Bruce E. Mathias

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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.

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

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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]

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In the 1910 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Rebecca is identified as the Head of Household and has one non-relative residing with her in Belmore.

In the 1920 Putnam County, Ohio Census, Rebecca is Head of Household in Belmore, Van Buren Twp. Her son, William, and his wife and son reside with her on Main Street a few dwellings from her other son, Edd, and his family.

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In the 1850 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Paul is a farmer whose Real Estate value is $5,000.00. He and his wife and children reside in Blanchard Twp. next door to his first cousin, Jacob, who is married to his wife's sister, Mary Ann, and their children. Dorothy Weiser Seale states on page 331 in her book Math(t)hias Milestones (1984) that "Paul and his wife Barbara moved from Stark Co., Ohio to Hancock Co., Blanchard Twp., Ohio sometime before 1840. In the 1850 Census, Paul was a landowner with considerable acreage in Hancock Co. and resided there with his wife and ten of their children. His farm adjoined that of Jacob and Mary Ann Mathias... his first cousin."

In the 1860 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Paul and Barbara continue to reside in Blanchard Twp. but their post office address was then identified as Gilboa. Paul is a farmer whose Real Estate value is $15,000.00 and whose Personal Estate value is $2,500.00.

On page 331 of Mat(t)hias Milestones, Ms. Seale explains: "Their farm was near the Putnam County border, and Gilboa was the largest town and closest delivery point. As one of his father's heirs, and as one of the beneficiaries of his sister Polly's Will, Paul inherited a share of the property in the Southwest Quarter of Section 3, Twp. 19, Range 7 in Stark Co., Nimishillen Twp., Ohio. On 3 March 1863, while they were residents of Gilboa, Putnam County, Ohio, Paul and Barbara Mathias did, by deed of quit claim, convey their interest in Section 3 to John Krabill who paid them the sum of $900."

Paul and Barbarey (as it is spelled on her headstone) are buried next to each other. His marker states that he was aged 53 years, 5 months 6 days when he died; that would make his year of birth 1813 though the Census records suggest he was born in 1808 or 1809. However, a letter written by Paul and Barbara's son, Captain John C. Mathias, in his Pension File states that Paul died in 1864.

Paul married Barbara (Barbary) Stambaugh on 16 Aug 1832 in Stark, Ohio, United States. Barbara (daughter of Henry Stambaugh and Catharina Walter) was born in 1812/1813 in Pennsylvania, United States; was buried in Dukes Cemetery, Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The payment voucher that Barbara (Barbary) signed for receipt of her inheritance from her father's estate showed that in November 1866 she resided in Hancock County, Ohio.

In the 1870 Hancock County, Ohio Census, Barbara is the head of household. Her single sons, David and Lewis, who work on the farm, reside with her at McComb, Blanchard Twp. Her Real Estate value is $3,000.00 and her Personal Estate value is $300.00.

She is buried next to her husband and her marker identifes her as "Barbarey", w/o Paul who died aged 57 years 10 months being born on 30 July 1826. That would make her death year 1884. The birth year suggested is more than a decade later than any Census records suggest It would also make her only four years old when she married Paul! Obviously there are some errors in the dates recorded, either on the cemetery marker or in the typing of that volume of records.

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