The 1900 census says she was born April 1850. Her death certificate says Aug. 8, 1844.
Her daughter Rutelia's D.A.R. application gives her mother's name as Mattie James Norris. Most other references say Mattie J. or Mattie Jane.
Mattie J. Norris was the daughter of James Archer Norris of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, and Sarah Ann Moss Norris;
Granddaughter of Thomas Norris & Sarah Ann (Billingslea) Norris, who moved from Harford County, Maryland, to Georgia;
Great-granddaughter of John Norris and Susannah (Bradford) Norris;
Great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Norris and Sarah (Whitaker) Norris, William Bradford and Elizabeth (Lightbody Bradford);
Great-great-great-granddaughter of John Whitaker (c1660-1713) and Catherine Whitaker of Baltimore.
Northern Alabama by Smith & DeLand (1888), p. 467, says
Thomas Livingstone Isbell… “was married January 8, 1868, to Miss Mattie J. Norris at Selma.”
Another biographical sketch of T.L. Isbell says his father-in-law was J.H. Norris (sic), which should say J.A. Norris, and married Sarah Ann Moss.
Billingsley Family in America., by Harry Alexander Davis (Washington, 1936), p. 88 says James Archer Norris married Sarah Ann Moss.
Memorial Record of Alabama (1893) p. 967: T.L. Isbell married “Mattie J. Norris, daughter of James and Sarah (Moss) Norris. Her father is one of the leading merchants of Selma, having been connected with the mercantile and banking business for many years.”
Mattie Norris Isbell was a first cousin of Sarah J. Norris Parkman (Mrs. John Parkman), the mistress of Sturdivant Hall, Selma. Sturdivant Hall, a significant Greek Revival mansion also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman House, is located at 713 Mabry Street, Selma, Alabama, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The first family to own it, the Watts family, moved to Texas in 1864 toward the end of the Civil War and sold Sturdivant Hall to the wealthy banker John McGee Parkman, president of the First National Bank of Selma. After the War, Parkman was imprisoned ostensibly on trumped-up charges according to his friends. The exact facts of such a convoluted story with conspiracy rumors are impossible to determine today, but friends(?) broke him out of jail on May 23, 1867, at which time he was wounded crossing the Cahaba River and drowned.
Mattie Norris Isbell's sister-in-law Mary Alice Isbell was married in Selma in 1866 to her third cousin Capt. William Park Armstrong, who also served as president of the First National Bank of Selma.
Her daughter Rutelia's D.A.R. application gives her mother's name as Mattie James Norris. Most other references say Mattie J. or Mattie Jane.
Mattie J. Norris was the daughter of James Archer Norris of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, and Sarah Ann Moss Norris;
Granddaughter of Thomas Norris & Sarah Ann (Billingslea) Norris, who moved from Harford County, Maryland, to Georgia;
Great-granddaughter of John Norris and Susannah (Bradford) Norris;
Great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Norris and Sarah (Whitaker) Norris, William Bradford and Elizabeth (Lightbody Bradford);
Great-great-great-granddaughter of John Whitaker (c1660-1713) and Catherine Whitaker of Baltimore.
Northern Alabama by Smith & DeLand (1888), p. 467, says
Thomas Livingstone Isbell… “was married January 8, 1868, to Miss Mattie J. Norris at Selma.”
Another biographical sketch of T.L. Isbell says his father-in-law was J.H. Norris (sic), which should say J.A. Norris, and married Sarah Ann Moss.
Billingsley Family in America., by Harry Alexander Davis (Washington, 1936), p. 88 says James Archer Norris married Sarah Ann Moss.
Memorial Record of Alabama (1893) p. 967: T.L. Isbell married “Mattie J. Norris, daughter of James and Sarah (Moss) Norris. Her father is one of the leading merchants of Selma, having been connected with the mercantile and banking business for many years.”
Mattie Norris Isbell was a first cousin of Sarah J. Norris Parkman (Mrs. John Parkman), the mistress of Sturdivant Hall, Selma. Sturdivant Hall, a significant Greek Revival mansion also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman House, is located at 713 Mabry Street, Selma, Alabama, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The first family to own it, the Watts family, moved to Texas in 1864 toward the end of the Civil War and sold Sturdivant Hall to the wealthy banker John McGee Parkman, president of the First National Bank of Selma. After the War, Parkman was imprisoned ostensibly on trumped-up charges according to his friends. The exact facts of such a convoluted story with conspiracy rumors are impossible to determine today, but friends(?) broke him out of jail on May 23, 1867, at which time he was wounded crossing the Cahaba River and drowned.
Mattie Norris Isbell's sister-in-law Mary Alice Isbell was married in Selma in 1866 to her third cousin Capt. William Park Armstrong, who also served as president of the First National Bank of Selma.
