Still looking for more info on my GGM Mattie Wayne Cain, b. Mar 4, 1884,
d. Sep 1977, and married John Julian "Jay" Geddie, later married
Winfrey.
I did get the following additional info from our recent McAdoo/Geddie
reunion in Texarkana:
Mattie had two sisters, Cora who married Tom Maxwell, and Laura who
married Brooksy Grice. Mattie's mother died in childbirth. Mattie's
Grandmother Cain had come cross-country by horseback to help with
the birthing. GM Cain took Mattie in a basket on the horn of her saddle
and took her home to raise; and Cora and Laura were raised by family
there in the area (Aunts and Uncles?). Mattie did not get to know her sisters
until they were grown.
Mattie was raised with her cousins Ben and Frank Cain, who were 6-8
years older.
Mattie was in Louisiana near the Mississippi border later when she met
and married John Julian Geddie. She was still living with her Grandmother
then.
Thanks,
bruce