Mary Richard Slaughter1
b. 10 May 1859, d. 22 April 1904
- Family Background:
- Horn and Allied Families
Mary Richard Slaughter was born on 10 May 1859.2 She married Henry Horn, son of William Lemuel Horn and Minerva Ann Malone, on 15 December 1881 in Freestone County, Texas.3 She died from complications of the measles on 22 April 1904 in Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma Territory, at age 44.2 She was buried in Old Oakdale Cemetery, north of Mountain View, Washita County, Oklahoma.4
Henry and Mary (Slaughter) Horn lived in a log cabin near Fairfield, Texas, until the fall of 1888 when they packed up an ox wagon and moved to Saginaw near Fort Worth in Tarrant County. On 7 February 1889 they left Tarrant County and moved to Stonewall County, arriving at the home of Henry's parents on the 17th. In 1894, they moved to Claremont in Kent County, and in 1898 to Dowell, a community northeast of Rotan in northern Fisher County. On 12 July 1902 they loaded three wagons and moved to Marlow, Oklahoma, which was at that time in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. They lived in Marlow for almost a year before moving to Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma.5,2 Kiowa County was previously part of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Lands in southwestern Oklahoma Territory. These lands were broken up in 1901, and a lottery on over two million acres for homesteads was held, the winners each receiving 160 acres. Henry, however, did not receive lottery land.
Henry and Mary (Slaughter) Horn lived in a log cabin near Fairfield, Texas, until the fall of 1888 when they packed up an ox wagon and moved to Saginaw near Fort Worth in Tarrant County. On 7 February 1889 they left Tarrant County and moved to Stonewall County, arriving at the home of Henry's parents on the 17th. In 1894, they moved to Claremont in Kent County, and in 1898 to Dowell, a community northeast of Rotan in northern Fisher County. On 12 July 1902 they loaded three wagons and moved to Marlow, Oklahoma, which was at that time in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. They lived in Marlow for almost a year before moving to Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma.5,2 Kiowa County was previously part of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Lands in southwestern Oklahoma Territory. These lands were broken up in 1901, and a lottery on over two million acres for homesteads was held, the winners each receiving 160 acres. Henry, however, did not receive lottery land.
Children of Mary Richard Slaughter and Henry Horn
- John Limuel Horn6 b. 16 Dec 1882, d. 25 Jan 1971
- Martha Alice Horn6 b. 9 Jun 1884, d. 3 Nov 1954
- Margaret 'Maggie Mae' Horn6 b. 26 Dec 1886, d. 4 Apr 1981
- Henry Richard Horn6 b. 15 May 1888, d. 5 Jan 1979
- Annie Laura Horn6 b. 14 May 1890, d. 3 Oct 1979
- William Lewis Horn6 b. 3 Sep 1893, d. 8 Aug 1963
- Benny Bryant Horn6 b. 23 May 1896
- Mary Naomi Horn6 b. 23 Feb 1900, d. 30 Nov 1977
Citations
- [S508] Naomi Yates Whitaker, "William Lemuel Horn-Minerva Ann Malone family group sheet", copy supplied 1985 by Whitaker (Fort Worth, Texas). This sheet offers only a generic list of materials consulted.
- [S509] Various authors, comp., Horn Ancestors & Descendants of Elisha Thomas Horn of Zion Hill, Mississippi (n.p.: Unpublished, 1984), 208.
- [S937] Freestone County Marriage Book 3, County Clerk's Office, Fairfield, Texas. 52.
- [S509] Various authors, Horn Ancestors & Descendants of Elisha Thomas Horn of Zion Hill, Mississippi, 214.
- [S511] Letter from Henry Horn (Carnegie, Oklahoma) to Maggie (Horn) Holland, 4 November 1931;. Original reproduced in the Horn Genealogy that was compiled by many Horn descendants circa 1984.
- [S509] Various authors, Horn Ancestors & Descendants of Elisha Thomas Horn of Zion Hill, Mississippi, 208, comp. by an unidentified child of Henry and Mary (Slaughter) Horn.
