Born in Caswell County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Brinkley Swift
and Mary Ella Jane (Simpson) Swift
Sister of
Robert Hawkins Swift, Joseph Franklin Swift, Ida Susan Swift, Lelia Ann Swift, Mary Alice Swift and Vance Everette Swift
Wife of
John Ulysses Sutton
— married
23 Dec 1900 in Caswell, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
[private son (1900s - 1990s)], Roy Clifton Sutton, Euel Clayton Sutton, Robert D Sutton, Ben Sutton and Ola May Sutton
Died
at age 45
in Alamance County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2012
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Martha Jane "Mattie" Swift was born on January 18, 1876 in Caswell County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of Robert Brinkley Swift and Mary Ella J (Simpson) Swift.
US Census, 1880, Caswell County, NC SD 2; ED 14; page 29 Robert Swift 40 Mary Swift 24 Martha Swift 4 Robert Swift 2 Joseph 3/12, born March
When Martha was about 23 she married John Ulysses Sutton on December 23, 1900 in Stony Creek Township, North Carolina. ["North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8J5-V1F : 14 February 2020), Mattie Swift in entry for John N. Sutton, 1900.]
The couple had 5 children, 4 of whom survived to adulthood: Claude Stanford Sutton Roy Clifton Sutton Euel Clayton Sutton Robert Benjamin Sutton Ola May Sutton
She died, at the age of 45, on March 12, 1921 in Alamance County, North Carolina. Cause of death was Mitrol Insufficency. She is buried at the Berea Christian Church Cemetery, Alamance County, North Carolina. [Find a Grave, database and images ID 34894134, and personal visit to cemetery]
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