Natchitoches County Louisiana Archives Biographies.....Grappe Gardner, Martha(mattie) 1857 - 1932 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: rachel hicks blhicks@earthlink. net July 22, 2007, 7:04 pm Author: rachel gardner hicks Martha G. Gardner was a wife and mother. She had 13 children--all did not reach maturity. Martha (Mattie or Matild) was of French heritage; the family had strong Louisiana ties. Supposedly Martha married a man of Indian blood. The French-Indian angle is an interesting factor--how,when,why? Add the Black blood to the pot. More social questions. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/natchito/bios/grappega122gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb