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Mattie Victoria Smith McKeehan

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Birth	:	28 Jul 1899 Carter County, Tennessee, USA
Death	:	23 Aug 1926 Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
Burial	:	Lakeside Cemetery, Decatur, Van Buren County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.1130000, -85.9770000
Plot	:	Row 5, Grave 2
Inscription	:	ftr: Momma
Description	:	Mattie Victoria (Smith) McKeehan was the daughter of William Madison Smith and Ellen Loudy, of Carter County TN. She lost her father at an early age; her mother Ellen re-married on 24 January 1915 to J.D. Bennett. Mattie's sister is Mary E. Smith (Mrs. Bill Lewis), Charles O. Smith, Arthur Tilman Smith, and James Henry Smith, all of Carter County TN. Mattie's brothers served in WWI. Mattie Smith married Lee F. McKeehan on 25 March 1916. Their three children were: Mildred Pauline "Toots" b. 22 June 1918, Roy Lee b. 18 Feb 1921, and Wilma B. b. 15 July 1923. The... Read More	Mattie Victoria (Smith) McKeehan was the daughter of William Madison Smith and Ellen Loudy, of Carter County TN. She lost her father at an early age; her mother Ellen re-married on 24 January 1915 to J.D. Bennett. Mattie's sister is Mary E. Smith (Mrs. Bill Lewis), Charles O. Smith, Arthur Tilman Smith, and James Henry Smith, all of Carter County TN. Mattie's brothers served in WWI. Mattie Smith married Lee F. McKeehan on 25 March 1916. Their three children were: Mildred Pauline "Toots" b. 22 June 1918, Roy Lee b. 18 Feb 1921, and Wilma B. b. 15 July 1923. The compound used in her possible suicide, carbolic acid, was a common–but very poisonous- household medicinal disinfectant used, in those days, for topical use; often for cleaning skin wounds and scrapes. Mattie's transcribed obituary is as follows (some spelling errors in the original are corrected here): ENDS LIFE WITH DRAUGHT OF POISON Mrs. Mattie McKeehan, Living on Elizabethton Pike, Drinks Acid; Dies in Hospital Here Mrs. Mattie McKeehan, 27, wife of Lee McKeehan, farmer, is dead from drinking carbolic acid about noon Monday, at her home on the Elizabethton highway near the Carter county line. Members of her family discovered her in great pain from the effects of the acid in the barn back of the dwelling. Dr. R.C. Blevins was summoned. He brought her to the Appalachian hospital where she died about one o'clock, or two hours after drinking the fatal poison. She left this note addressed to her husband: "Dear Lee: Do not blame anyone but me. You have done all you can do. I can't live in this condition. God will help you with the little ones. Wire Mary. Good bye MATTIE" The "little ones" are Mildred, Wilma, and Roy Lee, their small children. The person referred to as Mary is her sister, Miss Mary Smith, living in Detroit. Despondency caused by ill health is assigned as the cause of her ending her own life. She is survived by her husband, three children, her mother, Mrs. Ellen Bennett, of Milligan College, and three brothers, Charles, James, and Tilman Smith, Johnson City, and Miss Mary Smith, of Detroit. The funeral is to be arranged. Source: Johnson City, TN Johnson City Staff News, pg. 2 Monday, August 23, 1926 Provided by a member of the Smith family.

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Mattie Victoria Smith McKeehan's memorial is located at: Lakeside Cemetery, Decatur, Van Buren County, USA.
When did Mattie Victoria Smith McKeehan death?
Mattie Victoria Smith McKeehan death on 23 Aug 1926 in Johnson City, Washington County, Tennessee, USA
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Latitude: 42.1130000
Longitude: -85.9770000

Family Members:

Parent

William Madison “WMS” Smith

(1866 - 1910)

Spouse

Lee F McKeehan

(1894 - 1929)

Siblings

Children

Helen Louise McKeehan

(1917 - 1917)

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