Daughter of Thomas J Phillips, born Corinth, Mississippi and Mary Bourland, born Kentucky; Wife of Clarence Elisha Atkinson
Mattie was Corresponding Secretary, Indian Women's Woman Suffrage League of Indian Territory in 1911. She was an Oklahoma state suffrage organization officer.
Biography by Amanda Ritter-Maggio, Assoc. Professor of English, Texarkana College, Texarkana, TX
Martha "Mattie" Phillips was born on August 13, 1876 in Corinth, Mississippi, the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson Phillips and Mary Eliza Bourland Phillips. Her father was a Confederate veteran who served with Company D of the 25th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry. When Mattie was a toddler, her parents migrated from Mississippi to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) and settled near the town of Chickasha. She had six brothers and one sister.
On November 26, 1895 in Chickasha, Mattie married Clarence Elisha Atkinson, who was born in Wayne, Indiana. In the 1910 census, Clarence is listed as a farmer; by 1920, he was working as a traveling salesman in the coffee industry. The couple farmed near Chickasha and later moved to McAlester, Oklahoma.
They had seven children: Sue, born in 1897; Virginia, born in 1904; Catherine, born in 1906; Mary Joe, born in 1908; Nellie Jane, born in 1911; Clarence Junior, born in 1913; and David, born in 1916.
According to newspaper reports, Mattie served as Corresponding Secretary for the Indian Women's Woman Suffrage League of Indian Territory in 1907. At the time, she was living in Chickasha, which was the site of the second Oklahoma woman suffrage convention in October of 1905. Minutes of the Proceedings of NAWSA's 42nd Annual Convention in 1910 listed her as a representative of Indian Territory to the Peace and Arbitration Committee of NAWSA. In 1911 she served as Recording Secretary of the Indian Women's Suffrage Committee. She later joined the Stonewall Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and was a guest speaker with the Choctaw chapter of that organization in 1919. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume 6 lists her as having been an Oklahoma state suffrage organization officer.
Around 1928, the Atkinsons moved to Texas, where Clarence worked as a salesman in the roofing industry and daughter Sue worked as an accountant.
Sometime in the 1930s, Clarence and Mattie separated. The 1940 census finds Clarence, listed as divorced, living in Marshall, Texas with daughter Mary Joe and her family, while Mattie is found in Amarillo with Sue and David.
Mattie Phillips Atkinson died on June 1, 1942 in Dallas, where she was living with Sue. She was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in McAlester, Oklahoma. Clarence Atkinson died in 1948 and is buried in Marshall, Texas.
NOTE: Cause of death from Texas Death Cert was uremia.
Mattie was Corresponding Secretary, Indian Women's Woman Suffrage League of Indian Territory in 1911. She was an Oklahoma state suffrage organization officer.
Biography by Amanda Ritter-Maggio, Assoc. Professor of English, Texarkana College, Texarkana, TX
Martha "Mattie" Phillips was born on August 13, 1876 in Corinth, Mississippi, the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson Phillips and Mary Eliza Bourland Phillips. Her father was a Confederate veteran who served with Company D of the 25th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry. When Mattie was a toddler, her parents migrated from Mississippi to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) and settled near the town of Chickasha. She had six brothers and one sister.
On November 26, 1895 in Chickasha, Mattie married Clarence Elisha Atkinson, who was born in Wayne, Indiana. In the 1910 census, Clarence is listed as a farmer; by 1920, he was working as a traveling salesman in the coffee industry. The couple farmed near Chickasha and later moved to McAlester, Oklahoma.
They had seven children: Sue, born in 1897; Virginia, born in 1904; Catherine, born in 1906; Mary Joe, born in 1908; Nellie Jane, born in 1911; Clarence Junior, born in 1913; and David, born in 1916.
According to newspaper reports, Mattie served as Corresponding Secretary for the Indian Women's Woman Suffrage League of Indian Territory in 1907. At the time, she was living in Chickasha, which was the site of the second Oklahoma woman suffrage convention in October of 1905. Minutes of the Proceedings of NAWSA's 42nd Annual Convention in 1910 listed her as a representative of Indian Territory to the Peace and Arbitration Committee of NAWSA. In 1911 she served as Recording Secretary of the Indian Women's Suffrage Committee. She later joined the Stonewall Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and was a guest speaker with the Choctaw chapter of that organization in 1919. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume 6 lists her as having been an Oklahoma state suffrage organization officer.
Around 1928, the Atkinsons moved to Texas, where Clarence worked as a salesman in the roofing industry and daughter Sue worked as an accountant.
Sometime in the 1930s, Clarence and Mattie separated. The 1940 census finds Clarence, listed as divorced, living in Marshall, Texas with daughter Mary Joe and her family, while Mattie is found in Amarillo with Sue and David.
Mattie Phillips Atkinson died on June 1, 1942 in Dallas, where she was living with Sue. She was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in McAlester, Oklahoma. Clarence Atkinson died in 1948 and is buried in Marshall, Texas.
NOTE: Cause of death from Texas Death Cert was uremia.
