Matthew Tackett b 16 Oct 1858 Pike Co KY d 26 Aug 1929 Pike Co KY; s/o Abel Tackett and Rebecca Elizabeth Caudill. Matthew Tackett m. 10 Mar 1875 Pike Co KY to Elvira Martin b 20 Jun 1860 South Point, OH d 6 Jan 1925. Children of Matthew Tackett and Elvira Martin;

I. Mary Elizabeth Tackett b 20 Mar 1881 Hartley KY d 1950 m. Lindsey Compton b 12 Feb 1876 Island Creek, Pike Co KY d 21 Jun 1954 buried Amil Little Cemetery, Long Fork, Pike Co KY

II. Rebecca Tackett b 20 Jun 1882

III. Celia A Tackett b 27 Nov 1885 d 5 Oct 1970

IV. John Melvin Tackett b 22 Feb 1889 d 30 Aug 1979 m. 31 Aug 1918 to Lillie V Thompson b about 1890 d 2 Apr 1951

V. Laura Belle Tackett b 1891

VI. Milton Tackett b 1892

VII. Ira Tackett b 1895

VIII. Letta Tackett b 1896

IX. James A Tackett b 1898