Born in Missouri, USA
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Daniel Christopher Pless
— married
27 Apr 1879 in Pope County, Arkansas, USA
Wife of
Jesse James Shoptaw
— married
27 Nov 1884 in Pope County, Arkansas, USA
Descendants 
Mother of
Laurence M. Pless,
Rosalie Pless,
Etta (Pless) Williamson,
Florence Shoptaw,
Mildred (Shoptaw) Tomlinson,
Lillie Ethel (Shoptaw) Scott,
Edna Malinda (Shoptaw) Bowen,
John Emmett Shoptaw,
Reba (Shoptaw) Lemley,
Delois (Shoptaw) Peeler,
Betty Shoptaw,
Lala (Shoptaw) Burnett and
William James Shoptaw
Died [location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Oct 2015
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Biography
Martha Ellen "Mattie" Burris Pless Shoptaw is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas.[1]
Sources
See also:
- "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F79G-MQS : 10 February 2018), J. J. Shoptom and Mattie E. Pless, 27 Nov 1884; citing , Pope, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,034,013.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3XM-G95 : accessed 26 June 2019), Jessie Shaptan, Illinois Township Russellville town, Pope, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 180, sheet 9A, family 179, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,072.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKVP-FM1 : accessed 6 June 2017), Jessie J Shoptaw, Russellville Ward 1, Pope, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 88, sheet 12A, family 222, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 61; FHL microfilm 1,374,074.
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDFW-R1Q : accessed 26 June 2019), J J Shoptaw, Illinois, Pope, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 98, sheet 17A, line 39, family 386, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 77; FHL microfilm 1,820,077.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMGQ-LJ6 : accessed 26 June 2019), Jess J Shaptaw, Illinois, Pope, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 12A, line 13, family 144, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 89; FHL microfilm 2,339,824.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQKY-MZN : 16 March 2018), J J Shoptaw, Ward 1, Russellville, Illinois Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-19A, sheet 7A, line 59, family 136, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 164.
- Oakland Cemetery in Russellville, Pope County, Find A Grave: Memorial #100464244
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