Mary Melissa LANDERS

See also

Mary LANDERS's parents: John Wesley LANDERS (1865-1936) and Marguerite Arabella KING (1870-1940)

Mary LANDERS's siblings: Emily Lee LANDERS (1890-1936), Lily May LANDERS (1891-1929), Oran Manning LANDERS (1893-1965), Eva Alma LANDERS (1896-1921), John Willis LANDERS (1897- ), Lena Jane LANDERS (1899- ), Eunice Belle LANDERS (1902- ), William Robert LANDERS (1904- ), Charles Fredrick LANDERS (1906- ), Lois Ollye LANDERS (1908- ), Henry Paul LANDERS (1910- ) and Ruby Elna LANDERS (1913- )

Mary Melissa LANDERS (1888-1981)

Name:	Mary Melissa LANDERS
Sex:	Female
Father:	John Wesley LANDERS (1865-1936)
Mother:	Marguerite Arabella KING (1870-1940)

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth	6 Aug 1888	Purcell Indian Territory (Chicasaw Nation) Texas
Death	8 Oct 1981 (age 93)	Lindsay, Oklahoma

Individual Note (shared)

She was born in a tent because of her father's job as a railroad foreman. Married in Forestburg, Texas at her father and mother's home on 14 Oct. 1906. She rode her little mare at the age of 7 to 10 years old to town for supplies. She learned how to cook for family when she was 6 years old. She was oldest of 13 children.

Sources: Scrapbook by W.C. Sawyer dated 1963.

Sources: Notebook by Mary Melissa Landers Sawyer dated 1968.

Sources: As told to me, Shirley McBride Self by Mary Landers.

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