The Muirs of Fort Worth and Kentucky

Unless footnoted otherwise, information comes from research done in 1986 by Normaleene Muir, wife of Ben Muir (grandson of George Thomas and Ida May Redford Muir), and is considered reliable.

George Thomas Muir
born November 18, 1849 Allensville, Todd County, KY
died June 9, 1915 Fort Worth, TX (buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth)

Ida May Redford
born October 10, 1860 Todd County, KY
died March 4, 1939 Fort Worth, TX (buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery)

Family records show them marrying October 20, 1885, in Fort Worth. George was almost 36. Ida May had just turned 25. The Muirs had 7 children and the youngest was Ann Elizabeth (Beth).

Listed below are the children (plus their spouses) and grandchildren (italicized) of George T. and Ida May Muir.¹ With the exception of Beth, the dates of birth and death are unknown. It can be reliably assumed that they are listed in birth order.

1. Guy and Nola Muir
Tom and Helen Muir
Ida Nell and Al Snider
Ben and Dixie Muir
Nola Ruth and Ed Stewart

2. Ruth and Jim Drake
Carl and Ruby Nell Drake
Floy and Ed Little
Ruby and George Studdard

3. Helen Wadley and Lewis Carmichael
Moses Franklin Wadley

4. Martha and John Blessing
Myrtle and John Hirstine
R. C. Blessing
Mary and Don Townsend, Sr.
Doris and Gordon Lund
Dorothy and Rex Garland
John and Gloria Blessing

5. Mary and Earnest Durrett
Lou and Dick Ristine
Mil and Pat Dinnin

6. Jack and Oree Muir
John and Judy Muir

7. Beth and A. G. Abbott
Margaret and Homer Grigg (Margaret and Zeke Atkins)
Roger and Doris Abbott


As the information known about the ancestry of George Thomas Muir and Ida May Redford is extensive, it will be covered in separate posts. It is unclear why these two moved to Fort Worth. As both of Ida May's parents are buried there, it is possible that the Redford family moved to Fort Worth and George followed.

The 1910 U. S. Census lists George as a laborer.


¹"Muir Family Directory" updated October, 1991, by Margaret Abbott Grigg Atkins.

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The following paragraph was among family history papers. At the bottom of the typewritten page, in faint handwriting, is what appears to be From Margaret Abbott. There is a good possibility that this was oral history that Beth Abbott passed down to her daughter, Margaret Abbott Grigg, who then retold it by telephone to Norma Muir.

Ida May Redford Muir was born in Kentucky October 9, 1861.² The family moved to Texas when she was 12 years old. The railroad went as far as Dallas, so they had to go by wagon from Dallas to Fort Worth. They settled about 10 miles west of Fort Worth in a log cabin. She was married to George Thomas Muir.

²Numerous other references cite her year of birth as 1860. The "61" was the only part of the paragraph that was handwritten, as if added later.