Special Thanks to Linda (Morrison) Christensen for most of the photos on this site

Nellie Vienna (Cook) Mathews

--b. September 29, 1893 Hood, Cooke Co., Texas
--d. September 14. 1986 Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
----buried Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas

William ASBERRY 'W. A.' MATHEWS

--m. June 2, 1912 San Angelo, Tom Greene Co., Texas
----b. May 1, 1882 Burnet Co., Texas
----d. October 4, 1957 SW of Myra, Cooke Co., Texas
------buried Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas

------s/o James Culberson 'Jim' Mathews and Mary Alice HENDRY
--------gs/o William Mathews and Mary Ann 'Polly' FRY

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W. A., Nellie and children, Ray and Reeves
Taken about 1915 San Angelo, Texas
Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

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• 1893 - September 29, Hood, Cooke Co., Texas

  Nellie Vienna Cook was born

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  Cynthia (Jobe) and William Wilford Cook
  Children Mary, Nellie and Liter
  Taken 1894

  

  Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

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• 1893 - September 29, 1893 Hood, Cooke Co., Texas

  Nellie Vienna Cook was born

• 1900 Cooke Co., Texas, Precint 4, Stamped page 202A, Sheet 13, #222-223
  --enumeated June 22, 1900

  Wm Wilford COOK  head M W Dec  1858 42 md 11yrs                    TX IL England
  Cynthia          wife F W Aug  1872 27 md 11yrs 4 children-4 alive MO MO MO
  Liter            son  M W Feb  1890 10                             TX
  Mary E.          dau  F W Sept 1892  8                             TX
  Nellie           dau  F W Sept 1894  6                             TX
  Wm               son  M W July 1895  4                             TX
  
  *Nellie is age 6 - listed with parents.
  

• 1910 Tom Green Co., Texas, Precint 1, ED 277 Sheet 10B, #202-224
  --enumerated May 21, 1910

  William W. COOK       head  M W    52 M23yrs TX IL IL farmer
  Flora                 wife  F W    33 M23yrs AR AR AR
  Lighter               son   M W    20 single TX TX MO
  Mary E.               dau   F W    18 single TX TX MO
  Nellie W.             dau   F W    16 single TX TX MO
  Willie                son   M W    14 single TX TX MO
  W. W.                 son   M W     2 single TX
  Jake R.               son   M W 10/12 single
  Coleman HUDDLESTON    s son M W    14 single
  Thurman C. HUDDLESTON s son M W    10 single
  
  *Nellie is age 16 - listed with father and  stepmother
  

• 1912 - June 2, San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas

  Nellie Vienna Cook married William Asberry Mathews

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  Nellie, Reeves, Ray, W. A. 'Bill' Mathews, Mary, Liter (l-r)
  Taken about 1915
  Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

  
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• 1918/1919 Draft Registration for William A. Mathewes

• 1920 Cooke Co., Texas, Muenster, Pct 8, pagae 273, Stamped page 15B, #266-267

  W. A. MATHEWS     head  M W    37 md  TX TX TX-farmer
  Nettie            wife  F W    27 md  TX TX TX
  Ray               son   M W     6 s   TX
  William           son   M W     5 s   TX
  Thelma J          dau   F W  5/12 s   TX
  

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  Nellie with children (Thelma, Dot, Reeves, Ray)
  Taken about 1924
  Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

  
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• 1930 Cooke Co., Texas, Precint 8, ED 25, page 7B, #151-157
  --enumerated April 16, 1930

  William A. MATHEWS    head M W  47       married age 31  TX TX TX
  Nellie                wife F W  37       married age 18  TX TX TX
  Ray                   son  M W  17       single          TX
  Reeves                son  M W  15       single          TX
  Thelma                dau  F W  10       single          TX
  Dorothy               dau  F W   6       single          TX
  Katy M.               dau  F W   4 11/12 single          TX
  Robert                son  M W   1  6/12 single          TX
  

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  1940's Nellie (Cook) Mathews and Family
  Photos: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

  

  1940's Nellie in Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
  Dot(Mathews) and Tommy Linn - W. A. Mathews - Milton and Katy (Mathews) Morrison

  

  Thelma (Mathews) Burk - Jeanette Burk - Katy (Mathews) Morrison - Nellie (Cook) Mathews - Dot (Mathews) Linn

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  Nellie (Cook) and W. A. Mathews
  Taken early to mid 1950's
  Photos: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

  
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• 1957 - October 4, SW of Myra, Cooke Co., Texas

  William A. Mathews died

• 1986 - September 14, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas

  Nellie Vienna (Cook) Mathews died

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  Fairview Cemetery - Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas

  
  

1. Charles Ray 'Ray' Mathews

   
   --b. April 8, 1913 San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas
   --d. May 23, 1977 Houston Co., Texas
   ----buried Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
   
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   Charles Ray Mathews
   Taken 1941/42 while in army
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
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   --m/1 Lucille 'Lucy' PATRICK
   --abt 1931
   ------d/o Walter R. Patrick and Corda Doad SAMPLES
   --------gd/o Charles B. Patrick and Emily Ann RITCHIE
   ----------gt gd/o George Lewis Patrick and Charity Elizabeth PEARSON
   ------------gt gd/o John Wilson Patrick and -
   ----------gt gd/o John Ritchie and Catherine LONG
   ------------gt gd/o Thomas D. Long and Mary BOND
   

   Charles Ray Mathews and 1st wife, Lucy (Patrick)
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
   
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   --m/2 Beulah Maud PACK
   --April 11, 1947
   ----b. July 18, 1912
   ----d. May 22, 2004 Franklin, Texas
   

   Charles Ray Mathews and 2nd wife, Beulah (Pack)
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
   

   This photo, used on a Christmas card, was taken at Nellies, where they always spent Christmas.

