I am working on a family tree for my friend and her great grandmother is a MATILDA S BAILEY. According to Find a Grave she was born in JAN 1851 and died June 9, 1926.

I have found nothing online about this woman. I know there is a LOT of Bailey's in this county. Her grave is a small marker that looks hand written. There is some talk in the family that she was Native American(?) or illegitimate.....

Her first husband was Maston Hagey Roberts, here is a census:

1880 United States Federal Census
about Masten Roberts
Name: Masten Roberts
Home in 1880: Huffs Creek, Wyoming, West Virginia
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Matilda S. Roberts
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother's birthplace: Virginia
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members: Name Age
Masten Roberts 28
Matilda S. Roberts 24
Thomas H. Roberts 6
Daniel Roberts 4
Fleming Roberts 2
Lucinda Roberts 1m

According to Find a Grave, they list Fleming as her son, which this census does back up to a point.

She then married a John Puckett, who in himself is a maystery....as there were more than one John Puckett in this county also. They had one daughter I know of for sure...Annabelle Puckett: she married George Franklin Deskins.



Family links:
Parents:
Matilda S Bailey Roberts (1851 - 1926)

Spouse:
George Franklin Deskins (1880 - 1970)

Children:
George Franklin Deskins (1915 - 1977)*
Bernice Rebecca Deskins Perdieu (1921 - 1968)*
Zelta Maxine Deskins Vance (1922 - 1984)*
Helen Louise Deskins Melvin (1925 - 1997)*
Betty J. Chaffin (1927 - 1992)*
Bobby Burns Deskins (1929 - 2002)*
Pauline Deskins Friend (1953 - 1956)*




Burial:
Iaeger Memorial Cemetery
Roderfield
McDowell County
West Virginia, USA

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Created by: Modfreak
Record added: Oct 31, 2007
Find A Grave Memorial# 22577084

MRS. GEORGE F. DESKINS - Funeral rites for Mrs. Annabelle Puckett Deskins, wife of George F. Deskins of Bushnell, Fl., will be held Saturday at 12 o'clock noon from the Reformation Church of God at Iaeger. The Rev. G. W. Powell will officiate. Interment will follow in Iaeger Memorial Cemetery at Roderfield.Mrs. Deskins died Monday morning after a long illness. She had been a resident of Iaeger since her marriage in 1906 until Mr. Deskins' retirement from Norfork and Western Railway Signal Maintenance Department in 1952.In addition to her husband, survivors include five daughters; Mrs. Ethel Lockhart, Richlands, Va., Mrs. Bernice Perdue and Mrs. Zelta Vance, of Iaeger, Mrs. Helen Deskins, Bluefield, and Mrs. Betty Chaffin of Detroit, Mich.,; two sons, McDowell County Deputy Sheriff George J. Deskins of Gary and Bobby B. Deskins, stationed with the U. S. Marine Corps at Miami, Fl.; 31 grandchildren and a great-grandchild; a sister, Mrs. P. H. Bailey of Iaeger; and two brothers, Daniel Roberts, Williamson, and Fleming Roberts of Iaeger. Her parents, a brother and three children preceded her in death.The body arrived at Welch Wednesday night from Florida and will remain at Fanning Funeral Home there until 10 o'clock this morning, when it will be placed in the chapel of Fanning Funeral Home at Iaeger to remain until one hour prior to the service.Pallbearers will be Fred Ball, Lester Cure, Levi Long, Jennings Rozzell, Andred Christian, Andy Bowman, Lee Keaton and Ed Hager. Women of the church will act as flower bearers.Published in the Bluefield Daily Telegraph January 25, 1957
-Anonymous
Added: Aug. 27, 2010

I am trying to find out who Matilda's parents were....I do show this info on the McDowell genweb site:

Eli Bailey Sr was born in 1812 in VA. He married Hannah Lester on 21 Apr 1836 in Tazewell Co,VA.

[Notes]
Hannah Lester was born in 1817 in KY. She married Eli Bailey Sr on 21 Apr 1836 in Tazewell Co,VA.

[Notes]
They had the following children:

F i Tazzy Bailey was born in Feb 1837. She died in 1918.
M ii Patterson Bailey was born in 1839 in VA. [Notes]
M iii Eli Bailey Jr was born in 1840 in VA. [Notes]
M iv Jackson Bailey was born on 20 Mar 1841. He died on 9 Jun 1912.
F v Nancy Bailey was born in Oct 1846.
M vi Flemming Bailey Sr was born in Oct 1844.
F vii Hannah Bailey was born on 4 Mar 1846. She died on 29 May 1904.
F viii Letha Bailey was born in 1848.
F ix Elizabeth Bailey was born in Jul 1851.
M x Simon Peter Bailey was born on 29 Aug 1851. He died on 12 Jun 1931.
F xi Jennette Bailey was born in 1855.
F xii Marilda Bailey was born in 1857 in VA. [Notes]
M xiii Andrew Bailey was born in 1859.
M xiv Melvin Bailey was born in Aug 1861. He died on 30 Jul 1926.

Here are the notes on Matilda.....
Marilda Bailey

1. 1860 Census, McDowell Co, VA, Perryville PO; taken on 18 Jul 1860; Page 121; Family #100.
Listed as Marilda Bailey; age 3; born in VA; in household of father, Eli Bailey.
2. 1870 Census, McDowell Co, WV, Sandy River District, page 6, Family #42.
Listed as Marilda Bailey, age 13, in household of father, Eli Bailey.

It does not state who she married......hope this is enough to remind someone of this woman....or perhaps an obit>>>>
The Matilda in these notes was born abt 1857, and mine was supposedly born abt 1851.....

Thank you for any help !!!! Sandy