Alfred and Matilda Morris House
Patton House
Montgomery, Texas

Alfred and Matilda Morris House
Montgomery, Texas

The Alfred Morris House is owned by Kay Piland. Kay Piland has gone to great
lengths to restore and preserve this historic old Montgomery home. This house is also commonly referred to as
the Patton House.

Alfred William Morris Was Sheriff of Montgomery County.

Alfred and Matilda Morris Built This House in 1854.

Alfred Morris and his wife Matilda Parmer Morris are both buried in the Old Cemetery
in Montgomery, Texas.

IN MEMORY OF
ALFRED W. MORRIS
DIED
Sep. 29, 1866
Aged
45 Yrs. 3 Mos. &
18 ds.
Erected by his Wife

GONE HOME
Sacred to the Memory of
MATILDA MORRIS
BORN
Mar. 28, 1828.
DIED
Apr. 6, 1900.
Gone but not Forgotten.
Matilda Parmer Morris was the daughter of Martin Parmer and Margaret Griffith
Neal. Martin Parmer and Margaret Griffith Neal were married in 1827. According to Parmer/Palmer family
historian, Taylor Pendley, Matilda Parmer was born March 28, 1828 in Washington, Hempstead County,
Arkansas.
Martin Parmer was a leader of the Fredonian Rebellion in 1826-1827. In March of
1836, he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence at Convention at Washington along with long time Montgomery
resident, Charles B. Stewart. Parmer was Chairman of the Committee that drafted the Constitution of the
Republic of Texas. The Palmer/Parmer Family Reunion will be held at Washington-on-the-Brazos and Navasota,
Texas, February 25-27, 2011. Click here for more information about the Palmer/Parmer Reunion.
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