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   Fairview Cemetery - Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
   

   After Ray's death in 1977, the immediate family lost contact with Beulah. It was last heard that she was in a nursing home in Franklin, Texas. Whether, she was brought back and buried at Fairview Cemetery at Gainesville, next to Ray, is unknown at this time.

   

   

2. William Reeves 'Reevs' Mathews

   --b. January 1, 1915 San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas
   --d. March 22, 1971 Denison, Grayson Co., Texas
   ----buried Highland Park Cemetery, Borger, Hutchinson Co., Texas
   

   Reeves died from a heart attack at his mother, Nellie's house, SW of Myra, the evening that his sister Thelma was buried.

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   William Reeves Mathews
   Taken 1941/42 while in army
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
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   --m. Pama Mae PATRICK
   --September 19, 1935 Marietta, Oklahoma
   ----b. March 26, 1918 Iowa Park, Wichita Co., Texas
   ----d. October 20, 1975 Borger, Hutchinson Co., Texas
   ------buried Highland Park Cemetery, Borger, Hutchinson Co., Texas
   ------d/o Walter R. Patrick and Corda Doad SAMPLES
   --------gd/o Charles B. Patrick and Emily Ann RITCHIE
   ----------gt gd/o George Lewis Patrick and Charity Elizabeth PEARSON
   ------------gt gd/o John Wilson Patrick and -
   ----------gt gd/o John Ritchie and Catherine LONG
   ------------gt gd/o Thomas D. Long and Mary BOND
   

   Reeves, Betty Joy and Pama Mathews
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
   
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   Highland Park Cemetery - Borger, Hutchinson Co., Texas

   
   
   

3. Thelma Irene (Mathews) Burk

   --b. Augsut 26, 1919 Myra, Cooke Co., Texas
   --d. March 20, 1971 Denison, Grayson Co., Texas
   ----buried Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
   --m. Max Thomas BURK
   --December 12, 1935 Marietta, Oklahoma
   ----b. February 6, 1913 Marietta, Oklahoma
   ----d. January 26, 1988 Denison, Grayson Co., Texas
   ------buried Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas
   ------d/o William Franklin Burk and Hattie Lorene ?
   
   Thelma (Mathews), Jeanette, Max
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
   
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   Cedarlawn Memorial Park - Sherman, Grayson Co., Texas

   
   
   
   

   

4. Dorotha 'Dot' (Mathews) Linn

   --detail withheld
   --m. Thomas Neal 'Tommy' LINN
   ----b. September 17, 1922 Collinsburg, Texas
   ----d. December 29, 1999 Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
   ------buried Resthaven Memorial Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
   --------s/o William R. 'Russ' Linn and Bessie Lola MORGAN
   
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   Dot and Tommy Linn
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
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   Resthaven Memorial Cemetery - Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas

   
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   Jerry Robert Linn
   (1947 Cooke Co., TX - 1997 Cooke Co., Texas)
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

   
   

   

5. Katie Mae 'Katy' (Mathews) Morrison

   --detail withheld
   --m. Milton Edward MORRISON
   ----b. January 2, 1925 Hood, Cooke Co., Texas
   ----d. August 5, 1991 Dallas Co. Texas
   ------buried Fairview Cemeetery, (Morrison Plot), Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
   ------s/o Victor Paul Morrison and Kizzie LAWSON
   --------gs/o Caleb Casual 'Ca' Morrison and Josie Alice WOODS
   --------gs/o Richard Martin Lawson and Orpha Jane CARROLL
   
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   Katy and Milton Morrison (1946)
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

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   Katy and Milton Morrison and Family
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

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   Fairview Cemetery - Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas

   
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   Katy (Mathews) Morrison and her 3 Children
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen

   

   M.B. - Linda - Katy - Ann

   

6. Robert Landrum 'Bob' Mathews

   --detail withheld
   --m. Betty Jean ALMON
   --April 29, 1951
   ----b. March 5, 1934 Gainesville, Cooke Co., Texas
   ----d. November 15, 2004 Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas
   ------buried Memorial Park Cemetery, Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas
   ------d/o Owen Newton Almon and Alice DAVISON

   --------gd/o Luby M. Almon and Katherine NEWTON
   ----------gt gd/o Hesekiah Gilford Almon and Emily Teresa DAVIS
   ------------2nd gt gd/o Hezekiah Almon and Elizabeth TAYLOR
   ------------2nd gt gd/o Lewis Franklin Davis and Elizabeth Ann PITTMAN
   --------------3rd gt gd/o Martin Hughes Pittman and Nancy SMITH
   

   ---------gd/o W. J. Davison and Ida Myrtle DUFFEY
   -----------gt gd/o Marcus Monroe Duffey and Parthena Havana WEAVER
   -------------2nd gt gd/o Samue Duffey and Elizabeth SMITH
   -------------2nd gt gd/o Silas Weaver and Parthena TATUM
   

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   Bob and Betty Jean (Almon) Mathews
   Photo: Courtesy of Linda (Morrison) Christensen
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   Memorial Park Cemetery - Amarillo, Potter Co., Texas