Declined edit to link Mathew M Cross in St. Louis as father. He is a black man born in Mo., buried in an African American cemetery per death cert. When Sara, Mattie's mother married M.M.. Cross, those on the marriage records who were black, both bride and groom were shown as Col. Neither Sara or M.M. were shown as Col.
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Tennessee Death Index 1949-2014

Mattie A Branham died Oct 19 1966, age 79 in Wilson CO TN. She was a Widown.
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Mattie Cross married Sam Branham on 31 May 1902 in Sumner CO TN

Marriage Solemnized by J. W. Albright
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Father and Mother of Mattie Ann Cross. M M Cross married Sarah Eanes on 2 Feb 1885 in Sumner CO TN on 28 May 1892 in Sumner County TN A license was issued but no other record to show if marriage took place or not.

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Mother and Step-father of Mattie Cross Branham, Sarah Cross married Ed Keene on 28 May 1892 in Sumner County TN

1900 Dist 10 Sumner CO TN, E B Keen, age 28, Sarah, age 32, J H, age 7, Rosa, age 5, Oscar, age 3C.H(Charles Henry) Cross, step-son, age 14, Mat(Mattie) Cross, age 12.
Mat is Listed as step-son, but it is Mattie. Every thing adds up. She is 12 in this census, 23 in 1920. Mattie married at age 14-15.
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Samuel Braham and Mattie Cross Family

1910 Dist 10 Sumner CO TN, Sam Branham, age 31, Mattie, age 23, Minnie, age 6, Wesley, age 3, Richard, brother of Sam, age 38.
1920 Dist 10 Sumner CO TN, Samuel Drunhowe(sp), age 41, Mattie, age 32, Minnie, age 15, Wisley, age 14, Gertie Mae, age 9, Bessie, age 7, Nellie, age 6, Alene, age 0. Samuel is a Farmer
1930 Chase St Indianapolis Marion CO IN, Sam Branham, age 52Mattie A Branham, age 43, Wesley, age 23, Ealine, age 10, Dela V, age 8, Agnes E, age 4, Alfred, age 1. Sam and Wesley are farmers.
Wilson CO TN, Sam Branham, age 61, Mattie, age 55, Wesley, age 35, Agnes, age 14, Alfred, age 11, Raymond, age 9
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Family Notes:

• Father, several family trees show that her father died in St. Louis. Death cert. show this to be Matthew Cross , age 22, a colored man born in 1871 in TN. Died in St. Louis in 1894. Had lived there 14 years.
• Mother Sarah Eanes was born in Rutherford CO TN, daughter of John Eanes and Cathran - John T Eanes married Catherine Gates on 30 Jun 1866 in Davidson CO TN
Sarah Eanes married M M Cross on 2 Feb 1885 in Sumner CO TN
Sarah Cross married Ed Keene on 28 May 1892 in Sumner CO TN