Mamie Manning, wife of Forbis Manning

Great grandfather Forbis Manning was first married to Judith Holt, second he married Great grandmother Laura Griffith and third he married Mamie Estill.  Other family members have not researched Mamie and hardly ever mentioned her.  In reviewing information I have about Forbis, I was reading his obituary.  He died in 1929 and Great grandmother Laura died in 1923.  However, in his obituary it states that he was survived by his wife and five children.  Interesting, I thought.  I looked at his death certificate and it too states he was married at the time of his death.  I learned his third wife's name was Mamie when reading a letter written by his daughter Lizzie after he died.  Lizzie is writing to her brothers and sisters about settling Forbis' estate.  She stated she wanted to be sure that  "Mamie got her share".

I began by looking for a marriage license and found one in Bryan county, Oklahoma where F. Manning, age 51 married  Mrs. Mamie McGuire, age 32 on June 8, 1924.  That's just about one year after Great grandmother Laura died.  Seeing her labeled as Mrs. McGuire meant she had previously been married.  The certificate also showed that she was from Granger, Texas which is in Williamson county.  When I searched for Mamie McGuire, born 1892 in Texas, the very first census that appeared was the 1920 Williamson, Texas census with Mamie McGuire, who was widowed,  and her three children living with her uncle Tom E. Miller.  Her children were James, Verna and Bobbie McGuire. Then searching for a marriage record I found that R.J. McGuire married Mamie Estill on Jan 21, 1912 in Williamson county.  R. J. McGuire was Robert J. McGuire who was born in 1888 and died in 1915 in Williamson county.  In back tracking census records, I found that in 1910 Mamie age 17 and her mother Anna Estill (widowed) were living with Mamie's sister Hattie Hill and husband Tom Hill, again in Williamson county.  Mamie's father James Arthur Estill was born in 1849 and died in 1895 and her mother Anna died in 1918.

Here are the events I knew at that point.
1892 Mamie Estill was born
1895 James Estill, her father died
1910 Mamie and her mother live with her sister
1912 Mamie married Robert J. McGuire
1913  James McGuire was born
1914  Verna McGuire was born
1915 Mamie's husband, Robert died
1916 Bobbie McGuire was born
1918 Mamie's mother, Annie Miller Estill died
1920 Mamie and her children live with her Uncle, Tom E. Miller
1924 Mamie and Forbis get married in Bryan county, Oklahoma
1929 Forbis Manning died

I began to feel sad for Mamie having lost both parents and being widowed twice by age 37.  On the 1930 census, Mamie Manning and her three children are living in Tillman county, Oklahoma. Her children are listed with the last name Manning.   I am very curious about how and why Mamie went to Bryan county.  Did she meet Forbis in Bryan county or in Granger, TX?  And why did she leave Bryan county and move to Tillman county after Forbis died.  Did Forbis adopt the McGuire children?  Mamie never married again.  The Social Security Death Index shows that Mamie Manning born May 30, 1892 died in March 1980 in Grandfield, Tillman county, OK.  I haven't yet found where Mamie is buried and have not found any other records of her children.

Here's a picture of Great grandfather Forbis Manning.  There is no family photo of Mamie Manning.