Daughter of Thomas J Phillips, born Corinth, Mississippi and Mary Bourland, born Kentucky; Wife of Clarence Elisha Atkinson
Mattie was Corresponding Secretary, Indian Women's Woman Suffrage League of Indian Territory in 1911. She was an Oklahoma state suffrage organization officer.
Biography by Amanda Ritter-Maggio, Assoc. Professor of English, Texarkana College, Texarkana, TX
Martha "Mattie" Phillips was born on August 13, 1876 in Corinth, Mississippi, the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson Phillips and Mary Eliza Bourland Phillips. Her father was a Confederate veteran who served with Company D of the 25th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry. When Mattie was a toddler, her parents migrated from Mississippi to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) and settled near the town of Chickasha. She had six brothers and one sister.
On November 26, 1895 in Chickasha, Mattie married Clarence Elisha Atkinson, who was born in Wayne, Indiana. In the 1910 census, Clarence is listed as a farmer; by 1920, he was working as a traveling salesman in the coffee industry. The couple farmed near Chickasha and later moved to McAlester, Oklahoma.
They had seven children: Sue, born in 1897; Virginia, born in 1904; Catherine, born in 1906; Mary Joe, born in 1908; Nellie Jane, born in 1911; Clarence Junior, born in 1913; and David, born in 1916.
According to newspaper reports, Mattie served as Corresponding Secretary for the Indian Women's Woman Suffrage League of Indian Territory in 1907. At the time, she was living in Chickasha, which was the site of the second Oklahoma woman suffrage convention in October of 1905. Minutes of the Proceedings of NAWSA's 42nd Annual Convention in 1910 listed her as a representative of Indian Territory to the Peace and Arbitration Committee of NAWSA. In 1911 she served as Recording Secretary of the Indian Women's Suffrage Committee. She later joined the Stonewall Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and was a guest speaker with the Choctaw chapter of that organization in 1919. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume 6 lists her as having been an Oklahoma state suffrage organization officer.
Around 1928, the Atkinsons moved to Texas, where Clarence worked as a salesman in the roofing industry and daughter Sue worked as an accountant.
Sometime in the 1930s, Clarence and Mattie separated. The 1940 census finds Clarence, listed as divorced, living in Marshall, Texas with daughter Mary Joe and her family, while Mattie is found in Amarillo with Sue and David.
Mattie Phillips Atkinson died on June 1, 1942 in Dallas, where she was living with Sue. She was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in McAlester, Oklahoma. Clarence Atkinson died in 1948 and is buried in Marshall, Texas.
NOTE: Cause of death from Texas Death Cert was uremia.
Mattie was Corresponding Secretary, Indian Women's Woman Suffrage League of Indian Territory in 1911. She was an Oklahoma state suffrage organization officer.
Biography by Amanda Ritter-Maggio, Assoc. Professor of English, Texarkana College, Texarkana, TX
Martha "Mattie" Phillips was born on August 13, 1876 in Corinth, Mississippi, the oldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson Phillips and Mary Eliza Bourland Phillips. Her father was a Confederate veteran who served with Company D of the 25th Regiment of the Mississippi Infantry. When Mattie was a toddler, her parents migrated from Mississippi to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) and settled near the town of Chickasha. She had six brothers and one sister.
On November 26, 1895 in Chickasha, Mattie married Clarence Elisha Atkinson, who was born in Wayne, Indiana. In the 1910 census, Clarence is listed as a farmer; by 1920, he was working as a traveling salesman in the coffee industry. The couple farmed near Chickasha and later moved to McAlester, Oklahoma.
They had seven children: Sue, born in 1897; Virginia, born in 1904; Catherine, born in 1906; Mary Joe, born in 1908; Nellie Jane, born in 1911; Clarence Junior, born in 1913; and David, born in 1916.
According to newspaper reports, Mattie served as Corresponding Secretary for the Indian Women's Woman Suffrage League of Indian Territory in 1907. At the time, she was living in Chickasha, which was the site of the second Oklahoma woman suffrage convention in October of 1905. Minutes of the Proceedings of NAWSA's 42nd Annual Convention in 1910 listed her as a representative of Indian Territory to the Peace and Arbitration Committee of NAWSA. In 1911 she served as Recording Secretary of the Indian Women's Suffrage Committee. She later joined the Stonewall Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and was a guest speaker with the Choctaw chapter of that organization in 1919. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume 6 lists her as having been an Oklahoma state suffrage organization officer.
Around 1928, the Atkinsons moved to Texas, where Clarence worked as a salesman in the roofing industry and daughter Sue worked as an accountant.
Sometime in the 1930s, Clarence and Mattie separated. The 1940 census finds Clarence, listed as divorced, living in Marshall, Texas with daughter Mary Joe and her family, while Mattie is found in Amarillo with Sue and David.
Mattie Phillips Atkinson died on June 1, 1942 in Dallas, where she was living with Sue. She was buried in Oak Hill Memorial Park Cemetery in McAlester, Oklahoma. Clarence Atkinson died in 1948 and is buried in Marshall, Texas.
NOTE: Cause of death from Texas Death Cert was uremia.
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