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Alva Cassells Matthias

Alva Cassells Matthias[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1869 - Aft 1931  (62 years)

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  • Name Alva Cassells Matthias 
    Born 23 May 1869  [4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Died Aft Sep 1931  [3
    Person ID I8667772470  Master Tree
    Last Modified 13 May 2004 

    Father M.D. Albert Coates Matthias,   b. 19 May 1844, Nimishillen, Stark, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Mar 1916, McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Eleanor Parsons Harris,   b. 12 Nov 1845, Stalbridge Weston,Dorset,England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1931, McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 12 Apr 1866  Leipsic, Putnam, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • _STATMARRIED
    Family ID F7975167193  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Della,   b. 1874/1875, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1897 
    Notes 
    • _STATMARRIED
    Children 
     1. Eleanor Matthias,   b. 2 May 1897,   d. 20 Aug 1899, Hancock, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     2. Albert F. Matthias
     3. Mable ? Matthias
    +4. Raymond C. Matthias
     5. William P. Matthias
     6. Margaret E. Matthias
    Family ID F7975167298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • According to A Portrait and Biographical Record of Putnam County, Ohio, 1896, at that time Alva was "...in the drug business at Gilboa...(p. 358)."

      In the 1920 Ben Hill County, Georgia Census, Alva is employed as a hardward salesman and resides with his wife and children in Fitzgerald Twp.

      In the 1930 Ben Hill County, Georgia Census, Alva is employed as a shipping clerk in a wholesale grocery. He and his wife reside with their son, Raymond, and his family in Militia District 1537.

      At the time of his mother's death in September 1931, Alva resided in Fitzgerald, Georgia.

  • Sources 
    1. [S8029499358] A Portrait and Biographical Record of Putnam County, Ohio, (A. W. Bowen & Co.: Chicago, 1896).

    2. [S8029499360] A Centennial Biographical History of Hancock County, Ohio, (The Lewis Publishing Company: New York and Chicago, 1903).

    3. [S8029499404] Obituary of Eleanor Harris Matthias, (Morning Republican, Hancock County, Ohio Monday 21 September 1931).

    4. [S8029499451] History of Putnam County, Ohio, (H. H. Hardesty & Co.: Chicago and Toledo, 1880).

    5. [S560402624] 1920 United States Census.