Brief Life History of William
When William Mathews was born on 28 January 1808, in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Mathews, was 25 and his mother, Jane McDavid, was 20. He married Elizabeth Adeline Henderson on 18 August 1829, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1852 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 27 November 1888, in Washington, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Washington City Cemetery, Washington, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Mathews, "California State Census, 1852"
- Marriage of Allen Benedict Tanner and Elizabeth Jane Mathews
- William Mathews, 1888, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1822 · Slave Rebellion
On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called "the rising." The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it.
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.
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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Memories of JOHN LYNN MATHEWS
By Grandson, Benjamin Lynn Mathews, Spring 1978 John Lynn Mathews, born 24 April 1833, Monroe County, Mississippi, son of William Mathews and Elizabeth Adeline Henderson. After his parents heard the …
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