Sarah Kimbrough Armour

b. 3 September 1831, d. 31 January 1887
Sarah Kimbrough Armour|b. 3 Sep 1831\nd. 31 Jan 1887|p114.htm|Solomon Hillen Armour|b. s 1800\nd. 21 Dec 1833|p11510.htm|Sarah Ann Holmes Waddy|b. 1811\nd. 5 May 1864|p11511.htm|||||||||||||
Family Background:
Munson and Allied Families
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Sarah K. Armour
     Sarah Kimbrough Armour was born on 3 September 1831 in Paris, Henry County, Tennessee.2 She was the daughter of Solomon Hillen Armour and Sarah Ann Holmes Waddy.1 She and Mordello S. Munson, son of Henry William Munson and Ann Binum Pearce, obtained a marriage license on 2 February 1850 in Brazoria County, Texas.3 They married on 6 February 1850 in Brazoria County.4 She died on 31 January 1887 at Ridgely Plantation, Bailey's Prairie, Brazoria County, Texas, at age 55.2 She was buried in Munson Cemetery, Bailey's Prairie.5 Click to view image
     
     After they married, Mordello and Sarah first lived at Bailey's Prairie on the "Russell Place," which they named "Hard Castle." They built a new home nearby in about 1855 which they named "Ridgely." There they raised their eight children and the seven orphaned children of Mordello's brothers Gerard and George.6

Additional Data
Sarah K. and M.S. Munson appeared on the 1 June 1850 Federal Census of Brazoria County, Texas, enumerated 24 October 1850.7 Click to view image

Sarah K. and M.S. Munson appeared on the 1 June 1860 Federal Census of Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, enumerated 3 July 1860. Their children Henry W., Geo C., Emma and Doll were listed as living with them.8 Click to view image

Sarah and Mordello Munson appeared on the 1 June 1870 Federal Census of Brazoria, Brazoria County, Texas, enumerated 14 June 1870. Their children Henry, George, Emma, Sarah, Waddy, Armour, Bascom and Stephen were listed as living with them, as were Mordello's orphaned nieces Lizzie Munson and Mary Munson.9 Click to view image

S.K. and M.S. Munson appeared on the 1 June 1880 Federal Census of Brazoria County, Texas, enumerated 30 June 1880. Their children H.W., Emma, Sarah, J.W., H.A., W.B. and M.S. were listed as living with them, as were Mordello's orphaned nephew W.P. Munson, and nieces Mary Munson and Gerrard Munson.10 Click to view image

Children of Sarah Kimbrough Armour and Mordello Stephen Munson

Citations

  1. [S704] "Sarah Kimbrough Armour's Family," The Munsons of Texas - an American Saga, online. <http://munsons-of-texas.net/c17.html
  2. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, The Munsons of Texas, an American Saga, First Edition manuscript (Dallas: n.pub., 1987), 186.
  3. [S2] Brazoria County Marriage Book A: 218, no. 174, County Clerk's Office, Angleton, Texas.
  4. [S20] Thurmond A. Williamson, Munsons of Texas, 189.
  5. [S17] Sarah K. Munson tombstone, Munson Family Cemetery, Bailey's Prairie, Texas; photographed by the writer on 31 July 1997.
  6. [S704] "Mordello Stephen and Sarah K. Munson: Early Years at Bailey's Prairie," The Munsons of Texas, online. <http://munsons-of-texas.net/c18.html
  7. [S55] M.S. Munsin household, 1850 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, page 391, dwelling 178, family 178; National Archives micropublication M432, roll 908.
  8. [S54] M.S. Munson household, 1860 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Columbia, page 20, dwelling 165, family 152; National Archives micropublication M653, roll 1289.
  9. [S53] Mordello Munson household, 1870 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Brazoria, page 19/503-20, dwelling 139, family 139; National Archives micropublication M593, roll 1576.
  10. [S52] M.S. Munson household, 1880 U.S. Census, Brazoria County, Texas, population schedule, Precinct 8, enumeration district (ED) 22, sheet 27C/222, dwelling 274, family 274; National Archives micropublication T9, roll 1292.
  11. [S1224] Henry William Munson, death certificate 22309 (9 Jul 1924), Texas Department of Public Health, Austin.
  12. [S1226] George Caldwell Munson, death certificate 54756 (7 Jan 1932), Texas Department of Public Health, Austin.
  13. [S1225] Emma Munson Murray, death certificate 6576 (10 Apr 1936), Texas Department of Public Health, Austin.
  14. [S1169] Mrs. Sarah M. Kennedy, death certificate 16892 (13 August 1913), Texas Department of Public Health, Austin.