Brief Life History of John Newton
When John Newton Matthews was born on 8 October 1844, in Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas Ansley Matthews, was 38 and his mother, Mary Blocker, was 38. He married Mary C. Sloan on 14 March 1865, in Scott, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Welch Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Fillmore Township, Bollinger, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 June 1921, in Bollinger, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mcgee Chapel Cemetery, Glenallen, Bollinger, Missouri, United States.
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- John Matthias in household of Thomas A Matthias, "United States Census, 1850"
- John M Mathis, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- John N. Matthews, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851
Historical Boundaries 1851: Bollinger, Missouri, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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