This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Matthews & Miles Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADE/188.612.614 Message Board Post: I am a decendent of Lavinia Matthews, who married Calvin Miles, she would be my ggggaunt, I come from her brother Robert, (R C). Matthews. b 1828, Would love to know more about her and her family
Here is my draft FGS for the family of Henry Walter Matthews Jr., parents of subject Lavinia Ann & her brother Robert C. Matthews. My interest in the Matthews family of Marion County stems from my childhood memories of one Lincoln Matthews who lived in South Haleyville AL. I don't know the parents of Lincoln (an eccentric, who looked for gold for many years in Marion County; I had the Bureau of Mines run a spectrograph on one of his "samples"), but his parents were thought to be wealthy and owned a fine 2-story home about 3 mi the S-SW of Haleyville on Hwy 129 (perhaps 1870s vintage, deteriorated about 1950), where his father was the headmaster/principle of the old CowPen school that was consolidated in the 1930s into Craft School. amily Group Record ============================================================================ ============== Husband: Henry William Walter Jr Matthews (children were CSA; some conscripted; others with Union ties) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: May 28 1805 KY Property: 1823 granted property in Winston Co while living in Marion County, Sec 17, 9S 10W. Property: 1838 40 acres on lower Thornhill road, Sec 33, 10S 11W Death: Jul 25 1863 Holcomb cem; 6 mi east of Hamilton (CW fatality ?) Marriage: Sep 11 1823 Lawrence Co AL Father: Walter Sr. Matthews (b 1772) Mother: Jane Smith (b bet 1755 and 1774) Other spouse: Roxanna Maddox ??? ============================================================================ ============== Wife: Mary E. "Polly" Underwood ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Birth: 1806 NC Property: bet 1838-1860 granted several parcels of land: Sec 3, 11S 11W; Sec 19, 12S 11W; etc. Bur Holcomb cem; 6 mi east of Hamilton Father: Henry Thomas (C.) Underwood (b 1769) Mother: Rachel Wells (b 1771) ============================================================================ ============== Children ============================================================================ ============== 1 M Oliver P. Matthews Birth: 1823 NC Misc: Jan 6 1877 One of three bondsman for estate of Jesse Grigg(s). Religion: Jun 9 1885 Hopewell Primitive (later Missionary) Baptist Death: aft Apr 1891 Spouse: Sarah Eveline Hallmark ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 2 M 1st Lt, Co H, 26th AL; Cav Henry Walter III. Matthews Birth: 1825 AL Death: Oct 10 1895 Itasca, Hill Co TX Military: enl Sept 13, 1861 CSA (no addn service record data) Occupation: Probate Judge of Marion Co Spouse: Rosannah Maddox (m abt 1846) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 3 M Robert C. Matthews Birth: 1828 Marion Co AL Misc: 1867 Loyalty Oath Death: aft 1872 Spouse: Catherine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 4 M Joseph A. Matthews Birth: 1831 Death: bef 1872 Spouse: Nancy Jane Green ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 5 F Lavinia "Vina" Ann Matthews Birth: Oct 8 1832 AL Death: Apr 3 1894 Holcomb cem; 6 mi east of Hamilton Military: would put something red on clothes line to warn Unionist kin if Homeguard was near. Spouse: Union/Conscript - 4th or 5th AL Calvin Miles (m abt 1852) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 6 F Nancy Jane Matthews Birth: Aug 13 1835 Marion Co AL Death: Nov 8 1912 Marion Co AL; Holcomb cem, 6 mi east of Spouse: Hosea Holcomb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 7 M 5th Sgt, Co H, 26th AL Cav; W.Jay Matthews Birth: 1838 Marion Co AL Death: Sep 1 1862 CW casualty Military: enl Sept 13, died Sept 1, 1862 (claim filed by father) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 8 F Rachel M. Matthews Birth: Jun 17 1842 Marion Co AL Death: Dec 28 1885 Holcomb cem; 6 mi east of Hamilton Spouse: Joseph Walker "Walk" Baccus ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 9 M Samuel M. Matthews Birth: 1845 Marion Co AL Death: aft 1860 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 10 F Rebecca Matthews Birth: 1847 Marion Co AL Misc: She sent note to Bill Baccus indicating readiness for marriage, but he chose her sister, instead of Rebecca. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 11 F Kizziah Charity Matthews Birth: Oct 8 1848 Marion Co AL Death: Apr 10 1926 Grigg Cem, Marion Co Ala; formerly town/village of Baccus, Marion Co AL Spouse: CSA; 5th AL Cav - Co A & B William B. "Bill" Baccus (m 1867) ============================================================================ ============== Prepared Aug 21 2005 by: Joel S. Mize 14010 W. Virginia Drive Lakewood, CO 80228 Joel S. Mize Unionists of the Warrior Mountains of Alabama ----- Original Message ----- From: <bethmer@gonowpc.com> To: <ALMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 6:09 AM Subject: Re: Calvin Miles m Lavinia Ann Mathews > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Matthews & Miles > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RS.2ADE/188.612.614 > > Message Board Post: > > I am a decendent of Lavinia Matthews, who married Calvin Miles, she would be my ggggaunt, I come from her brother Robert, (R C). Matthews. b 1828, Would love to know more about her and her family > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >