- Born in Kentucky in 1818.
Special to The News.
Greenville, Tex., April 22. -- Mrs. Mary E. Horton, one of the oldest citizens of the State and a pioneer settler of this county, died at 4 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alpha Kimbrough, in this city. The funeral was held at the family residence at 4 o'clock this afternoon, with interment in East Mount Cemetery under the auspices of the local Odd Fellows' lodge.
Mary E. Horton was born in Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky, Oct. 23, 1818. Her father, Timothy Merrell, was a tobacco merchant in Bowling Green, Ky. He moved to Huntington, Tenn., with his daughter, where she was married to James R. Horton in 1837. Mr. and Mrs. Horton moved to Hunt County in 1845 and settled where Greenville is now located. He was one of the first Odd Fellows and she was a member of the Rebekah lodge until becoming crippled so that she could not attend the meetings of the order. Mr. Horton died in 1860.
She was a granddaughter of Benjamin Merrell, who refused to sign allegiance to the British Crown and was shot* to death, together with others, and now there stands a monument erected to their memory in North Carolina, nine miles from Burlington, as a memento to the bravest of the brave.
She was the mother of 14 children, four of whom survive her: W. R. Horton of Brownwood, Mrs. Sarah Simpson of Lawton, Ok., James R. Horton and Mrs. Alpha Kimbrough of this city. She made her home with Mrs. Kimbrough. She is also survived by one brother, Richmond Merrell of Corley, Tex.
Mrs. Horton had been a consistent member of the Baptist Church since 1875. Though unable to attend services, she was deeply interested in the advancement of the Church and State, and was always willing to lend a helping hand to the sick and needy. Her bright mind was unclouded until the last few hours. She pleasantly recalled many things of interest in her early days in Texas, when Indians roamed the prairies, and of Greenville's first court house, when she prepared dinner for the men who built it. She also had dinner prepared for the first barbecue ever given in this city.
A week ago Mrs. Horton realized her condition and called the names of loved ones gone before. She was the first white wioman who slept in Greenville after the town was named.
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* Other reports give hanging as the method of Capt. Merrell's execution.
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