John went west, Mattie, actually cousin Melanie, became a Nun at the convent of the Sisters of Charity, Atlanta Georgia. A cousin thing maybe. It has been speculated that Margret Mitchell patterned Miss Mellie after 'Mattie'. Good women in bad times. One real, the other fictitious. In a recent 'Letters to the Editor' in the Spring 2020 issue of NCOWS Shootist on pages 16 and 17, another fine lady; Mary Kay Ray, relates the story from Jonesboro, Georgia. In the previous Winter 2019 Shootist issue on page 21, Johns obituary was reprinted with permission from 'Chronicle of the Old West' and was dated November 12, 1887 in the Ute Chief at Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The final paragraph, in part reads; 'He only had one correspondent among his relatives --- a cousin, a Sister of Charity, in Atlanta, Georgia. She will be notified of his death, and will in turn advise any other relatives he my have living'.