Matilda Jane (Cassady) Potts (abt. 1857 - 1931)

Born about May 1857 in Alabama, USA

Ancestors

Wife of James J. Potts — married about 1879 in Alabama, USA

Died 14 Jun 1931 at about age 74 in Andalusia, Covington Co., Alabama, USA

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Biography

The daughter of Washington Cassady and Josephine Snelgrove

Matilda Jane Cassady was born in May of 1857 or 1858. The funeral home record attached states she was born in 1888 and was 73 years and one month old when she died in 1931. If she was 73 in 1931 at the time of her death, her birth year is 1858 which matches other sources. Her headstone has 1857 - 1931.

Matilda died 14 Jun 1931 in Andalusia, Covington Co., Alabama, USA and is buried at Fairmount Cemetery in Red Level, Covington Co., Alabama, USA

Sources

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHDD-FGG : 30 December 2015), Tilda J Cassaty in entry for Washington Cassaty, 1860.

Name: Tilda J Cassaty

Event Type: Census

Event Date: 1860

Event Place: Election Precinct 11, Coffee, Alabama, United States

Gender: Female

Age: 2

Race: White

Birth Year (Estimated): 1858

Birthplace: Ala

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• Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDGV-GRG : 27 November 2014), J. J. Potts in entry for Matilda Jane Potts, 14 Jun 1931; citing reference cn 15291, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,490.

birth May 1858

• "Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3BJ-XH2 : 5 January 2015), Matilda Cassiday in entry for Frank Nathaniel Polts, 08 Aug 1921; citing reference RD 18-0007, RN 13; FHL microfilm 1,631,612.

• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Potts&GSiman=1&GScid=1981957&GRid=173654973&

birth May 1857