TAYLOR   COUNTY, GA -   OBITS  Snelson, Matilda McKenny Gresham
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Butler, Ga., September 1890, Vol. 12,
No. 9

Matilda Snelson daughter of John McKenney, was born in
Lincoln county, Ga., September 2, 1802. Was married to
Pleasant Gresham December 25, 1821 and moved to Upson county
in 1827. Having lost her husband she was married to John
Snelson June 20, 1856, whom she survived many years. She was
baptized at Good Hope church, Upson County about 1828, by
Zachariah Gordon, the father of Governor John B. Gordon. She
was a cripple for many years, caused by a fall soon after
her second marriage. She was confined to her bed over four
years, and bore her affliction with that degree of fortitude
that characterized all those who are blessed with an abiding
trust in God, and calmly fell asleep in Jesus at her home in
Meriweather county, Ga. June 17, 1890.

E.C. TRASH

(Her father was a Revolutionary Soldier from Ga. Her mother
was Katherine Rolan. Pleasant and Matilda Gresham's
daughter, Susannah Katherine Gresham Caldwell, wife of John
H. Caldwell is buried at Howard, Ga.)