Mary Polly Thompson McGowan's mother was Ann Nancy Wofford
Contributor: Brenda Reeves (51100875)

Age 55
son Dr. William Carroll McGown - memorial #67824208

Mary "Polly" Thompson Floyd McGown was the wife of Colonel John McGown. Mary "Polly" Thompson Floyd McGown was the daughter of Burrell J. Thompson. Burrell J. Thompson was a member of the famous Fredonian Rebellion in Nacogdoches, Texas which was a land grant of empresario Haden Edwards. There are four letters written by Burrell J. Thompson to Stephen F. Austin in regards to the Fredonians that can be found at Stephen F. Austin State University.

daughter Margaret Josephine McGown Munger - memorial #47601318
son Andrew Jackson McGown - memorial #13996772

Excerpt from The Sons of the Republic of Texas - Turner Publishing Company, 2001.

The McGown's had eight children. Their sixth child, William Carroll McGown, received his medical doctorate in the first graduating class from Tulane University in New Orleans. Their oldest child, Andrew Jackson McGown, became a minister in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Their seventh child, Burrell Thompson McGown, was a farmer and rancher. And their eighth and last child, Margaret Josephine McGown, married businessman Sylvester Stansbury Munger, who at her urging left the practice of law in LaGrange and Bastrop to export cotton to Mexico in the Civil War. Applying for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas membership from Lampasas on Feb. 15, 1893, Margaret Josephine McGown Munger wrote about her mother saying "My mother was strongly patriotic and zealous in the cause of Texas, her adopted country. My parents gladly denied themselves, and sent out three sons (Andrew Jackson McGown, Samuel McGown, and William Carroll McGown) to battle for Texas rights and freedom. Two were in the Battle of San Jacinto, 1836, in com. Capt. Billingsly. The two younger went on several later expeditions, continuing in readiness to serve their country, until peace prevailed."