Brief Life History of Herschel
When Herschel Matheny was born on 8 February 1918, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States, his father, Albert Washington Matheny, was 41 and his mother, Mattie Viola Rhodes, was 38. He married Ruth Pinegar on 15 April 1944, in Mayfield, Graves, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Hickman, Kentucky, United States for about 5 years and Civil District 16, Obion, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 16 January 2005, in Fulton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in United States.
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- Hershel Matheny in household of A W Matheny, "United States Census, 1930"
- Hershel Matheny, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Hershal B Matheny in household of Albert W Matheny, "United States Census, 1940"
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (of French Huguenot origin): altered form of French Mathenay, a habitational name from a place called Mathenay in Jura (Franche-Comté). This surname is very rare in Britain, while the surname Mathenay has already died out in France.
History: Daniel Matheny came to MD from London in the latter half of the 17th century. — This surname is listed along with its original form Mathenay in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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