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Mattie Melissa Denton 1886–1971 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 07 May 1886

Birth Location: Tennessee

Death Date: 1 Dec 1971

Death Location: Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA

Father: Hardin Denton

Mother: Amanda Glenn

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Robert Caraway

Mattie Melissa Denton was born in 1886 in Tennessee, the child of Hardin Thomas Denton And Amanda M Glenn. Mattie Melissa Denton married Robert B Caraway, and had children including Robert Earl Caraway. Mattie Melissa Denton passed away in 1971 in Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Mattie Melissa Denton was born in 1886 in Tennessee, the child of Hardin Thomas Denton And Amanda M Glenn.
  • Mattie Melissa Denton married Robert B Caraway, and had children including Robert Earl Caraway.
  • Mattie Melissa Denton passed away in 1971 in Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Mattie Denton's Ancestors

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Mattie Denton
1886–1971
Birth Place: Tennessee
Parents
Hardin Thomas Denton
1851–1933
Tennessee
Amanda (M) Glenn
1859–1938
White County, Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
James (Hightower) Denton
1808–1880
Quebeck, White, Tennessee
Nancy (Hillsman) Witt
1820–1874
Madison County, Alabama, USA
Great-Grandparents
Robert Sr
1765–1849
Nancy Reese
1771–1822
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Tandy (WITT)
1740–1795
Sarah SAMPSON
1741–1817

Mattie Denton's Descendants

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Mattie (Melissa) Denton (07 May 1886–1 Dec 1971)
  1. 1. Robert (Earl) Caraway 1902–1961 m. Elva (Grace) Ogden 1915–2007

Mattie Denton's Timeline

2 Records

1886
07 May 1886
Birth of Mattie Melissa Denton in Tennessee
Tennessee
1971
1 Dec 1971
Age 85
Death of Mattie Melissa Denton in Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA
Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 07 May 1886
    Event Place: Tennessee
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Dec 1971
    Event Place: Port Lavaca, Calhoun, Texas, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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