She was the namesake of Mary(Patrick)Homan, one of Alexander Patricks younger sisters.
Mary, her parents and twelve siblings all traveled to Texas from Kentucky in April of 1841. They established a new homestead in the town of Cairo, Texas on the west bank of the Trinity River. The family arrived by steamship.
Mary married George Fletcher Chatham in 1853, and they had four children, John, James, Robert, and William. Mary ended up raising the children in her fathers home, after George Chatham was killed during the Civil War. According to her headstone shortly before her death, she married a William P Hastings.
She was the namesake of Mary(Patrick)Homan, one of Alexander Patricks younger sisters.
Mary, her parents and twelve siblings all traveled to Texas from Kentucky in April of 1841. They established a new homestead in the town of Cairo, Texas on the west bank of the Trinity River. The family arrived by steamship.
Mary married George Fletcher Chatham in 1853, and they had four children, John, James, Robert, and William. Mary ended up raising the children in her fathers home, after George Chatham was killed during the Civil War. According to her headstone shortly before her death, she married a William P Hastings.
Inscription
MARY H.
Dau. of
Alexander & Catherine
PATRICK
And Mother of
JOHN, JAMES, ROBERT &
WILLIAM CHATHAM
BORN
OCT. 21 1835
Married to
GEO. F. CHATHAM 1853
And To
W. P. Hastings 1886
DIED
Aug. 17 1886
Family Members
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Alexander Bell Patrick
1818–1881
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William Wilson Patrick
1821–1889
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John W Patrick
1822–1854
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Callaway Howard Patrick
1822–1893
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Elizabeth Deckard Patrick Custer
1825–1904
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Nancy White Patrick Brooks
1827–1913
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George C. W. Patrick
1829–1906
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Capt Richard W Patrick
1830–1864
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Henry Duff Patrick
1832–1902
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Amelia Howard Patrick Shelton
1836–1885
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James Irvin Patrick
1838–1861
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Thomas David Patrick
1843–1866
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