Brief Life History of Mattie L.
When Mattie L. Henderson was born on 26 September 1897, in Coffeeville, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States, her father, Marshall L Henderson, was 27 and her mother, Callie Donie Sherman, was 22. She married Kirby Davis about 1925, in Bolivar, Mississippi, United States. She lived in Beat 5, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Beat 1, Yalobusha, Mississippi, United States in 1910. She died on 11 December 1992, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Shaw Cemetery, Shaw, Bolivar, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (3)
- Mattie Henderson in household of C D Henderson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mattie L Henderson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Mattie Henderson in household of Henderson, "United States Census, 1900"
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World Events (8)
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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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