Mattie Jane Wilson ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: L5XH-MK5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1870 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC. ¹ The 1870 census recorded in Mount Ulla Township: Joseph O. Beeker, at school, 11, and John Henry Beeker, at home, 8, living in the household of Joseph L. Wilson, farmer, 30; wife Jane E. Wilson, 33; daughter Mattie J., 4; and son William W., 2. Also in the home is a black farm laborer Madison Pritchett, 18. Everyone was born in North Carolina. Joseph's real estate was valued at $800 and personal estate $409. The post office was Salisbury. [Note: in online census the Beekers are indexed Becker].

2. Census in 1880 in Mount Ulla, Rowan, NC. ³ The 1880 census recorded Jos. L. Wilson [indexed in census as Jas. L. Wilson], farmer, 43, living with wife Jane, 46; daughter Matta, 13; son Willie, farm laborer, 11; son Burton, 8; and daughter Emma, 6. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

3. Cause of Death: hypertension, endocarditis, 23 Dec 1941, , Crosby, TX. ²

Mattie married Thaddeus Gay Rankin. (Thaddeus Gay Rankin was born on 23 Nov 1869 in , Leon, TX,^{4 5} died on 9 Jan 1947 in Spur, Dickens, TX ^{4 5} and was buried on 10 Jan 1947 in Spur: Red Mud Cemetery, Dickens, TX ^{4 5}.)