Moses William NELSON William NELSON Samuel Ross TATUM Sarah Elizabeth TATUM Sinie E TATUM Zona Leota TATUM Ona M TATUM Ransom R TATUM Bertha Marie TATUM Sarah Elizabeth HADDOX Mini tree diagram

Mary Ann NELSON3,4,10,6,7,8

also known as Mary E TATM1

also known as Mary Jane NELSON5

31st Dec 18823,4,5,6,7,8,9 - 9th Nov 19603,10,11

Life History

31st Dec 1882

Born in Arkansas.3,4,5,6,7,8,9

15th Jan 1899

Married Samuel Ross TATUM.5

15th Jan 1899

Married.1,2

1900

Resident in Township 3, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.1

15th Jun 1901

Birth of daughter Sarah Elizabeth TATUM in Ahloso, Pontotoc, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.7,12,13,14

about 1906

Birth of daughter Sinie E TATUM in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.7,15

19th Jan 1908

Birth of daughter Zona Leota TATUM in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.5,7,13,4

about 1912

Birth of daughter Ona M TATUM in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.2,4,8

10th Jun 1917

Birth of son Ransom R TATUM in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.16,17,8

18th Feb 1924

Birth of daughter Bertha Marie TATUM in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.18,6,13

27th Jun 1953

Death of Samuel Ross TATUM in Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.19,10,5,20

9th Nov 1960

Died in Allen, Pontotoc, Oklahoma.3,10,11

after 9th Nov 1960

Buried in Allen Cemetery, Allen, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.3

Notes

  • The wife of Ross Tatum is reported in the 1900 Chickasaw Nation census as Mary E.  Three other sources (which seem to be cross-sourcing or using the same source), give her name as Mary Jane Nelson.  Because of other information on the whole Nelson family, the name in these three sources seemed  to be the correct form of the wife's name.

    However I found the listings for Allen, Oklahoma, Cemetery, where she and Samuel Ross are buried.  This has her name as Mary Ann, so I am using that name in the genealogy.

    Her birth date varied also, with the three Ancestry World Tree sources reporting the exact date 31 Dec 1882.  This seems reasonable.  The 1900 census records birth month and year.  It appears this was recorded first as Dec 1882, then corrected to Dec 1881.  Her age is given as 18.  This would match, as she would be 19 (finish her 19th year) in December after the July census.

    The grave marker, however, has simply the year, but the year is 1882.  This would commonly be taken as authoritative, but in this case it is questionable.  First, of all, there is an error also on the birth year of her husband, which differs from the birth month and year reported in the census of 1900.  Likewise, for Mary Ann, the census also agrees with the other genealogies on the month and year of her birth.

    Thus I have reported her birth date as 31 Dec 1881.

    Some sources report a daughter Marie, born about 1921.   I had not been able to confirm any child as reported in a couple of genealogies.  Only in April 2012 was I able to learn who this was.

    I received a message on this genealogy from a granddaughter of Bertie (Bertha) Marie Tatum reporting her as another child of Samuel Ross and Mary Ann Tatum.  With those details I was able to find some records on Marie and her husband Johnnie Othell Brown.  They lived in Denison, Grayson County, Texas, and died there.

    Mary Ann Nelson's brother William (Billy) married Ross' older sister Sinie.

    Mary Ann Tatum
    Birth Dec. 31, 1882
    Death Nov. 9, 1960
    Spouse Samuel Ross Tatum (1879 - 1953)
    Children:
    Bertha Marie Tatum Brown (1824 - 1999)
    Ransom R. Tatum (1917 - 1989)
    Burial Allen Cemetery, Allen, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
    Created by Danny Chancellor Nov 30, 2010
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #62381895, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62381895

Sources

  • 1. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
    • Township 3, District 120, page 67A, Hse/Fam #1205
  • 2. One World Tree (sm)
    • Haddox Family History http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ihaddix&id=I24185
  • 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
    • Memorial #62381895, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=62381895
  • 4. 1920 Federal Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
    • 12 February, Ada (Chickasaw Township), District 170, page 9B, Hse #146, Family #140
  • 5. Ancestry Trees
    • Haddox Family History http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ihaddix&id=I24185
  • 6. 1940 Federal Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
    • 12 April, Allen Township, District 2-11, page 4B, Hse #68, Rents, $0
  • 7. 1910 Federal Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
    • 15 April, Chickasaw Township, District 25, page 1A, Hse/Fam #2
  • 8. 1930 Federal Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
    • [no date], Allen Township, District 9, page 2B, Hse #36, Fam #39
  • 9. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
    • Township 3, District 120, page 67A, Hse/Family #1205
  • 10. Allen (Oklahoma) Cemetery Registry
    • Pontotoc Co. Historical & Genealogical Society;   http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpontgs/mstrcem.html#T
  • 11. One World Tree (sm)
    • http://trees.ancestry.com/owt/person.aspx?pid=42659951
  • 12. Ancestry Trees
    • Riggs-True, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3548541/person/-1720760260?ssrc=&ftm=1
  • 13. Social Security Death Index
  • 14. California Death Index, 1940-1997
  • 15. 1920 Federal Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
    • 12 February, Ada (Chickasaw Township), District 170, page 9B; Hse #146, Family #140
  • 16. 1920 Federal Census, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
    • 12 February Ada (Chickasaw Township), District 170, page 9B; Hse #146, Family #140
  • 17. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
    • Memorial #62614368, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Tatum&GSiman=1&GScid=368722&GRid=62614368&
  • 18. Gravestone of Johnnie O and Bertie Marie (Tatum) Brown, Fairview (Maple Grove) Cemetery, Denison, Grayson, Texas
  • 19. Obituary of Samuel Ross Tatum, Ada Weekly News, Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, July 2 1953
    • intro only in web summary
  • 20. Find a Grave Memorial Registry

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