McMains Migrations to Texas

I have identified seven cousin lines of McMains that settled in Texas. There are also other McMains families that I have as of yet failed to identify. The seven that I have identified stem from four brothers, all sons of Robert McMains. The chart below provides the paternal lineage of these seven.
Gray Box = Texas McMains


ANDREW PETE MCMAINS: Andrew Pete McMains was born in Kentucky (1817). He married in Missouri (1841), his wife's home state. He moved his family from Missouri, to Sevier County, Arkansas (1846-1849). The next move was to Texas (1852-1854). By 1860, he and his family are found in Atascosa Texas. Andrew Pete was the first of the Mcmains to settle in Texas. His posterity represent the largest McMains family group in Texas. Click Here for Details
HARRY LUCAS MCMAINS: Harry Lucas Mcains was born in Kansas (1885). He was a first cousin, twice removed, of Andrew Pete Mcmains. In 1900, Harry and his wife resided in Pratt County, KS. The family made a stop in Missouri (abt 1913), where their third child was born. By 1930, the family had settled in Dallas, Texas. Click Here for Details
RICHARD MONROE MCMAINS: Richard Monroe McMains was born in Mahaska County, Iowa (1859). He was a grandnephew of Andrew Pete McMains. He married in Arkansas City, Kansas (1887). He moved his family to Oklahoma Territory (c. 1890). After moving within several counties of Oklahoma Territory, he, his wife, and at least three of his children, moved to Texas (1920-1930). They settled in Galveston, where two of his sons were involved in marine craft operation. Click Here for Details
JAMES IRA MCMAINS: James Ira McMains was born in Davis County, Iowa (1877). He was a first cousin of Andrew Pete McMains. I don't know exactly when James chose Texas as his home, but I do know he married in Coryell County, Texas (1899). He moved his family a couple of times within Texas. From Coryell County (1900), he moved to Hamilton County, TX (1900-1910). From there he settled his family in Stephensville, Erath County, TX (1910-1920). Click Here for Details
JOHN LEROY MCMAINS: John Leroy McMains was born in Rapides Parish, Louisiana (1876). Exactly when he crossed over the Louisiana border into Texas is not certain. He probably married his spouse in Texas (c. 1900). Previous to this he resided in Trinity County, Texas (1900), where he shared living space with several other business partners. By 1910, he and his family had moved to Shelby County, Texas. This is the last that I know of them. Click Here for Details
JIRLD CHESLEY MCMAINS: Jirld Chesley McMains was born in Shattuck, Oklahoma (1913). He was the great-grandnephew of Andrew Pete McMains. His father moved the family to New Mexico not long after his birth. He married a Texan girl, in Union County, New Mexico (1939). By 1944, he had moved his wife and child across the border, into Texas. Two children were born in Taylor County, Texas and Jirld died in Hartley County, Texas (1987). For burial, he was taken back across the border into Union County, New Mexico. Click Here for Details
JOHN ELMER MCMAINS John Elmer McMains was born in Coody's Bluff, Oklahoma (1922). He was the half grand-nephew of Andrew Pete McMains. I don't know when he arrived in Texas, but I do know that he died in Cass County, Texas (1993).

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