My great grand mother was Matilda Alice Osborne (not sure of spelling). She was born about 1 Feb 1872 at the Pen Oak Community in Liberty Co. TX. We do not have a birth certificate. A son took her to get a certificate later in her life and she told the authorities the date. She married 12 Feb 1891 in Montgomery Co, TX to John Thomas Collins. She died 14 June 1941 in Montgomery Co, TX Her mother was Mary or Margaret Carter had been maried to a Carter. We do not know her maiden name. I do not know anything about this Carter. I know a lot of the Carter family was living near and that the Collins and Carter Family have married over the years. The father of Matilda was an Osborne (not sure of name spelling) He may have come from Ohio. He supposedly came down the river on a barge or river boat to Pen Oak. Mary Collins ran an inn and he stayed and they may have married or just lived together. That is all I know. We know there was a flood and everything was wiped out. Both parents died of spinal meningitis