Mary Melissa GREEN8,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9,10
also known as
3rd Nov 18713 - about 19561,4
Life History
3rd Nov 1871 |
Born in Indian Territory.4 (less likely) |
3rd Nov 1871 |
Born in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto, Texas.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (most likely) |
Nov 1872 |
Born in Indian Territory.3 (less likely) |
28th Jun 1891 |
Married John Timothy PEACOCK in Texas.1 |
3rd Jan 1893 |
Birth of son John Franklin PEACOCK in Bowie, Montague, Texas.12,5,11 |
21st Jan 1895 |
Birth of son Thomas Jefferson PEACOCK in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.5,12,3,13,14,15 |
Dec 1896 |
Birth of daughter Iva O PEACOCK in Texas.3,5 |
28th Mar 1899 |
Birth of son James Henry PEACOCK in Texas.3,5,9,13,14 |
about 1902 |
Birth of daughter Mamie M PEACOCK in Texas.5,7 |
about 1905 |
Birth of daughter Lillie M PEACOCK in Indian Territory.5,7 |
30th Sep 1908 |
Birth of son William Timothy PEACOCK in Oklahoma.5,7,14,13 |
3rd Nov 1912 |
Birth of son Arthur Lloyd PEACOCK in Oklahoma.7,6,10 |
11th Dec 1950 |
Death of John Timothy PEACOCK in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas.16,9 |
1st Jun 1954 |
Death of son John Franklin PEACOCK in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas.11 |
about 1956 |
Died in Frederick, Tillman, Oklahoma.1,4 |
Notes
- Only a name for Mary was known by Green family tradition. They knew she had married someone named Peacock, but no other details.
A genealogy of the Mumford-Murratti lineage seems to represent this Mary, married to a John Timothy Peacock. The genealogy reports her full name as Mary Malissie Green, and her birthplace as Palo Pinto County. Palo Pinto is three counties northwest of Hill County, where her older brother Toliver Jorile was born, as well as the next two children Susie and James after her. Their cousin James Toliver Jackson was also born in Hill County. Why the family moved to Palo Pinto for a while is unknown. But the genealogy does not report Mary's parents, so the identification with our Mary is weak, but matches the general parameters.
Mary Malissie Green
Birth 1871 in Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto County, Texas
Death in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma
Parents Unknown
Married 28 June 1891 to John Timothy Peacock
Birth 1872
Death in Frederick, Tillman County, Oklahoma
Burial Lone Wolf, Adair County, Oklahoma
Children:
One Living
John Franklin Peacock 1892-1954
Thomas Jefferson Peacock 1895-1973
Arthur Lloyd Peacock 1898-1983
James Henry Peacock 1903 -
Lily Mae Peacock 1906-
Mamy Lalissie Peacock 1906-
William Timothy "Bill" Peacock 1908-
-- Mumford-Murratti, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/139863661/person/33651337
The birth in Palo Pinto County matches the presence of the Green family in North Texas, and Mary's brother Toliver Jorile was born a couple of counties farther south in Hill County, where Greens, Barnetts and related Jacksons. Members of these related clans are found all across North Texas in the period from 1860 on. Some of all these families migrated north into Indian Territory.
Censuses of Mary and John T Peacock cited by the Mumford genealogy place them in places consistent with locations of other members of the Green and related families. These censuses have the children reported by the Mumford genealogy. But these censuses report Mary as born in Arkansas, not Texas. Further one census reports Mary's parents born in Missouri, another Arkansas, not Georgia and Tennessee. One says they were both born in Georgia. Another says she and both parents were all born in Arkansas.
