Cleaning out boxes brings discoveries, and last night Susan found an old Christmas postcard written to my great grandmother, Mary Unit Watts Clark, almost a century ago. How it was in her box of old photos, we don't know.
I'm indebted to cousin-in-law Cherie Atkinson Clark of North Carolina for her genealogy work making it easy to look up the details.
Another mystery--how did this Mississippi woman who lived through the Civil War have a friend in Buffalo, N.Y? No clue.
And the families are mixed up too. She was the sister of my great-grandfather's (Batte Peterson Clark Jr) first wife, Alice C. Watts Clark, who bore him 11 children, I think, recalling conversations with my now deceased uncle Mike. Then she died and Batte married her, and they had my grandfather, Erle Thweat Clark.
Here's the genealogy--
Born in Marion, Clarke County, Mississippi, USA
[uncertain]
[uncertain]
Daughter of
John R. Watts
and
Catherine (Rainey) Watts
Sister of
Alice C. (Watts) Clark
Wife of
Alexander H. Baxter
— married
in Panola County, Texas, USA
Wife of
Batte P. Clark
— married
in Panola County, Texas, USA
Mother of
Erle T. Clark
Died in Comanche, Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA
Here are photos of her grave, with my grandfather's and my dad's graves in line, in Fairlawn Cemetery. The other shows Batte's grave.
great and amazing postcard
ReplyDeleteBits of history like that keep those people alive in our hearts. You've done this woman and your family a great service. Nice post.
ReplyDeleteLove this post. Families and family history is really messy.
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