Rebecca Samantha “Mattie” Swindle

Brief Life History of Rebecca Samantha “Mattie”

When Rebecca Samantha “Mattie” Swindle was born on 17 March 1872, in White, Tennessee, United States, her father, George Conrad Swindell, was 34 and her mother, Manerva B. Clark, was 34. She married Joseph S. Mooney on 23 July 1886, in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Taylor, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 6, Jones, Texas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 26 August 1969, in Abilene, Taylor, Texas, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Round Mound Cemetery, Jones, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Fairchilds Howard
1872–1928
Rebecca Samantha “Mattie” Swindle
1872–1969
Marriage: 27 January 1896
Charles Abraham Howard
1896–1969
Opal Howard
–about 1904
Mamie Ethel Howard
1898–1986
Finice Monroe Howard
1906–1976
Callie Merle Howard
1913–2002

Sources (28)

  • Mattie Howard, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Rebecca Samantha Swindle - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Rebecca Samantha "Mattie" Swindle
  • S R Swindle, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1881

Historical Boundaries: 1881: Taylor, Texas, United States.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Swindell .

Perhaps an Americanized form of German Schwind(e)l, a nickname from a diminutive of Middle High German swinde ‘wild, impetuous’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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