Brief Life History of Joseph Davis
When Joseph Davis Mathews was born on 20 September 1819, in Tre-Boeth, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Matthews, was 27 and his mother, Mary Davis, was 26. He married Elizabeth Anne Roberts on 15 May 1841, in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 30 years. He died on 27 August 1904, in Pleasant View, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Matthews, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Davis Mathews, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Joseph D. Mathews, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1828
Historical Boundaries: 1828: Jackson, Missouri, United States
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from Mathew ; a variant of Matthews . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages.
History: Among the earliest bearers of the name in North America was Samuel Mathews (c. 1600–c. 1657), who came to VA from London c. 1618. He established a plantation at the mouth of the Warwick River, which was at first called Mathews Manor; later its name was changed to Denbigh. He was one of the most powerful and influential men in the early affairs of the colony. He (or possibly his son, who bore the same name) was governor of the colony from 1657 until his death in 1660.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Thomas Mathews and Mary Davis, by Lyman D. Platt
Thomas Mathews and Mary Davis This family, according to Benjamin Perkins' patriarchal blessing is of the lineage of Thomas was born in 1792 according to the 1841 census, in Llangyfelach. He was the s …
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