The Isaac Jackson Teague Property
Moody, McLennan County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Born in Hopkins County, Texas, Isaac Jackson Teague (1865-1947) married Mariel Susan Abbott in 1889. In 1893 he purchased this property and in 1899 hired local contractor Elmo Routh to build this residence for his large family. Lumber for the simple Victorian farmhouse was shipped here from Bartlett on the Santa Fe Railroad. Owned in 1976 by Teague's son Dayton M. Teague, the structure has housed four generations of the family.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Isaac Jackson Teague, born in Hopkins County in 1865, married Mariel Susan Abbott and in 1893 bought this Central Texas farmland. In 1899 he hired local contractor Elmo Routh to build a simple Victorian farmhouse for his large family, the lumber arriving by Santa Fe Railroad from Bartlett. Four generations of Teagues have since lived beneath its roof.
Why it matters
The homestead shows how the railroad let even modest Texas farm families build sturdy frame houses, and how a single property can anchor a family across a century.
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Related people
- · Isaac Jackson Teague
- · Mariel Susan Abbott Teague
- · Elmo Routh
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