Tres Palacios School Children 1892
Miss Emily Burrows, teacher of the school, and her pupils at Tres Palacios, Texas. Miss Emily was born on April 10, 1871.
She married Jesse Hornsby, of Austin, on November 29, 1893 and died on February 1, 1953.
Her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Misus, of Fort Worth, Texas, copyrighted this picture in June 1955.

Tres Palacios 1894 School Census which may include some of the students in this picture.

Mrs. Emily Burrows Hornsby, 81, Travis Pioneer, Succumbs

Mrs. Emily Burrows Hornsby, 81, of Hornsby Bend and 1006 West 22^nd Street here, died at her Austin home Sunday morning. She had been a resident more than 75 years.

Mrs. Hornsby was the widow of the late Jesse Hornsby who was the last living grandchild of Reuben Hornsby, first white settler of Travis County at Hornsby Bend, and the son of Joseph Hornsby, Texas pioneer and soldier.

Mrs. Hornsby came to Texas in 1873, landing at Galveston on April 21. She came to Austin at the age of 5, and her first home was where the present T. H. Williams Store is located on Congress Avenue.

Mrs. Hornsby was hostess at the organization of the first chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the Reuben Hornsby Chapter, at Hornsby Bend.

She was a member of First Methodist Church, a life member of the Society of Christian Service of the Southwest Conference, a member of the Eastern Star and was called the mother of the Street Sunday School Class of the First Methodist Church.

Survivors include her daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Mims of Fort Worth and Mrs. Elizabeth Stafford of Three Rivers; a sister, Mrs. C. J. Carlson, 306 West 14^th Street; four grandchildren, Jane and Joyce Stafford of Three Rivers, Dr. J. L. Mims Jr. of San Antonio and Hornsby Mims of Frankfort, Ind.

The body is at Hyltin-Manor Funeral Home awaiting completion of funeral arrangements.

Austin American, February 2, 1953

Additional information in a February 3, 1953 Austin American article.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. for Mrs. Emily Burrows Hornsby, 81, Travis County resident for more than 75 years, who died at her home here Sunday morning.

The Rev. J. Leonard Rea will officiate. Burial will be in historic Hornsby Cemetery in Hornsby Bend east of Austin. The body will lie in state at the Hyltin-Manor Funeral Home until 1:30 p. m. Tuesday.

She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Luther Mims Sr….Mrs. R. E. Stafford…two great grandchildren, J. L. Mims III and Charles Mims, both of San Antonio.