The 1900 census says she was born April 1850. Her death certificate says Aug. 8, 1844.
Her daughter Rutelia's D.A.R. application gives her mother's name as Mattie James Norris. Most other references say Mattie J. or Mattie Jane.
Mattie J. Norris was the daughter of James Archer Norris of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, and Sarah Ann Moss Norris;
Granddaughter of Thomas Norris & Sarah Ann (Billingslea) Norris, who moved from Harford County, Maryland, to Georgia;
Great-granddaughter of John Norris and Susannah (Bradford) Norris;
Great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Norris and Sarah (Whitaker) Norris, William Bradford and Elizabeth (Lightbody Bradford);
Great-great-great-granddaughter of John Whitaker (c1660-1713) and Catherine Whitaker of Baltimore.
Northern Alabama by Smith & DeLand (1888), p. 467, says
Thomas Livingstone Isbell… “was married January 8, 1868, to Miss Mattie J. Norris at Selma.”
Another biographical sketch of T.L. Isbell says his father-in-law was J.H. Norris (sic), which should say J.A. Norris, and married Sarah Ann Moss.
Billingsley Family in America., by Harry Alexander Davis (Washington, 1936), p. 88 says James Archer Norris married Sarah Ann Moss.
Memorial Record of Alabama (1893) p. 967: T.L. Isbell married “Mattie J. Norris, daughter of James and Sarah (Moss) Norris. Her father is one of the leading merchants of Selma, having been connected with the mercantile and banking business for many years.”
Mattie Norris Isbell was a first cousin of Sarah J. Norris Parkman (Mrs. John Parkman), the mistress of Sturdivant Hall, Selma. Sturdivant Hall, a significant Greek Revival mansion also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman House, is located at 713 Mabry Street, Selma, Alabama, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The first family to own it, the Watts family, moved to Texas in 1864 toward the end of the Civil War and sold Sturdivant Hall to the wealthy banker John McGee Parkman, president of the First National Bank of Selma. After the War, Parkman was imprisoned ostensibly on trumped-up charges according to his friends. The exact facts of such a convoluted story with conspiracy rumors are impossible to determine today, but friends(?) broke him out of jail on May 23, 1867, at which time he was wounded crossing the Cahaba River and drowned.
Mattie Norris Isbell's sister-in-law Mary Alice Isbell was married in Selma in 1866 to her third cousin Capt. William Park Armstrong, who also served as president of the First National Bank of Selma.
Her daughter Rutelia's D.A.R. application gives her mother's name as Mattie James Norris. Most other references say Mattie J. or Mattie Jane.
Mattie J. Norris was the daughter of James Archer Norris of Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, and Sarah Ann Moss Norris;
Granddaughter of Thomas Norris & Sarah Ann (Billingslea) Norris, who moved from Harford County, Maryland, to Georgia;
Great-granddaughter of John Norris and Susannah (Bradford) Norris;
Great-great-granddaughter of Benjamin Norris and Sarah (Whitaker) Norris, William Bradford and Elizabeth (Lightbody Bradford);
Great-great-great-granddaughter of John Whitaker (c1660-1713) and Catherine Whitaker of Baltimore.
Northern Alabama by Smith & DeLand (1888), p. 467, says
Thomas Livingstone Isbell… “was married January 8, 1868, to Miss Mattie J. Norris at Selma.”
Another biographical sketch of T.L. Isbell says his father-in-law was J.H. Norris (sic), which should say J.A. Norris, and married Sarah Ann Moss.
Billingsley Family in America., by Harry Alexander Davis (Washington, 1936), p. 88 says James Archer Norris married Sarah Ann Moss.
Memorial Record of Alabama (1893) p. 967: T.L. Isbell married “Mattie J. Norris, daughter of James and Sarah (Moss) Norris. Her father is one of the leading merchants of Selma, having been connected with the mercantile and banking business for many years.”
Mattie Norris Isbell was a first cousin of Sarah J. Norris Parkman (Mrs. John Parkman), the mistress of Sturdivant Hall, Selma. Sturdivant Hall, a significant Greek Revival mansion also known as the Watts-Parkman-Gillman House, is located at 713 Mabry Street, Selma, Alabama, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The first family to own it, the Watts family, moved to Texas in 1864 toward the end of the Civil War and sold Sturdivant Hall to the wealthy banker John McGee Parkman, president of the First National Bank of Selma. After the War, Parkman was imprisoned ostensibly on trumped-up charges according to his friends. The exact facts of such a convoluted story with conspiracy rumors are impossible to determine today, but friends(?) broke him out of jail on May 23, 1867, at which time he was wounded crossing the Cahaba River and drowned.
Mattie Norris Isbell's sister-in-law Mary Alice Isbell was married in Selma in 1866 to her third cousin Capt. William Park Armstrong, who also served as president of the First National Bank of Selma.
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