John C. Mathias

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.

John married Rebecca A. Kleinfelter on 20 Aug 1868 in Ottawa, Putnam, Ohio, United States. Rebecca was born on 19 Jun 1847 in Johnsville, Morrow, Ohio, United States; died on 26 Aug 1928 in Belmore, Putnam, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Harris on 30 Mar 1865 in Putnam, Ohio, United States. Mary died on 8 Jan 1868. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 Putnam County, Ohio Census, William, his wife, Rose, and their son, Paul, reside in Belmore.

In the 1920 Putnam County, Ohio Census, William, his wife, Rose, and their son, Paul, reside with his mother, Rebecca, in Belmore.

In the 1930 Putnam County, Ohio Census, William is a "retail merchant" employed as a grain and coal dealer. He and Rose reside in Belmore.

William married Rose B. in 1889/1890. Rose was born in 1869 in Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1910 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Edd resides in Belmore with his wife and their three children.

In the 1920 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Edd and his wife and their two daughters reside on Main Street in Belmore, Van Buren Twp. where Edd works for a pump company.

Family/Spouse: Edith Maude. Edith was born in 1873/1874 in Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1920 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Paul is unmarried, works as a farmer, and resides with his grandmother and parents in Belmore.

In the 1930 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Paul and his wife reside in Van Buren Twp. where he is employed as a farmer.

Paul married Mary Louise in 1920/1921. Mary was born in 1893/1894 in Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]