1900 Federal Census, Montague County, Texas, 11 June, Justice Precinct 4, District 52, page 6A, Hse/Fam #103
Peacock, Timothy Head W M Mar 1873 27 Married 8 years FL FL GA Farmer Owns
Peacock, Mary Wife W F Nov 1872 27 Married 8 years 4 children/4 living Ind Terr TX TX
Peacock, Frank Son W M Jan 1893 7 Single TX FL Ind Terr
Peacock, Thomas Son W M Jan 1895 5 TX FL Ind Terr
Peacock, Ivie Son W M Dec 1896 3 Single TX FL Ind Terr
Peacock, Henry Son W M Mar 1899 1 Single TX FL Ind Terr
Edgin [Elgin?], Churchwell Boarder W M Nov 1880 20 Single TX AR IL
1920 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, 11 January, Frederick, District 167, page 9B, South 18th St, Hse #174, Fam #217
Peacock, John T Head Owns M W 47 Married FL FL FL No Occup
Peacock, Mary Wife F W 48 Married AR AR AR
Peacock, Mamie Dau M W 18 Single TX FL AR
Peacock, Lillie Dau M W 15 Single TX FL AR
Peacock, Willie J Son M W 11 TX FL AR
Peacock, Arthur Son M W 7 TX FL AR
1930 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, 4 April, Frederick, District 6, page 2B, 224 South 18th St, Hse #46, Fam #48
Peacock, John T Head Owns Value $3500 M W 58 Married at age 30 GA FL AL Wagon Yard Proprietor
Peacock, Mary M Wife F W 58 Married at age 19 AR GA GA
Peacock, Arthur L Son M W 17 Single TX OK GA AR
In 1940, Mary is the Head of the home, with her son Arthur still in the household. Mary is reported as Married but no husband is reported in the home. Sources indicate that John Timothy lived until 1950. I don't where he was at the time of this census.
1940 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Frederick, District 7-25, page 5B, Spring Hill & River Rd, Hse #93, Rents $2
Powell, Mary Head F W 68 Married [But no husband in the home] Grade 4 b Arkansas Same Place in 1935
Powell, Aurther L Son M W 27 Grade C-1 b Oklahoma Same Place in 1935
Various genealogies have different bits of information about Mary. The following one has a date for her death as well as the place which several report. No documentary source is cited. Note that this genealogy agrees with the date of birth reported by some other family sources, but the location is Indian Territory rather than Palo Pinto County, Texas. Most genealogies have no date of birth and most have no place.
Mary Malissie Green
Birth Nov 3 1871 in Indian Territory
Death about 1956 in Frederick, Tillman, OK
No Parents reported
Married 28 Jun 1891 John Timothy Peacock
Birth Mar 3 1872 in Florida
Death 11 Dec 1950 in Wichita, Texas
-- Mary Peacock, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/31328105/person/12425091719
Loretta Gregory Gay, Green-Gregory genealogist, recounts a comment of her grandfather Toliver Jorile (Joe) Green. Joe's daughter Alpharetta Mae Green Gregory told Loretta that her father Joe commented at the death of his mother "I have neither mother nor sister." His mother died in 1907. This would seem to indicate that both Joe's sisters (Mary and Suzie) died before their mother.
-- Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication, 18 February 2013
This would seem to conflict with Mary Green Peacock's family information and documented death in 1950. But perhaps what Joe meant was that both his sisters had married and moved away. The Peacocks lived in Texas at the time of Clarinda Barnett Green's death. Otherwise, I cannot account for Joe's comment as it has come down to us in the Green-Gregory family. I have found no information on the death or marriage of Suzie Green, other than that she married George Clifton, on whom I have no details.
There is also a story in the family, again told to Loretta Gregory by her mother Alpharetta Green Gregory. One of Joe Green's sisters woke up one morning to find her baby dead, went to find and tell a neighbor, returned to her home, "took to her bed and died." No further details survive to help us identify which sister or a time frame.
-- Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication, 18 February 2013
Sources
- 1. Ancestry Trees
- Mumford-Murratti, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/139863661/person/33651337
- 2. 1940 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma
- 2 April, Frederick, District 7-25, page 5B, Spring Hill & River Rd, Hse #93, Rents $2
- 3. 1900 Federal Census, Montague County, Texas
- 11 June, Justice Precinct 4, District 52, page 6A, Hse/Fam #103
- 4. Ancestry Trees
- Mary Peacock, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/31328105/person/12425091719
- 5. 1910 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma
- 29 April, Red River Township, District 258 (scan 1212), page 9B, Hse #151, Fam #150
- 6. 1930 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma
- 4 April, Frederick, District 6, page 2B, 224 South 18th St, Hse #46, Fam #48
- 7. 1920 Federal Census, Tillman County, Oklahoma
- 11 January, Frederick, District 167, page 9B, South 18th St, Hse #174, Fam #217
- 8. Loretta Gregory Gay, Personal Communication
- 9. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
- 10. California, Death Index, 1940-1997
- 11. Ancestry Trees
- Peacock, http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v30t0444&id=I03807
- 12. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
- 13. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 14. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 15. OKGenWeb
- Jefferson County, Oklahoma
- 16. Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
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