Brief Life History of Zephaniah
When Zephaniah Mathis was born on 5 November 1859, in Elkhart, Polk, Iowa, United States, his father, John Taylor Mathis, was 23 and his mother, Mary Davis, was 21. He died on 1 December 1859, in his hometown, at the age of 0, and was buried in Elkhart Cemetery, Elkhart, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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- Zephaniah Mathis, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
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 .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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