Henry Mathews (1805 - 1851)

Born 17 Apr 1805 in Putnam, Springfield Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Dillon) Mathews — married 3 Oct 1832 in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1851 at age 46 in Putnam, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Henry was born on April 17, 1805 in Putnam, Ohio. He was the first son of Dr. Increase Mathews and Betsey Leavens.^[1] At the time of his birth, the settlement was named Springfield, but it was renamed Putnam in 1814, then annexed by Zanesville in 1872.

On October 3, 1832, Henry married Margaret Dillon in Muskingum County.^[2] Together they had 4 children: Louis, Edith Dillon, Betsey Leavens, and Margaret Dillon. Sometime after his marriage, his father built his stone house which still exists today. It is located across Woodlawn Avenue from the Dr. Increase Mathews museum.

House Increase Built for His Son Henry

A total of 9 people are in Henry's Putnam household for the 1840 Census.^[3] For the 1850 Census, 7 people are listed in his Springfield household^[4]:

Henry passed away on April 22, 1851. Henry's children were provided for in Dr. Increase's will. He was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Diary of a Journey From Massachusetts to the Ohio Country, 1798, by Dr. Increase Matthews With a Matthews Family Record Communicated by Willis Adams Bailey, A.B. Reprinted from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register for January, 1932, Boston 1932, George Lilienthal & Son, Zanesville, Ohio – Original publication was OCR scanned into digital format by Diane Hildebrandt from Mary Lou Mathews Hildebrandt's copy and published on the web. archived link.
2. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QHV-G47 : 26 August 2019), Henry Mathews and Margaret Dillon, 03 Oct 1832; citing Marriage, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, , Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRJ-QGM : 16 August 2017), Henry Matthews, Putnam, Springfield Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing p. 342, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 418; FHL microfilm 20,173.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3H-SF8 : 12 April 2016), Henry Mathew, Springfield, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing family 283, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 01 March 2020), memorial page for Henry Mathews (1805–1851), Find A Grave: Memorial #6156801, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA.