Re: MALLETT(E), Rebecca E.
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In reply to:
MALLETT(E), Rebecca E.
10/13/01
Shane,
Rebecca Mallett did die due to complications of childbirth, but not to Lucy Ellen Norris. Rebecca died giving birth to 2nd son Elbert Jack Norris.
Lucy Ellen Norris Bullard was the daughter of WIlliam E. Norris and his second wife (my gg-grandmother) Martha Harriet Jane Megason. Martha's father was Benjamin Megason from Natchitoches Parish, LA.
Lucy married James Washington Bullard in Bowie Co. Texas and lived close to her brothers, William Norris Jr.(Rebecca's son) and my great-grandfather, Lucy's youngest brother, Charley Benjamin Norris.
I would check your records on Rebecca Mallett's ancestrial origins for the African-American connection. I have never found any record of her having been of that race. She was born in Alabama and was French and American Indian and is listed on census as White.