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Jack Mahlon Brown

Jack Mahlon Brown

Male 1919 - 1984  (64 years)

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  1. 1.  Jack Mahlon Brown was born on 28 Oct 1919 in Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States (son of Raymond Walter Brown and Eulela Claire Mathias); died in Jun 1984.

    Notes:

    According to Dorothy Weiser Seale's Mat(t)hias Milestones, as of 1984 Jack and his wife, Doris, resided in Newport News, Virginia.

    Jack graduated from The University of Akron in Akron, Ohio in June 1941 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. Upon graduation

    "...he was commissioned a 2nd Lieut. in the Infantry, via ROTC. The next year, in August, 1942, he entered military service at Fort Hayes, Ohio. He served overseas for five years in Europe during World War II, including Iceland, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. He was promotoed to Captain, Infantry in 1942, and was wounded in action on 8 Sept. 1944 at Metz, France. He was promoted to Major in 1948, Lt. Colonel in 1952, and Colonel in 1954. He retired from the service in May, 1970 after 27 years. In December, 1979 he was graduated from Virginia Commonwealth Univ. with an M.S. degree in Rehabilitation Counseling (Alcoholism specialty)."

    Family/Spouse: Living Gray Sweeney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Jack married Ruth Joan Falk [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Brown

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Raymond Walter Brown was born in 1896 in Naperville, DuPage, Illinois, United States; died in Aug 1946 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.

    Notes:

    According to Dorothy Weiser Seale's Mat(t)hias Milestones, Raymond served stateside in the Army Air Force during World War I and was a Lt. Commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II, serving in the Pacific. While stationed at Miramar Naval Air Station near San Diego, California, Raymond was killed in a plane crash.

    Raymond married Eulela Claire Mathias on 7 Sep 1917 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States. Eulela (daughter of Albert Burdell Mathias and Emma B. Chaddick) was born on 29 May 1899 in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States; died on 13 Aug 1973 in Denver, Jefferson, Colorado, United States; was buried on 16 Aug 1973 in Crown Hill Memorial Gardens, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Eulela Claire Mathias was born on 29 May 1899 in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States (daughter of Albert Burdell Mathias and Emma B. Chaddick); died on 13 Aug 1973 in Denver, Jefferson, Colorado, United States; was buried on 16 Aug 1973 in Crown Hill Memorial Gardens, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States.

    Notes:

    At the time of her father's death in October, 1944, Eulelia resided in Denver, Colorado.

    Notes:

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    Children:
    1. 1. Jack Mahlon Brown was born on 28 Oct 1919 in Middletown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States; died in Jun 1984.


Generation: 3


  1. 6.  Albert Burdell Mathias was born on 18 Jun 1868 in Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States (son of Jacob Franklin Mathias and Margaret Janette Alward); died on 13 Oct 1944 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.

    Notes:

    In the 1920 Reno County, Kansas Census, Albert and Emma reside in Hutchinson with their daughter and son-in-law. Albert is employed as a traveling salesman for a mercantile.

    In the 1930 Reno County, Kansas Census, Albert resides in Hutchinson. He is a widowed farmer and his daughter, Madina, and son-in-law, DeWit, reside with him. His Real Estate Value is $6,000.00. Albert was age 23 when he married.

    According to his obituary in the October 13, 1944 News-Herald, Hutchinson, Kansas, Albert was a member of Trinity Methodist Church and the United Commercial Travelers. He was a salesperson for Guymon-Petro Mercantile Company and had lived in Hutchinson since 1912. He had moved to a farm near Darlow, Kansas from Missouri in 1904. He died in a local hospital after a long illness.

    Albert was survived by his three daughters and one son, his two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Lawson of Hutchinson and Mrs. Ora Cox of Washington, and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

    Albert married Emma B. Chaddick on 17 Dec 1891 in Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, United States. Emma was born on 5 Apr 1873 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; died on 28 Oct 1928 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Emma B. Chaddick was born on 5 Apr 1873 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; died on 28 Oct 1928 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.

    Notes:

    According to the 1920 Reno County, Kansas Census, Emma's parents were both born in Austria and were German-speaking.

    According to Dorothy Weiser Seale's Mat(t)hias Milestones, Emma's mother died when she was only five years old.

    Notes:

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    Children:
    1. Orvell Kenneth Mathias was born on 20 Nov 1892 in Kansas, United States; died in Nov 1964 in Pinellas, Florida, United States.
    2. Madena Mathias was born on 20 Aug 1894 in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States; died on 5 Dec 1979 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.
    3. Ethel A. Mathias was born on 7 Oct 1897 in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States; died on 15 Jan 1998.
    4. 3. Eulela Claire Mathias was born on 29 May 1899 in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States; died on 13 Aug 1973 in Denver, Jefferson, Colorado, United States; was buried on 16 Aug 1973 in Crown Hill Memorial Gardens, Wheat Ridge, Jefferson, Colorado, United States.


    3. Generation: 4

    1. 12.  Jacob Franklin Mathias was born on 14 Nov 1847 in Nimishillen, Stark, Ohio, United States (son of Jacob Mathias and Mary Ann Stambaugh); died on 3 Jun 1914 in Watonga, Blaine, Oklahoma, United States.

      Notes:

      Nickname: Frank
      According to Mat(t)hias milestones : the genealogy & biographical history of Daniel Mathias, senior (a soldier of the Revolution) of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania & Stark County, Ohio by Dorothy Weiser Seale, at age 19, in 1866, Frank relocated with his parents from Blanchard Twp., Hancock County, Ohio (to where he had moved with his parents at age two from Stark County, Ohio) to Hillsdale County, Michigan.

      Sometime after 1880 Frank and Margaret and their children "...headed west and settled in Fairbury, Nebraska and later moved near Hutchinson, Kansas...All of their descendants spell Mathias with one t." (p. 159)

      In the 1880 Hillsdale County, Michigan Census, Frank and Janette and their four children reside in Camden Center where Frank is a hardware dealer.

      By 1886, Frank resided in Nebraska according to A Portrait and Biographical Record of Putnam County, Ohio, 1896.

      Jacob married Margaret Janette Alward on 5 Sep 1867 in Woodbridge, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States. Margaret was born on 13 Feb 1850 in Licking, Ohio, United States; died on 6 Jun 1914 in Kansas, United States; was buried in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 13.  Margaret Janette Alward was born on 13 Feb 1850 in Licking, Ohio, United States; died on 6 Jun 1914 in Kansas, United States; was buried in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.

      Notes:

      Nickname: Janette
      According to the 1880 Hillsdale County, Michigan Census, Janette's father was born in New Jersey and her mother was born in Vermont.

      Notes:

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      Children:
      1. 6. Albert Burdell Mathias was born on 18 Jun 1868 in Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; died on 13 Oct 1944 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States; was buried in Fairlawn Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.
      2. Nancy Ora Mathias was born on 31 Jul 1871 in Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; died on 17 Oct 1952 in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States.
      3. Leon DeLos Mathias was born on 24 Jun 1874 in Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; died on 3 Mar 1931 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, Morris, New Jersey, United States.
      4. Mary Pearl Mathias was born on 23 May 1877 in Camden, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States; died on 2 Jan 1957 in Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States; was buried in Eastside Cemetery, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, United States.


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