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Jacob Mathias

Jacob Mathias

Male 1804 - 1882  (78 years)

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  1. 1.  Jacob Mathias was born in 20 or 25 Nov 1804 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States; died in 21 or 26 Nov 1882 in Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; was buried in West Woodbridge Cemetery, Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.

    Notes:

    In the 1850 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Jacob is a farmer whose Real Estate value is $2,000.00. He and his wife and children reside in Blanchard Twp. next door to his brother who is married to his wife's sister, Barbara.

    In the 1860 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Jacob and Mary Ann reside in Blanchard Twp. at Macomb. Jacob is a farmer whose Real Estate value is $4,000.00 and whose Personal Estate value is $560.00.

    According to A Portrai and Biographical Record of Putnam County, Ohio, 1896, page 357, Jacob was born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It also states that "In 1849 Jacob moved from Starck county to Hancock county, and located on 220 acres of land in Blanchard township, where he remained until 1866, when he moved to Hillsb[sic]ale, Mich., where he died..."

    In the 1880 Hillsdale County, Michigan Census, Jacob is a widowed, "retired farmer" who resides with his son, Henry, and family in Woodbridge Twp.

    According to Dorothy Weiser Seale's Mat(t)hias milestones : the genealogy & biograhical history of Daniel Mathias, senior (a soldier of the Revolution) of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania & Stark County, Ohio, "In 1806, when Jacob was less than age two, he traveled overland from Westomoreland County, Pa. to Stark Co., Ohio with his parents and settled in Nimishillen Township...In 1849, Jacob and his family left Stark County and moved to Hancock County, Ohio where they located on 220 acres of land in Blanchard Township...In 1866, Jacob and Mary Ann, lured by the beautiful farming and fishing country in Michigan, moved to Hillsdale County, Michigan where they spent the remainder of their lives. Their eldest son, Jesse, preceded them to Hillsdale County in 1860. Among those who moved to Michigan with Jacob was another son, Henry H., and Jacob's brother Daniel, III..After his wife's death, Jacob lived with his son Henry H...."

    His marker at West Woodbridge Cemetery in Camden Twp. states that he died at age 78 years 1 day.

    Jacob married Mary Ann Stambaugh on 4 Sep 1828 in Columbania, Ohio, United States. Mary (daughter of Henry Stambaugh and Catharina Walter) was born on 1 Apr 1808 in Pennsylvania, United States; died on 1 Apr 1877 in Woodbridge, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; was buried in West Woodbridge Cemetery, Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    _STATMARRIED
    The record states that "Mary Stombaugh" and "Jacob Mathias" were married by "Jacob Stombaugh" who was a "Minister of the Gospel".

    Children:
    1. Jesse Stambaugh Mathias was born on 11 Sep 1829 in Stark, Ohio, United States; died on 23 Mar 1894 in Amboy, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; was buried in West Woodbridge Cemetery, Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.
    2. Julia Ann Mathias was born on 18 Feb 1832 in Stark, Ohio, United States; died on 26 May 1905 in Williams, Ohio, United States; was buried in Floral Grove Cemetery, Madison, Williams, Ohio, United States.
    3. Susan M. Mathias was born on 8 Nov 1833 in Stark, Ohio, United States; died on 12 Dec 1914 in McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States; was buried on 14 Dec 1914 in McComb Union Cemetery, McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States.
    4. Lydia Mathias was born in 1836 in Ohio, United States; died in 1896 and Dec 1914.
    5. Henry H. Mathias was born on 19 Jun 1837 in Stark, Ohio, United States; died on 13 Apr 1911 in Hillsdale, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; was buried in Berg Cemetery, Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States.
    6. M.D. Albert Coates Matthias was born on 19 May 1844 in Nimishillen, Stark, Ohio, United States; died on 4 Mar 1916 in McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States; was buried in McComb Union Cemetery, McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States.
    7. Jacob Franklin Mathias was born on 14 Nov 1847 in Nimishillen, Stark, Ohio, United States; died on 3 Jun 1914 in Watonga, Blaine, Oklahoma, United States.
    8. Catherine Mathias died before 1888.
    9. Mary E. Mathias died before 1888, at age 6.

Generation: 2