This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mathes, Mathis, Mathews Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TgB.2ACE/1417.1 Message Board Post: Clifford, or Clifton Mathes was my grandfather. The information you posted seems to be the same as listed by Susie (Mathes) McClish in "Families and History of Gibson CO,TN." She was my fathers first cousin. I have been unable to find any hard copy information on birth, death, marriage etc of any of the Mathes clan beyond by grandfather. I have pictures of the tombstones of all of the Mathes,es back to William Thomas Mathes 1800-1875. Do you have any idea what the surname of his wife Elizabeth was? Where was he born? I have the Civil War files on his son John Thomas Mathes but can't pin down his place of birth or anything on his marriage to Carrie Parthenia Lykes They had at least seven (7) children that I have data on. I'll be glad to exchange or share information.