Individual Details

Letter from Joseph B. Haden to Mary Alice (Haden) Womack dated Feb 27, 1936:
"My mother, who was a Perkins before she married my father, was also born in Kentucky, though her parents, John Perkins and his wife, who was a Dunlavy, were born and brought up in Richmond, Virginia. Your great-great-grandfather Perkins was a merchant in Richmond about 150 years ago."

In 1900, Mary J. Haden was still living in her own home across the side street from her son Joseph B. Two of the children of her deceased daughter Virginia Jones were living with her. Emma Jones was born May 1886, age 20 - her father b. NC and her mother b. in MO. Horace Jones, was 14, b. Jun 1886 and listed "at school".

Fannin County Directory, 1910
Ladonia
Haden, Mrs. M. J.

1910 Census. M. J. Haden, mother-in-law, age 83, born in Kentucky, parents both born in Virginia, was living in the home of her daughter Olive and husband B. F. Blakeney in Bonham.

Sent from Rosemary Marcum:
Fannin County, Bonham Directory - 1910
Haden, Mary J. (w W. F.)
r. 306 W. 10th t. 359-2

Will of Mary J. Haden dated 25 Mar 1912. Written in Durant, Bryan County, OK. Bequest to grandchildren by daughter M. C. Haden-Dickson $400 to be shared equally. Estate to be divided: 1 share to J. W. Haden; 1 share to J. C. Haden; 1 share to J. B. Haden; 1 share to Olive Haden Blakeney; 1 share to Alice Jones, Emma Jones Hyde & Horace Jones in equal proportions [children of deceased daughter Virginia]; 1 share to Cordova Haden Pickens. All household and wearing apparel to Olive and Cordova. Executors: sons, J. B. Haden of Ladonia and J. W. Haden of Bonham.

Bonham Daily Favorite, February 1, 1918
Mrs. M. J. Haden Dead
Mrs. M . J. Haden died at 9:20 o'clock Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Geo. Richards. Mrs. Richards has been caring for her for some months since her daughter became physically unable to look after her needs. For the past ten years or more she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. B. F. Blakeney.
The body was held here until this morning at 9 o'clock, when it was taken to Ladonia for burial. The trip was made overland in cars, under the direction of the Halsell-Caldwell Company.
Mrs. Haden was nearly ninety-two years of age. She had long been a resident of this county, having lived at Ladonia since about 1863, until she came here some ten years ago. She was a native of Kentucky.
She was the mother of five children who survive her, namely, J. H. Haden and Mrs. B. F. Blakeney of this city, J. C. Haden of Durant, J. B. Haden of Ladonia and Mrs. J. A. Pickens of Quanah. All the children were here to attend the funeral.
Mrs. Haden was a good mother and wife, a good woman and did her part in life's work. She was a member of the Baptist church, and Rev. Boyet of Durant came t conduct the funeral service, having known her well.
The funeral took place at the Baptist church in Ladonia this afternoon.

Birth	14 Aug 1826	prob Logan County, Kentucky
Marriage	16 Dec 1845	Wilson's Creek, Greene County, Missouri - WILLIAM FRANKLIN HADEN
Death	30 Jan 1918	Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas

Spouse	WILLIAM FRANKLIN HADEN (1817 - 1880)
Child	Marietta Clay Haden (1846 - 1912)
Child	John William Haden (1849 - 1925)
Child	James Clayton "Jimmie" Haden (1852 - 1937)
Child	Olive Marian "Ollie" Haden (1855 - 1924)
Child	Virginia Haden (1857 - 1900)
Child	JOSEPH BENJAMIN HADEN (1859 - 1953)
Child	Laura Lee Haden (1862 - 1878)
Child	Emma May Haden (1865 - 1878)
Child	Cordova Haden (1870 - 1961)

Father	JOHN PERKINS (1789 - 1835)
Mother	MARY JANE "POLLY" DUNLAVY (1789 - 1849)
Sibling	John R Perkins (1819 - 1884)
Sibling	William G. "Grief" Perkins (1821 - 1908)
Sibling	Benjamin C. Perkins (1822 - )
Sibling	Olive Judith "Judy" Perkins (1821 - 1904)
Sibling	Frank Perkins ( - )