Mary William Houston was the 4th child and 3rd daughter of Gen Sam Houston & Margaret Moffette Lea Houston. In 1871 Mary Willie married John Simeon Morrow a first cousin to her sister's husband. In 1883- 84 Mary Willie & John moved to Abilene where he practiced law until his death. She became post mistress in Abilene in 1910. On Dec 14, 1931 Mary Willie Houston Morrow died at the home of her daughter, Jessie Lea Morrow McDonald, in Stamford, Texas. She is buried in the City of Abilene Masonic Cemetery in Block 24 Lot 3.

Funeral rites held in Abilene Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Mary Houston Morrow, daughter of General Sam Houston, were marked by an air of dignity and quite simplicity, characteristic of the life of this woman who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. E. Donald, in Stamford Monday evening.
Service was held in the First Presbyterian Church in Abilene by Dr. T.S. Knox, Mrs. Morrow's pastor for 20 years, and Rev. Morris Yeargen, pastor of the Anson Presbyterian church.
"No matter where death had come to Mrs. Morrow," Dr. Knox said, "in all the world, footsteps of men who loved honor," to the bier of this woman. It is so fitting that the flags that this illustrious family has so faithfully served should be placed at each side of the funeral bier. We would be an ungrateful people if we failed to give this recognition today."
At one side of the altar was a Texas flag and at the other the United States flag. During the service, the flag on the Federal building stood at half-mast as a tribute to Mrs. Morrow who served 23 years as post-mistress.
Interment was made in the Masonic cemetery. W.N. Kinney of Stamford directed the funeral. Mrs. Morrow was 81 years of age and was the oldest living child of General Sam Houston and Margaret Lea Houston. She has been living part of the time with her daughter, Mrs. J.B. Heitchew, of Abilene, and the rest with Mrs. McDonald here. She has been in Stamford since October and had been in bed most of the time for the past two months due to heart trouble. She was thought to be improved and her death was unexpected.
She died peacefully Monday at 10 p.m.
Mrs. Morrow was the fourth of eight children born to General Sam Houston and Margaret Lea Houston. She was born at Huntsville, April 9, 1850, and spent her childhood there, at Independence and Austin during her father's incumbency as governor. She was educated at Baylor College when it was located at Independence, and in 1871 was married at Georgetown to J. S. Morrow.
The couple moved west in the early 1880s for Mr. Morrow's health settling in Abilene in 1885 Mr. Morrow died a few years afterward. In 1889 Mrs. Morrow was appointed postmistress at Abilene, serving for 23 years.
She resigned in 1911. During more recent years she had divided her time between Abilene and Stamford in the homes of her daughters. Mrs. J. B. Heitchew, formerly Miss Maude Morrow and Mrs. McDonald formerly Miss Jessie Morrow.
Others who survive: brother - Andrew Jackson Houston of La Porte, near Houston; sister - Mrs. George R. Bringhurst, formerly Miss Nettie Houston of San Antonio; and three grand: Houston Heitchew of Abilene; Miss Meredith Houston Morrow of El Paso, a student in Simmons University; Miss Mary Louise McDonald of Stamford.

The Stamford American
Volume 8, Number 36
Friday, December 18, 1931
Contributed by Searchers of Our Past

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She was called Mary Willie, or Mollie. 'Mary William enrolled at Baylor Female Seminary, and after graduation went to live with her sister, Nannie in Georgetown. She married John Simeon Morrow, a first cousin of her sister's husband. In 1905 they moved to Abilene where John established a law practice. After John's death, Mollie became the postmistress of Abilene until 1911.