Mattie Cheatham

Brief Life History of Mattie

When Mattie Cheatham was born on 6 June 1865, in Kyle, Hays, Texas, United States, her father, William Edward Cheatham, was 27 and her mother, Josephine Amanda Nance, was 20. She married Oscar Graves Parke on 18 December 1884, in Kyle, Hays, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Travis, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 2, Hays, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 3 February 1950, in Kyle, Hays, Texas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Kyle Cemetery, Hays, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Graves Parke
1855–1918
Mattie Cheatham
1865–1950
Marriage: 18 December 1884
John Edge Parke
1886–1924
Thomas Edge Parke
1887–1914
Joseph Nance Parke
1889–1936
Anne Bryan Parke
1891–1944
Oscar Graves Parke
1893–1945
Cheatham Parke
1897–1971

Sources (15)

  • Mrs O ? Parke, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mattie Cheatham, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Mattie Cheatham Parke, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1880

Historical Boundaries: 1880: Hays, Texas, United States

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Lancashire called Cheetham, apparently named with Celtic cēd ‘wood’ + Old English hām ‘homestead’.

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

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