Mattie Melinda York
b. 1878 TN
d. 1946 Pryor,ok
Her marriages: (all but the first "Ash" margs/divorces are Mayes Co. OK as far as I know!)
1. m. John Morgan Ash, (b.1874,d. 1962) m. Bradley Co TN 9 Sep 1893 (Marriage bond found only) no
license or no TN divorce found!
2. m. Same John Morgan Ash again....m. 6 Jan 1913, div 23 Feb 1929
(This marriage is a mystery as to why they married again when they moved to OKla? They had already
had several children in TN and had been listed on the census 'married' for several years?)
3. m. Jesse Allison Hedrick (b.1855 d. 1937 (Mayes co) m.6 Feb 1930
The question I am trying to find out here is were he & Mattie still married when he died in 1937 making
her a widow...or were they divorced by then?
4. m.Wylie Jones all I have on him is the 1940 census (Just found this info yesterday!!!) states that he &
mattie were married,living in Salina, w a Grandaughter named ruby Hester. (This would he his GD) did
she outlive him or were they divorced?
5. m. D.G. 'Doc' Goins (b.1892 d. 1956 (Mayes co) don't know their m. date.
Mattie's death cert does not say whether she was married when she died but her last name was
Goins.Trying to figure out if her and Doc were still married at the time of her death?
The death cert also states that she had been living in Pryor for the last 5 years.
Which means....that she was living in Pryor in 1941. That would only give her and Wylie Jones a year 1/2
more to still be married, divorced..or did he also die before her??
Soooo...this is why I was wanting OBITS.
Hedrick's should say one way or another whether she was still HIS wife at the time of his death in
1937....
Were her & Jones divorced or she outlive him?
Were her & Doc Goins still married at the time of HER death?
Hopefully this doesn't confuse you too terribly much...seems like Gr Grandma Mattie got around!! haha
ANY light you can shed on this would be great!!
I'm from Adair.
Cynthia Ziemian