TX Upshur Co Family Group Sheet for the William B. MATHIS #1 Family *********************************************** Copyright © Ronald Ellis Wade. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Ronald Ellis Wade Email address: ronwadegop@aol.com Husband: William B. MATHIS #1 Birthdate:20 MAY 1808 Birthplace: Washington, Georgia Death date: After 1867 Place of death: Upshur County, Texas Burial: Presumed to be Shady Grove Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas Father: Lewis Mathis (1775 – 1834) Mother: Luranah Brantley (1779 – 1849) Marriage date: 10 Jun 1834 Marriage place: Hardeman County, Tennessee Wife: #1 Martha Ann FOWLER Birthdate:4 MAR 1819 Birthplace: Natchez, Adams, Mississippi Death date: 25 FEB 1847 Place of death: Tippah County, Mississippi Burial: Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: Joseph DeKalb Mathis Sex: M Birthdate: 11 JUL 1839 Birthplace: Hardeman County, Tennessee Death date: 24 NOV 1905 Place of death: Upshur County, Texas Burial: Hopewell Cemetery, Upshur Co., Tx. Marriage date: 30 Mar 1865 Marriage place: Upshur County, Texas Spouse's name: Martha Jane Gaston (1846 – 1899) Child No. 2: Jacob Lewis Mathis Sex: M Birthdate: 22 Jun 1841 Birthplace: Hardeman County, Tennessee Death date: 13 Dec 1881 Place of death: Upshur County, Texas Burial: Taylor Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas Marriage date: 1865 Marriage place: Soules Chapel, Upshur Co., Texas Spouse's name: Mary Elizabeth Taylor (1849 – 1884) Child No. 3: William Nicholas Mathis Sex: M Birthdate: 2 Jan 1844 Birthplace: Tippah County, Mississippi Death date: After 1861 Place of death: Burial: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 4: Ann Elizabeth Mathis Sex: F Birthdate: 4 Nov 1845 Birthplace: Tippah County, Mississippi Death date: 4 Dec 1936 Place of death: Pittsburg, Camp County, Texas Burial: Shady Grove Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas Marriage date: 3 Feb 1864 Marriage place: Upshur County, Texas Spouse's name: Amos Jackson Willingham (1841 – 1924) Documentation: 1808: 20 May Birth Washington, Georgia, USA 4 source citations OneWorldTree 1860 United States Federal Census 1850 United States Federal Census 1850 United States Federal Census 1834: 10 Jul Age: 26 Marriage to Martha Ann Fowler Hardeman County, Tennessee 1 source citation Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 1842: 13 Jan Age: 33 Property Tippah Co., Miss. Land sale from James Baker and Jane his wife to William B. Mathis of Hardeman Co. Tn 1 source citation Family Data Collection - Individual Records 1842: 13 Jan Age: 33 Property William B. Mathis and wife Martha Ann, Hardeman Co..TN. to James Baker land in Pontotoc Co. MS 1 source citation Unsourced Citations 1849: 18 Feb Age: 40 Marriage to Lydia Bernetta Read Tippah Co., Mississippi 1850: Age: 42 Residence Division 3, Tippah, Mississippi 1 source citation 1850 United States Federal Census 1854 Age: 46 Census 1854 Texas School Census William B. Mathis shown as having 3 males and 1 female in Upshur County 1855: 22 Sep Age: 47 Religion: Elder & Charter Member of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Upshur Co., Tx. 1860: Age: 52 Residence Western District, Upshur, Texas Mis-interpreted on census--this is William B. Mathis and shown as Teacher 1 source citation. 1860 United States Federal Census 1861: Feb Age: 52 Military Enlisted as Sergeant in the Confederate States Army at Paris, Tx. in Company D of a \'regular\' Texas infantry regiment 10th Texas Regiment Cleburne\'s Division with rolls showing as W. B. Matthews and with sons Jacob, Wm, & Joe 1 source citation Civil War Service Records William Mathews Side Served: Confederacy State Served: Texas Service Record: Enlisted as a Sergeant. Enlisted in Company B, 1st Cavalry Regiment Texas.Sources: 425 1867: 14 Feb Property Upshur County Texas, Signed deed per Upshur Records 1867: aft Age: 59 Death Upshur Co., Texas After 1860