Myrtle Tatum

Myrtle was born on January 14th, 1903 in Cooper, Delta Co., Texas.¹   Myrtle's father was Daniel Webster, Jr. Tatum and her mother is Fannie Stanford.  Her paternal grandparents were Daniel Webster Tatum and Rachel Potts. She had four brothers and four sisters, named George Clinton, Tom, James Lewis, Homer Harrison, Minnie Mae, Clara Augusta, Annie and Gertrude.  She was the youngest of the nine children.  She died at the age of 35 in 1938.¹