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Matilda (Gray) Essary

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Matilda (Gray) Essary

Posted: 10 Dec 2014 11:31AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 11 Dec 2014 8:40AM GMT
Surnames: Gray, Essary, Yoachum, Patterson, Crouch, Hickman, Hunt
Does anyone have info on this woman? I don't have a DOB but she died before 1860 in Missouri. I know this because she was married to Thomas Patterson in 1853 and they (may have) had a daughter named Mary L. Patterson born 1854. I believe that GRAY was her maiden name and that she was previously married to an unknown ESSARY who died before 1853 in Missouri.

Thomas was previously married to (possibly) L. YOACHUM. They had a son named William Patterson b. 1849. (1850 census shows him as 1 year old and the 1860 census shows him as 11.) A marriage record is found for Thomas and Matilda in 1853. But she is not found in the 1860 census even though Thomas and William are. Oddly, Mary Patterson is not shown in the 1860 census but does show up in the 1870 census as age 15.

Thomas remarries again to Atlanta Hunt in 1866 and they have a daughter named NancyJane Patterson. The 1870 census shows William and his wife Elizabeth living with Thomas and Atlanta and Nancy. Thomas dies in 1901.

Atlanta was previously married to Allen Crouch. They had a son named Jonathon Crouch.

Allen was previously married to Jane Hickman. They had 7 children together and I descend from their son James Elbert Crouch.

Any info on Thomas Patterson, Matilda Gray, L. Yoachum or unknown Essary is appreciated!

UPDATE 12/11/14: It is possible that L. Yoachum was actually born around 1817 and the children listed with her and Thomas in the 1850 census are hers from a previous marriage to an unknown Yoachum.

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