Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" Bailey

1870 US Census, Ward 3, Franklin Parish, Louisiana

J J Baily M 25 Mississippi farmer

A M Baily F 25 Arkansas keeping house

E M Baily F 4 Louisiana at home

S Baily F 1 Louisiana at home

A M Baily M 6 Louisiana at home

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1880 US Census Franklin Parish, Lousiana. Bettie Bailey is in the home of Michael Tallent along with her aunt Emily Davidson Tallent and cousin? Wiley Davidson. Her mother [Mary Ann Davidson Bailey] is living next door with her uncle James W. Davidson and her grandmother Eliza Davidson. [Her father J J Bailey is still living--don't know where he was at this time.]

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genea/Dla1880.html

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Tallent, Michael w m 40 Farmer Ireland Ireland Ireland

Tallent, Emily wife w f 40 Keeping House Mississippi Mississippi Louisiana

Davidson, Wiley w m 10 At School Louisiana Arkansas Louisiana

Bailey, Betty w f 14 At School Louisiana Louisiana Arkansas

Burke, John w m 42 Laborer Ireland Ireland Ireland

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Davidson, James W. w m 32 Farmer Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana

Davidson, Eliza B. mother w f 62 Louisiana Virginia Tennessee

Bailey, Mary sister w f married 35 Keeping House Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana

• **************************************************** 1900 Jewella, Caddo, LA (Danniel Matthews)

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Danniel Mathews Head M 34 Louisiana

Remy? Mathews Wife F 23 Louisiana (age appears to be more than ten years off) (6 living children)

Lizzie Mathews Daughter F 15 Louisiana

Rosa Mathews Daughter F 11 Louisiana

Josa Bell Mathews Daughter F 9 Louisiana

Bailey Mathews Son M 7 Louisiana

Eddie Mathews Daughter F 4 Louisiana

Leroy Mathews Son M 1 Louisiana

John Mathews Son M 19 Louisiana

This census reports that Bettie Bailey had six living children. John, the eldest, is unlikely to be hers (though she was 15 at the time of his birth, so it's not impossible). Possibly a son of a first wife, or an adoptee?

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1910 Jewella, Caddo, LA (Dan Matthies) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPTV-5T4

Dan Matthies

birth: 1856 Louisiana residence: 1910 Jewella, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

spouse: Mary E Matthies

children: Rosie May Matthies, Josie B Matthies, Bailey Matthies, Edith E Matthies, Dewey Matthies, Carrie A Matthies, Forest E Matthies

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1920 Shreveport Precinct 13, Caddo, LA

Daniel Mathis Head M 63 Louisiana painting contractor

Betti Mathis Wife F 53 Louisiana

Dewey D Mathis Son M 20 Louisiana plumbers' apprentice

Carrie A Mathis Daughter F 17 Louisiana

Forest E Mathis Son M 12 Louisiana

Mary L B Mathis Daughter F 9 Louisiana

John J Bailey Father-in-law M 74 Louisiana [note: he was b. Mississippi]

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1940 US Census, Area B, Shreveport, Police Jury Ward 4, Caddo, Louisiana, United States

Mary E Mathis Head F 73 Louisiana widowed

China B Gamblin Son-in-law M 55 Louisiana married Traveling Salesman, Chemical Compound Co.

Annie M Gamblin Daughter F 54 Louisiana married

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Louisiana Deaths Index

Name Mary Elizabeth Mathis

Event Type Death

Event Date 16 Sep 1948

Event Place Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana

Gender Female

Age 82

Race White

Birth Year (Estimated) 1866

Birthplace Caddo, Louisiana

Father's Name J J Bailey

Mother's Name Molly Davidson

Spouse's Name Dan Mathis

Certificate Number 11232

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The Times, Shreveport, Louisiana: Friday, September 17, 1948: Page 19

Funeral service for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mathis, 82, of De Soto Street, will be held at 4 p.m. today at Osborn funeral chapel Mrs. Mathis, a resident of Shreveport for the past 60 years, died early Thursday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. L. B. Roach, 1400 King's Highway, after a brief illness, She was a member of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Shreveport. Mrs. Mathis was a native of Franklin Parish. In addition to Mrs. Roach, Mrs. Mathis is survived by six other children, all of Shreveport, Mrs. C. B. Gamblin, Mrs. C. A. McCullough, Mrs. G. T. Weaver, Bailey Mathis, Dewey D. Mathis, and Forrest E. Mathis; 16 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. Burial will be in Forest Park cemetery. Active pallbearers will be C. B. Cooper, L. B. Roach. L. B. Roach, Jr., Andre P. Boutte, A. W. Mcl.einore [?], and Ralph Whitman.

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/220845361/

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Bettie Bailey was an early convert to the Christian Science religion.