Though he was born in Tenn., his parents lived in Hernando, De Soto Co., Miss., at the time. A farmer, he homesteaded in the south Tarrant County area, served in the Civil War with Griffin's Battalion of the Confederate troops protecting Galveston
Harbor. He was a delegate to the last Demo. State Convention in Dallas and was a co. commissioner and prominent farmer and rancher. Seven children, four of whom lived to maturity: Mary Elizabeth, Martha, James, Laura.
The information in this database is based primarily from: The Killough/Kellough Family in Ireland,
Canada and The United States,
by Zora (Killough) Cunningham.
To update information in the Killough Family Tree, please contact one the the
Killough Assistant
Historians and they can help you.
