Person ID: I8667772047
John C. Mathias
1839/1840 – 8 Jun 1897
Male
Events
- Born
- 1839/1840 — Gilboa, Hancock, Ohio, United States4 sources
- Died
- 8 Jun 1897 — Belmore, Putnam, Ohio, United States1 source
Parents
Family group sheet →- FatherPaul Mathias1808/1809 – Jan 1867
- MotherBarbara (Barbary) Stambaughb. 1812/1813
- ChildJacob Mathiasb. 1832/1833
- ChildEphraim Mathias1835 – Aft 1865
- ChildJoseph D. Mathias20 Jul 1836 – 23 Dec 1922
- ChildCatharine Mathias1838 – 1902
- ChildJohn C. Mathias1839/1840 – 8 Jun 1897
- ChildGeorge Mathias11 Dec 1839 – 17 Jul 1856
- ChildDaniel Mathiasb. 1843/1844
- ChildWilliam Mathias1845/1846 – Bef Mar 1866
- ChildMary Ann Mathias14 Nov 1846 – 11 Jun 1883
- ChildBenjamin Franklin Mathias8 Mar 1850 – 11 Dec 1922
- ChildDavid B. Mathias12 Jun 1852 – 3 Jun 1932
- ChildLouis Mathiasb. 1854/1855
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 30 Mar 1865 — Putnam, Ohio, United States
- FatherJohn C. Mathias1839/1840 – 8 Jun 1897
- MotherMary Harrisd. 8 Jan 1868
Family
Family group sheet →Married: 20 Aug 1868 — Ottawa, Putnam, Ohio, United States
- FatherJohn C. Mathias1839/1840 – 8 Jun 1897
- MotherRebecca A. Kleinfelter19 Jun 1847 – 26 Aug 1928
- ChildWilliam E. Mathiasb. 1869
- ChildEdd E. Mathiasb. 1871/1873
- ChildArchie Mathiasb. 1877/1878
Notes
- According to the research of Dorothy Weiser Seale, she notes on page 333 of her book Mat(t)hias Milestones that John was a Captain in the Civil War. John, his brother, Ephraim, and their cousin Albert C. Mathias enlisted on 4 November 1861 in Hancock County, Ohio. They joined Company K, the 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. John enlisted as a Private and was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on 19 February 1862 in Company K. On 11 May 1862 he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant of Company K. However, on 20 February 1863, he was made Captain of Company A, 65th Regiment. On 28 May 1864, John ...was wounded...in the Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia, near Dallas, in the Atlanta Campaign. He received a severe gun shot wound to the left side, in the lower portion of the pleura and lung. On 26 October 1864 near Alpine, Ga., Capt. John tendered his resignation to Brig. Gen. W.D. Whipple... "because I have been in the service for three years, my father died in March, 1864 leaving my mother, and the wife and three children of one of my brothers who is serving in this regiment, with no one to care for them. In June 1864 our dwelling house was burned with all its contents and the two families are suffering much for want of someone to look after them." His request was granted and his resignation accepted 17 December 1864. After mustering out of the cervice, John resided in Franklin County, Kansas and Allen County, Indiana before returning to Putnam County in 1883. Ms. Seale explains that John died due to consumption which resulted from his Civil War wound. "He made his own funeral sermon arrangements with S. H. Raudebaugh shortly before his death. He is buried in Belmore East Cemetery located on Ridge Road, one mile southeast of Belmore, Ohio in Lot 33, Grave No. 1. An upright monument honors his war service (p. 333)." In the 1880 Allen County, Indiana Census, John is a farmer who resides with his wife and their three children in Madison; a farm laborer, George Midleton, age 20 and born in England, also resides with them.