Matthew married Susan Angeline Willett. They
were living in McNairy Co. Tennessee in 1850. No children at that
time. Matthew and wife Susan moved to Texas about 1860, and setteled
in Phalba, located in the southern part of Van Zandt Co., just
South of Canton. They had 7 children: David F. (Dave) Pickens;
Sarah Rebeker Pickens; Mary Jane Pickens; G. Carline "Callie"
Pickens; Robert William (Bob) Pickens; Richard Lindsay "Dick"
Pickens; and Nathan Columbus"Dutch" Pickens. Matthew
Pickens is buried in New Hope Cemetery, Van Zandt Co., Texas.
Also buried in this cemetery is his wife Susan, and grandsons,
Cameron, Cecil and Decator Pickens, sons of Nathan Columbus "Dutch"
and Jane Abney Pickens. Buried in this cemetery also is one of
the children's other grandparents Sara
Ann (Summers) Abney. Sarah Ann's husband Francis
Marion Abney is buried in College Mound Cem. in Kaufman Co.,
Tx. .
....notes by Betty Pickens Phillips
Betty
Pickens Phillips