When Jefferson Mathis was born on 8 March 1855, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, his father, John Taylor Mathis, was 19 and his mother, Mary Davis, was 16. He married Amanda J. Hall on 26 March 1882, in Elkhart, Polk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Bondurant, Polk, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Douglas Township, Polk, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 October 1937, in Elkhart, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Byers Cemetery, Elkhart, Polk, Iowa, United States.
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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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