Matilda was the daughter of John David May Sr. and Mary "Polly" Farley. She married Major Sartin on March 22, 1833 in Pike County, Mississippi and they had eight children: George Parnum, Sarah Jane, Elijah Samuel, Madeline Matilda, John Wesley, James Obed, Linus Whitman, and Mary Elmira Sartin.
Matilda and Major share a tombstone.
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Magnolia Gazzette - 14th of June 1899 - Sartinville
MRS. MATILDA SARTIN died Thursday night, age 84. She was a Methodist for 66 years. Buried in Sartinville Cemetery. Leaves her 86 year old husband, MAJOR SARTIN, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The following story is an excerpt from an article written by Fay Pittman Simmons of Tylertown, MS, and published in the Jackson, MS Clarion Ledger [date unknown, but believed to be around 1970]; newspaper article found in Marguerite Boone Cohen's personal papers:
"Major Sartin's wife was Matilda May, daughter of John May. A story is told about the time Mrs. Sartin was sick and the doctor predicted that her death was imminent. Her husband, Major, dutifully sent a wagon team on a three-day round trip to Magnolia, the county seat, to purchase a casket. As the wagon with the casket pulled into the yard, there was "Grandmother Sartin", quite well, and rocking on the front porch. Until she needed it a good many years later, the casket was kept carefully draped in an upstairs bedroom. Meanwhile, the visiting grandchildren complained of always having to sleep with their pallets close by it."
Matilda and Major share a tombstone.
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Magnolia Gazzette - 14th of June 1899 - Sartinville
MRS. MATILDA SARTIN died Thursday night, age 84. She was a Methodist for 66 years. Buried in Sartinville Cemetery. Leaves her 86 year old husband, MAJOR SARTIN, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The following story is an excerpt from an article written by Fay Pittman Simmons of Tylertown, MS, and published in the Jackson, MS Clarion Ledger [date unknown, but believed to be around 1970]; newspaper article found in Marguerite Boone Cohen's personal papers:
"Major Sartin's wife was Matilda May, daughter of John May. A story is told about the time Mrs. Sartin was sick and the doctor predicted that her death was imminent. Her husband, Major, dutifully sent a wagon team on a three-day round trip to Magnolia, the county seat, to purchase a casket. As the wagon with the casket pulled into the yard, there was "Grandmother Sartin", quite well, and rocking on the front porch. Until she needed it a good many years later, the casket was kept carefully draped in an upstairs bedroom. Meanwhile, the visiting grandchildren complained of always having to sleep with their pallets close by it."
Matilda was the daughter of John David May Sr. and Mary "Polly" Farley. She married Major Sartin on March 22, 1833 in Pike County, Mississippi and they had eight children: George Parnum, Sarah Jane, Elijah Samuel, Madeline Matilda, John Wesley, James Obed, Linus Whitman, and Mary Elmira Sartin.
Matilda and Major share a tombstone.
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Magnolia Gazzette - 14th of June 1899 - Sartinville
MRS. MATILDA SARTIN died Thursday night, age 84. She was a Methodist for 66 years. Buried in Sartinville Cemetery. Leaves her 86 year old husband, MAJOR SARTIN, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The following story is an excerpt from an article written by Fay Pittman Simmons of Tylertown, MS, and published in the Jackson, MS Clarion Ledger [date unknown, but believed to be around 1970]; newspaper article found in Marguerite Boone Cohen's personal papers:
"Major Sartin's wife was Matilda May, daughter of John May. A story is told about the time Mrs. Sartin was sick and the doctor predicted that her death was imminent. Her husband, Major, dutifully sent a wagon team on a three-day round trip to Magnolia, the county seat, to purchase a casket. As the wagon with the casket pulled into the yard, there was "Grandmother Sartin", quite well, and rocking on the front porch. Until she needed it a good many years later, the casket was kept carefully draped in an upstairs bedroom. Meanwhile, the visiting grandchildren complained of always having to sleep with their pallets close by it."
Matilda and Major share a tombstone.
...
Magnolia Gazzette - 14th of June 1899 - Sartinville
MRS. MATILDA SARTIN died Thursday night, age 84. She was a Methodist for 66 years. Buried in Sartinville Cemetery. Leaves her 86 year old husband, MAJOR SARTIN, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
The following story is an excerpt from an article written by Fay Pittman Simmons of Tylertown, MS, and published in the Jackson, MS Clarion Ledger [date unknown, but believed to be around 1970]; newspaper article found in Marguerite Boone Cohen's personal papers:
"Major Sartin's wife was Matilda May, daughter of John May. A story is told about the time Mrs. Sartin was sick and the doctor predicted that her death was imminent. Her husband, Major, dutifully sent a wagon team on a three-day round trip to Magnolia, the county seat, to purchase a casket. As the wagon with the casket pulled into the yard, there was "Grandmother Sartin", quite well, and rocking on the front porch. Until she needed it a good many years later, the casket was kept carefully draped in an upstairs bedroom. Meanwhile, the visiting grandchildren complained of always having to sleep with their pallets close by it."
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