As mentioned in prior notes, I think the John Autry in Tippah, Co, Mississippi, in 1940 is John C. Autry, who is listed on page 276 of the Autry/Culbreth book. Unfortunately, this information was not known at that time, although the name of the second wife, Margaret Ann Mattix (Hinds) , had just been identified. It was always apparent that there was probably a first wife, and now it appears to be Sarah ____. The marriage to Margaret Ann Mattix was confirmed later by publishing of some newspapers in Crawford Co, Ark, (listed as John C Otery) where he was in 1850. He then went to TX and is in the 1860 census of Denton Co, TX. Then in 1870 back in Sebastian Co, Ark, where he died and is buried at Greenwood, Ark. There are just too many "John Autry's" Robert Autry Brooks