"Bill" was the first son of Mathew Mathis and Caroline Maria Zipperer. He m.1. Ella Jackson 1886; two children, Emma and Will. Ella J. Mathis died as the result of a fire. Bill m.2. Gertrude Hurst 1900; 5 children, Penn, Hattie, Floyd, Dewitt and Aullie. He spent the last three years of his life with his daughter at Cow Pond in Dixie Co. He would lay on the front porch and sing "I'm bound for the promised land"
All the census list his surname as MATHIS, however his headsone was placed many years after his death by a son and it is spelled MATHEWS.
All the census list his surname as MATHIS, however his headsone was placed many years after his death by a son and it is spelled MATHEWS.
"Bill" was the first son of Mathew Mathis and Caroline Maria Zipperer. He m.1. Ella Jackson 1886; two children, Emma and Will. Ella J. Mathis died as the result of a fire. Bill m.2. Gertrude Hurst 1900; 5 children, Penn, Hattie, Floyd, Dewitt and Aullie. He spent the last three years of his life with his daughter at Cow Pond in Dixie Co. He would lay on the front porch and sing "I'm bound for the promised land"
All the census list his surname as MATHIS, however his headsone was placed many years after his death by a son and it is spelled MATHEWS.
All the census list his surname as MATHIS, however his headsone was placed many years after his death by a son and it is spelled MATHEWS.
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