Martha "Mattie" Edna Isenhour / Isenhower was born January 17, 1887 in North Carolina, United States to parents Joseph Isenhour and Gula Fowler. [1]
Martha, aka Mattie (17 yrs), married Charles Oscar Deal (21 yrs) on November 8, 1903 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina[2] Together they had eleven known children:
Martha passed away on December 8, 1967 at Forsyth Hospital[3]after suffering "cardio-respiratory arrest" most likely due to "severe Congestive heart disease ".[4]
Her interment was December 11, 1967[5] at Fairview Cemetery of Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina[6]
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML9Q-2ZF : accessed 22 January 2023), Mattie Deal in household of Charlie O Deal, Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 23A, family 525, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1102; FHL microfilm 1,375,115.
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHPX-5G9 : 8 December 2014), Vinnie Isenhour in entry for Nina Fay Deal, 17 May 1915; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 2, p. 563, Catawba, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHPF-3ML : 8 December 2014), Mattie Isenhour in entry for Grace Naomi Deal, 26 Aug 1920; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 7, p. 129, Catawba, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHPX-Y7R : 8 December 2014), Mattie Icenhour in entry for Willie Lee Irene Deal, 12 Aug 1918; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 46, p. 436, Catawba, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHPX-TBB : 8 December 2014), Mattie Isenhour in entry for Carlton Orville Deal, 08 Mar 1924; from "North Carolina, Birth and Death Indexes, 1800-2000," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); citing vol. 10, p. 1182, Catawba, North Carolina, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F344-C2W : 20 February 2021), Mattie E. Isenhour in entry for Robert Clifton Deal, 09 Jan 1928; citing Catawba, North Carolina, reference 334, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,907,339.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SW-SP3 : accessed 11 February 2023), Mattie E Deal in household of Charlie O Deal, Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 1B, line 69, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1680; FHL microfilm 2,341,414.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW95-Y4V : 9 January 2021), Mattie Deal in household of Charles O Deal, Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-11B, sheet 6A, line 28, family 102, 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 2886.
"North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4PY-NDW2 : 21 January 2020), Gula Fowler in entry for Mattie Edna Isenhower Deal, 1967.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9127009/mattie-edna-deal: accessed 11 February 2023), memorial page for Mattie Edna Isenhower Deal (17 Jan 1887–8 Dec 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9127009, citing Fairview Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Armantia (contributor 19036309).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mattie by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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: