Mattie Abby Carter

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parents: James Monroe Carter and Lucinda Stapleton

 

Birth:  12 Apr 1892  Lee Co, VA
Death:  12 Aug 1963  Stone Creek, Lee, VA
Burial:  Pennington Cemetery, Stone Creek, Lee, VA

Marriage #1

Michael Head Jr

29 Nov 1908 Lee Co, VA

Children

Rutherford B Head 25 Sep 1909
Hassie Head 25 Dec 1911
Trumon Head 19 Aug 1917
Orie Head 23 Jan 1920
Alma Head 13 Oct 1922
Harrel E Head 19 Mar 1924
Shirley Head living?

children of Michael Head Jr and Mattie Abby (Carter) Head


Sources
1900 Federal census Salem, Lee, VA - age 8 (view census information)
1910 Federal census Rocky Station, Lee, VA - age 18 (view census information)
1920 Federal census Rocky Station, Lee, VA - age 24 (view census information)
1930 Federal census Rocky Station, Lee, VA - age 38 (view census information)
Jackson County Historical Society of West Virginia, Ripley, WV Obituaries
Palm Beach County Library, Palm Beach, FL Obituaries
Find a Grave volunteers Steve Mullinix (Crypt Keeper) and Amber N Tombstone and cemetery photos - Forest Hills Memorial Gardens, Tipp City, Montgomery, OH
Find a Grave volunteers Reta Mellons and Dan and Debra Branigan Tombstone and cemetery photos - Morning Star Cemetery, Carter's Valley, Hawkins, TN
Find-a-Grave volunteer John Graham Tombstone photos - Winter Beach Cemetery, Winter Beach, Indian River, Florida
Family records Photos from the collection of Shirley (Head) Mellons 
Family records Records and photos contributed by Wanda Turner
Family research Research belonging to Valerie Boman and Debra Branigan


Miscellaneous Information
1) Husband of Mattie Abby (Carter):  Michael Head Jr* - born 09 Dec 1885 Scott Co, VA; died 25 Nov 1951 Ely Creek, Lee, VA; obituary; cause of death: apoplexy and hypertension; death record; buried Pennington Cemetery, Stone Creek, Lee, VA; son of Michael Head Sr (21 Jul 1861 VA-20 Mar 1933) and Rebecca A Flanary (15 Sep 1857 VA-27 Nov 1914); Michael and Rebecca buried Pennington Cemetery, Stone Creek, Lee, VA; tombstone photos) 

* Michael Head Jr was a brother of William Thomas Head, found here under (6) Cornie Maness.

2) We have a copy of Mattie and Mike's marriage records

3) We have an obituary for Mattie.


Photos and/or signatures

thanks to Wanda Turner for all photos (except as noted) - 
(from the collection of Shirley (Head) Mellons)

The Michael and Mattie (Carter) Head family
Truman, Michael, Rutherford, 
Mattie (holding Orie), Hassie

c. 1920

 

Mattie and Michael Head

04 Jul 1939

Mattie and Michael Head family

left to right behind Mattie and Mike:
Orie, Truman, Shirley, 
Hassie, Rutherford, Harrel

04 Jul 1939

back rowRutherford and Addie Head, 
Jack Pannell, unknown baby, Truman Head
middle row: 
Orie Head, 
Hassie (Head) Pannell, Shirley Head, 
Roberta Head (Truman's wife) 
front:
Rutherford Head, Jr

04 Jul 1939
(Rutherford, Truman, Orie, Hassie and Shirley 
are the children of Mattie and Mike Head)

 

Mike Head
at the entrance of a coal mine

Lee Co, VA

Michael Head, with his son Rutherford 
and dog "Tippy"
(Rutherford's 40th birthday)

25 Sep 1949

   

Michael Head Jr and Mattie Abby (Carter) Head

Pennington Cemetery
Stone Creek, Lee, Virginia

thanks to Terra McDavid for tombstone photos