Adam P J Matheny (1820 - 1895)

Born 20 Dec 1820 in Owen, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane (Layson) Matheny — married 16 May 1843 in Platte County, Missouri, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Nov 1895 at age 74 in Matheny Creek (tributary to the Queets River), Washington, United States

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Adam Matheny was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.

Adam Matheny was a pioneer settler in Oregon.

Biography

Born 20 December 1820 in Owen County, Indiana, Adam P J Matheny moved with his family to Edgar County, Illinois in 1825, and to Schuyler County, Ilinois in 1830; later, the family moved to Platte County, Missouri, from whence they departed in 1843 for Oregon.

Adam eloped with Sarah Jane Layson.

He fought in the Cayuse War as a private of the Fifth Company of the Oregon Rifles..^[1]

Adam passed away 7 November 1895.

Sources

1. ↑ History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington, Embracing an Account of the Original Discoveries on the Pacific Coast of North America, and a Description of the Conquest, Settlement and Subjugation of the Original Territory of Oregon; Also Interesting Biographies of the Earliest Settlers and More Prominent Men and Women of the Pacific Northwest, Including a Description of the Climate, Soil, Productions of Oregon and Washington, p. 287.

See also:

• The Cooper Family History, Don Rivara, 1994, pp. 13-14. Available at the Hewitt Matheny Family Association Books for Sale.

• Oregon, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865, database, FamilySearch : 10 December 2014), Adam P J Matheny, 1865; from "Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Oregon," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit First Oregon Infantry, Lin-Mcd, NARA microfilm publication M1816 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1995), roll 27.

• United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch : 22 May 2014), Oregon > Benton > Benton County > image 55 of 118; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch : 24 December 2015), Oregon > Yamhill > Wheatland > ED 135 > image 2 of 9; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).