Cherokee Sisters--Mattie and Clara

Mattie and Clara are daughters of Andrew Hampton (son of Elizabeth Jones Hampton). They half sisters--Mattie's mother is Marinda Huckaby; Clara's mother is Lily Armstrong. Mattie Jane Hampton was born Oct. 7, 1875 and Clara was born about 1882.  Andrew Hampton's third wife was Mary Susan Carpenter--sister of the Three sisters' Grandmother, Martha Jane Carpenter.

Elizabeth Jones Hampton was the daughter of James Jones and Mary Standridge born about 1823 in Tennessee, probably Marion County. She came to Arkansas with her family in the late 1820s or early 1830. She married Andrew Hampton, son of Joel Hampton and Elizabeth Page, before 1850. Andrew died during the Civil War. Elizabeth was readmitted to the Cherokee Nation in 1888. She is on the "Old Settler" Roll.

This pictures was shared by Kathleen Davis.