Salome Teague

b. 22 March 1862, d. 23 January 1935
  • Salome Teague was born on 22 March 1862 in Alabama.
  • She was known as Lomie.
  • James Teague and his family have not yet been found in the 1870 census, possibly enumerated while they were en route from Alabama to Texas.
  • According to family lore, Stacy Scott Teague came to Texas with her father "Andy" Teague at age twelve and settled in Grimes County where Richards is located today.
  • During the summer of 1873, she was enumerated in the public free schools census in the First School District of Grimes County: Seloma Teague, age 10, White Female.
  • She married Robert D. McCune, son of James Perry McCune and Mary Hanna Doak, on 26 November 1879 in Grimes County, Texas.
  • Robert D. McCune and Salome Teague appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Thomas J. McCune.
  • Robert D. McCune and Salome Teague appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Fannie McCune, Howard Efford McCune, Robert Teague McCune, John Ollie McCune, Rufus Marvin McCune, Joe Morris McCune, Eugene Scott McCune and Thomas Campbell McCune.
  • Salome Teague became a widow at the 13 August 1902 death of her husband Robert D. McCune.
  • Salome Teague appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Eugene Scott McCune and Thomas Campbell McCune.
  • She was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
  • Eugene Scott McCune and Helen C. Awbrey appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Richards, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Salome Teague.
  • Salome Teague died on 23 January 1935 at age 72.
  • She was interred at Fairview Cemetery, Richards, Grimes County, Texas.
  • A single grave marker identifies the graves of Robert D. McCune and Salome Teague.
  • Last Edited: 27 Dec 2016

Family: Robert D. McCune b. 14 May 1857, d. 13 August 1902