Proof document for James Matthews as the father of Jesse, John, Joseph and George.
A James Mathews, profession: Taylor (Tailor) is shown in the 1819, 1820, 1821, 1823, 1827, 1831, 1835, 1837, 1838, 1840, 1841 Little Britain Tax Lists. In 1831 Joseph Mathews is shown on the Tax Lists as a single man; again in 1835 Joseph and Georg shown as single men; in 1837 Jesse Mathews as married; in 1838 Jesse and John on the married list and Joseph and Georg on the single men list; in 1840 Jesse on the married list and Joseph and Georg on the single men list; 1841 Jesse on married list and Joseph and George on single men list; 1842 Jesse on married list and Joseph and George on single men list; 1843 Jesse on married list and Joseph and George on single men list, 1844 Jesse on married list and Joseph on single men list; 1845-46 Jesse on the married Tax List.
430A James Matthews is shown on the 1844 Lower Oxford, Chester Co., Tax List along with a John Matthews as a single man.
454In 1824 sons of James Matthews, John (10) and George W. (8) are shown on the Lower Oxford, Chester Co., Pennsylvania “Poor School Children Records Index;” and in 1825, sons of James Matthews, John (11) and George Washington (9) are shown on the index.
431John and Letitia may have met on the Mormon Pioneer Overland Trail in 1862 in the James Wareham Company. There was both a John Matthews and Letitia J. Healy on this journey. John had a Wm. and Thomas [and there was a Mary and Joseph also] with him.
455John Matthews was baptized and confirmed a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in April 1864 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, by Alex McCord. Source: Saints' Herald Obituaries, 1893, pp. 63-64
Ordained Elder in Keokuk, Iowa 1/9/1870, removed to Vincennes, Iowa 1/8/1872.
439Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book E
Listed on the Captain James Wareham’s Independent Company on the trek to Salt Lake City, leaving the last week of May or first week of June 1862, arrived in Salt Lake on 24 Sep 1862.
444Shown on the “Church List in Salt Lake City in 1864.
456Shown on the “Keokuk, Iowa Branch Report to the Annual Conference of April 6, 1869”
457Shown on the “Report of the Keokuk Branch to the Annual Conference April 6, 1870.” Received by letter 12/12/1869.
4581857 Chester Co. Census; Mathews, John; Lower Oxford
Census shows him born in 1815, 1813 (x3) and 1812 in Iowa 1885 census.
In his last will and testament he left everything to his daughter Emma L. Matthews.
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Mother joined her to the Quakers 8/11/1842 and she was disowned 1/12/1860. {She may have been disowned for meeting with the LDS/RLDS church as she traveled to Salt Lake in 1862]
460Birth: October 1830 or October 1829, Harford County, Maryland; Married: John Matthews; Death: March 1888, Hinsdale, Lee, Iowa; Letitia Z. (Matthews) was baptized a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1863. Source: Saints' Herald Obituaries, 1888, p. 207; Early Reorganization Minutes, 1872-1905, Book B
439Listed on the Captain James Wareham’s Independent Company on the trek to Salt Lake City, leaving the last week of May or first week of June 1862, arrived in Salt Lake on 24 Sep 1862.
444Shown on the “Church List in Salt Lake City in 1864.
456Shown on the “Report of the Keokuk Branch to the Annual Conference April 6, 1870. Received by letter 12/12/1869.”
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