Welcome to the website of Mary Lou Davis Midkiff, genealogist and biographer

Mary Lou's first book, Midkiff: A Texas Family, Town and Way of Life, tells the story of a lineage that is part of the very fabric of the great Southwest. After punching cattle in Indian Territory, Oscar Midkiff settled in what later became a part of the oil & gas fields of West Texas.

Mary Lou's second book centers on Lillie Davenport, who married Oscar Midkiff in 1896.

From the Midkiffs, you will gain an understanding of the importance of ranching to Texas and how oil changed the state. You will have a greater sense of the value of family ties, and perhaps even a better sense of your own place in history.

Mary Lou Midkiff is a member of the Midland County Historical Society, Permian Historical Society, West Texas Writers, Women Writing the West, and Western Writers of America.