SHE NEVER MET HER MOTHER - Mary Worthington Myatt Duncan
Mary Worthington Myatt (1832-1926) My 3rd Cousin 3X Removed Elisha Duncan (1822 - 1893) Husband of Mary Worthington Myatt Mary was born on March 27, 1832 in Pocahontas, Bond County, Illinois - She was the daughter of Alexander and Mary W. (Chisenhall) Myatt. Mary's mother died giving birth to Mary. She was their sixth child. (In the 1800s, a woman had a one in eight chance of dying in childbirth during her lifetime.) Her father, Judge Alexander Myatt, was born in Tennessee in 1802, and was of Welsh ancestry. Alexander Myatt settled in Illinois, and for years was County Judge of Bond County in Colorado. (More on Alexander … sometime!) Little is known about Mary's Mother, Mary Chisenhall. Her grave marker cannot be found - it is thought that she is buried in McKendree Chapel Cemetery in Keyesport Landing, Bond County, Illinois. She was born in Dickson County,...