Matilda (Kidwell) Shultz (1805 - aft. 1870)

Born 10 Sep 1805 in Madison, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died after 1870 after age 64 in Missouri, United States

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Biography

Matilda Kidwell was born September 10, 1805, in Madison county, Kentucky, a daughter of William Kidwell and Ruth (Lockhart) Kidwell. Matilda's father served in the military, during the War of 1812, and died January 11, 1814, as a result of disease contracted while he was in the service of the United States and in the line of duty. It was not until 1853 that the government passed a law allowing the widows of the Veterans to apply for a Widow's pension. March 22, 1853, William's wife, Ruth (Lockhart) Kidwell affirmed that they were married on November 17, 1804 and that at the time of his death, their living children were Rebecca Kidwell, then age 38, Matilda Kidwell, then aged 44, Lewis G. Kidwell, then aged 40, and Parthecia, then aged 36 yeears. ^[1]

Matilda's first husband was William Livingston, born 1803, in Kentucky. Children of Matilda and William are:

• Ruth M. Livingston, named for Matilda's mother, born 1831, in Indiana

• Henry M. Livingston, born 1833, married 1) Elizabeth Proctor, on May 4, 1856, in St Francois, Missouri and 2) Lydia C. Turner, on August 11, 1869, in Webster, Missouri

• Robert G. Livingston, born November 16, 1835, in Indiana, died November 20, 1918, in St Louis, Missouri, married Margaret Snyder ^[2]

• William R. Livingston, born 1837, in Indiana, died 1896, in Arkansas

Matilda and William are found on the United States Census of 1850, living in St Francois county, Missouri, with three of their four children still living in the household. ^[3] William Livingston presumably passed away between 1850 and 1854. On June 15, 1854, in St Clair county, Missouri, Matilda married Jacob Shultz

1850 Census

Name: Matilda Livingston Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: St. Francois county, St. Francois, Missouri, United States Gender: Female Age: 45 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1805 Birthplace: Kentucky House Number: 446

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

William Livingston M 47 Kentucky

Matilda Livingston F 45 Kentucky

Ruth M Livingston F 19 Indiana

Wm R Livingston M 13 Indiana

Robert G Livingston M 12 Indiana

Household ID: 453 Line Number: 30 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 413 GS Film Number: 443621 Digital Folder Number: 004200573 Image Number: 00370

Sources

1. ↑ Pension Application Files, War of 1812, Death or Disability, File Number: 12020, United States National Archives, Washington, D.C
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117826963/robert-livingston
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ2-FJV : 12 April 2016), Robert G Livingston in household of William Livingston, St. Francois county, St. Francois, Missouri, United States; citing family 453, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:34S8-XY9 : accessed 19 August 2019), entry for Matilda /Kidwell/; "Kidwell Roberds Anderson Clark" file (2:2:2:MMDN-M8C), submitted 6 June 2015