Levi Mathias

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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Pioneers - Mathias Family
...Levi Mathias son of Peter and _____ Mathias was born in Pennsylvania, Aug. 4, 1837, was married to Jane Halfhill on September 30, 1875 in Hocking county, who was born in Gallia county, Ohio, March 26, 1850. They lived in Hocking county until October 1876, and then settled in Harrison Township, Section 23, on the farm now owned by Abraham Mathias. They traded a Hocking county farm for this land 160 acres at about $10 per acre. The farm was cleared by the family and is still owned by Abraham and William Mathias except 40 acres which was sold to Peter Malcuit. On May 1, 1877, Levi Mathias died and was buried in the Snellenberger graveyard. Mrs Mathias remained on the farm until June 17, 1882, when she became the wife of Hiram Northrup and moved to the Northrup homestead in Benton Township, Section 22, 1-1/2 miles east of Payne. Hiram Northrup died April 10, 1908 and was buried by the side of his first wife in Snellenberger graveyard. The widow remained on the farm for a few months when she went to the home of her daughter Mrs. Stella Underwood who owns the Barnes homestead east of Payne on the Paulding road.
...Mrs. Northrup is the mother of one daughter by her first husband, Levi Mathis, Stella M. who was born in Hocking county, Aug. 28, 1876. (Source: Florence N. Cartwright, "History of Payne and Vicinity", The Payne Reflector Newspaper 1916 through 1918. Part LVI, January 24, 1918. Copied & assembled by Ray E. Keck, March 1990.)

Levi married Jane Halfhill on 30 Sep 1875 in Hocking County, Ohio, United States. Jane was born on 26 Mar 1850 in Gallia County, Ohio, United States; died on 28 Jan 1928 in Paulding, Paulding County, Ohio, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Estella Maude Mathias was born on 28 Aug 1876 in Hocking County, Ohio, United States; died on 28 Sep 1960 in Defiance County, Ohio, United States; was buried in Sep 1960 in Payne, Paulding County, Ohio, United States.