John Newton Matthews

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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Family Time Line

John Newton Matthews
1844–1921
Mary Adeline Devore
1867–1949
Marriage: 27 November 1884
Grover Clemon Matthews
1886–1907
William Walter Matthews
1892–1959
Minnie Mae Matthews
1893–1930
Ethel Gertrude Matthews
1895–1966
Leo Bryan Matthews
1897–1976
Opal Bernice Matthews
1900–1979
Ora Dell Matthews
1902–1978
Ollie Bell Matthews
1902–1902

Sources (16)

  • 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"

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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