Mattie Belle Mathis in the 1940 Census

This snapshot of Mattie Belle Mathis's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.
When Mattie Belle Mathis was born about 1923, her father, Take, was 37, and her mother, Ada, was 32. In 1940, she was 17 years old and lived in Shepherds, Georgia, with her father, mother, 3 brothers, and 2 sisters.