Walter Grant Mathis

Brief Life History of Walter Grant

When Walter Grant Mathis was born on 4 November 1827, in United States, his father, Job Mathis, was 36 and his mother, Judith Horn, was 29. He had at least 1 son and 3 daughters with Roxanna Waite Rice. He lived in May Township, Lee, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Wilson Township, Grundy, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 8 March 1896, at the age of 68, and was buried in Carbondale Cemetery, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, United States.

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Walter Grant Mathis
1827–1896
Roxanna Waite Rice
1828–1896
Alica Mathis
1860–
Flora Etta Mathis
1863–1939
Lewis Walter Mathis
1866–1886
Ora Roxana Mathis
1868–1950

Sources (13)

  • Walter Mathis, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Civil War Draft Registration
  • Walter Grant Mathis, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1832 · Black Hawk War

"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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