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Martha Frances "Mattie" Skelton (b. December 14, 1857, d. December 5, 1942)
Martha Skelton Wallis |
Martha Frances "Mattie" Skelton (daughter of Joseph Skelton and Catherine Bradshaw)1667, 1668, 1669, 1670 was born December 14, 1857 in Hawkins County, Tennessee1671, 1672, 1673, 1674, and died December 5, 1942 in Melissa, Collin County, Texas1675, 1676.She married Charles Harrison Wallis on October 15, 1874 in Wylie, Collin County, Texas1677, son of William Riley Wallis and Laura Emaline Hoskins.
Notes for Martha Frances "Mattie" Skelton:
Grannie Wallis (Martha) loved the creek bottom of Sister Grove Creek on her home place at Valdasta and Altoga.She refused to sell the beautiful native Burr oaks for timber during the Great Depression.Burr oaks thrive there to this day after six decades of Wallis Airhart's care.See notes under Wallis Hendricks Airhart for more information about the old homesite.
More About Martha Frances "Mattie" Skelton:
Date born 2: 1856, Hawkins County, Tennessee.1678
Burial 1: Unknown, Stoney Point Cemetery, Altoga, Collin County, Texas.1679, 1680
Burial 2: December 7, 1942, Chambliss, Collin County, Texas.1681
Census 1: April 11, 1930, Shows son Claud and grandson, Oscar Hollandsworth living with her..1682
Census 2: January 16, 1920, Shows twin sons, Nellie and Oscar Hollandsworth living with her.1682
Occupation: Homemaker.1683
Residence 1: White County, Tennessee.
Residence 2: July 16, 1860, Hawkins County, Tennessee.1684
Residence 3: August 17, 1870, New Canton, Hawkins County, Tennessee.1685
Residence 4: June 9, 1900, Pct 3, Collin County, Texas.1686
Residence 5: January 16, 1920, Justice Precinct 3, Collin County, Texas.1687
Residence 6: April 11, 1930, Precinct 3, Collin County, Texas.1688
More About Martha Frances "Mattie" Skelton and Charles Harrison Wallis:
Marriage: October 15, 1874, Wylie, Collin County, Texas.1689
Performed by: Elder E. S. Haynes.
Children of Martha Frances "Mattie" Skelton and Charles Harrison Wallis are: