Mollie G. Pollan

In memory of
Mollie G.
Pollan
Born
Apr. 22, 1808
Died
July 27, 1867
At Rest
MOTHER

Photo Credit: Rosa G. Gonzales

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1.  Biographical information from Pathfinders of Texas, 1836 - 1846

 

2.  Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1867

 

3.  Photograph of John and Mary Pollen with their two daughters

Source:
Clark, Margaret Lasater and Historical Committee. On this bluff...
Centennial History, 1867-1967:  First Presbyterian Church.
Corpus Christi: First Presbyterian Church, 1967.

 

4.  Biography

Mollie is the first wife of John Pollan, Sr. who was an early pioneer of Texas (see "Pathfinders" article on this website).  The present stone for Mollie and her son, John Pollan, Jr. must have been put up by one of her children because the stone acknowledges John as "brother" and Mollie as "mother".  Mollie was born "Mary G. Harrup" in 1808 and married John Pollan in 1827.  The young couple came to Texas about 1834 as Pollan was granted a league of land by the Power and Hewetson Colony on October 30, 1834 (cf. Hobart Huson, History of Refugio County, 2 vols.).  Mollie would thus have been here in Texas for the Revolution in which her husband participated.  He also was involved in defense during numerous Indian raids.  The family moved from Refugio to the relative safety of Victoria and farmed there for nearly 20 years.  They had 11 children.  After the Civil War, the Pollans moved to Ingleside, and then in February of 1866 they sold the Ingleside property and moved to Corpus Christi where Mr. Pollan engaged in mercantile business.  In July 1866, seven men met in the Pollan home to establish a Presbyterian Society to begin soliciting funds to erect a church building.  Subsequently, the First Presbyterian Church of Corpus Christi was organized, and John Pollan, Sr. along with his wife and daughters, Mrs. Mary H. Mathis and Minerva V. Pollan were charter members.  However, Mollie and her son John Pollan, Jr. fell victims to another enemy more threatening than Santa Anna or raiders when the Yellow Fever Epidemic hit Corpus Christi and the coastal area in 1867.  They died within a short time of one another.  John Pollan, Sr. married again on January 4, 1868 to Mary Gold.  This couple had three children and moved to Lagarto in 1872.  There Mr. Pollan had a store.  He passed away in his 85th year and was buried in Old Lagarto Cemetery where his stone reads as follows:

John Pollan

Texas Veteran 1835-36

May 28, 1808

July 27, 1890

(cf. "Lagarto: A Collection of Remembrances" by Hattie Mae Hinnant New)

 

Research and transcription: Michael A. Howell