When William Harrison Mathis was born on 29 July 1874, in Elkhart Township, Polk, Iowa, United States, his father, John Taylor Mathis, was 38 and his mother, Mary Davis, was 35. He married Blanche Mable Russon on 20 June 1908, in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Bondurant, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Douglas Township, Polk, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1959, at the age of 85, and was buried in Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Historical Boundaries: 1884: Polk, Iowa, United States
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
German, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), and Flemish: from a variant of the personal name Matthias (see Matthew ). Compare Matthys .
English: from a pet form of the personal names Matthew or Mathias .
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