Her grandfather wrote a detailed Atkinson Family History in 1879 in which her mother and her two husbands, and their children are mentioned. Mattie had three brothers, Henry Watson, John Milton and Franklin Burkett, and two half-brothers, James S. and Thomas McClendon.[1]
In 1880, the family was living in Jonesboro, Clayton, Georgia[2]
Mattie appears to have married Alonzo B. Rivers on 28 Nov 1882 in Clayton, County, Georgia.[3]
She passed away in 1948.[4] Burial was in the Jonesboro City Cemetery in Jonesboro, Clayton County, Georgia.[5] She is buried in the same cemetery with her brother, John Milton, and her parents.
Sources
↑ "Atkinson Family History" by Archibald Atkinson, written March 3, 1879, published by the D.A.R., 1965.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LV-Q2B : 24 December 2015), Mary M Coleman in household of L D Coleman, Jonesboro, Clayton, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet 493A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0140; FHL microfilm 1,254,140.
↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJL-FPS : 18 July 2016), Alonzo B. Rivers and Mattie M. Coleman, 28 Nov 1882; citing Marriage, Clayton, Georgia, United States, county courthouses, Georgia; FHL microfilm 229,446.
↑ "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4MY-DZW : 24 December 2014), Mattie C Rivers, 17 Dec 1948; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Clayton, Georgia, certificate number 28643, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mattie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mattie: