Freddie Lee Mathis in the 1940 Census

This snapshot of Freddie Lee Mathis's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.
When Freddie Lee Mathis was born about 1924, his father, Take, was 38 and his mother, Ada, was 33. In 1940, he was 16 years old and lived in Shepherds, Georgia, with his father, mother, 2 brothers, and 3 sisters.