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James "Jim" Matthews 1805–1875 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1805

Birth Location: North Carolina

Death Date: abt 1875

Death Location: Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA

Father: Andrew Matthews

Mother: Ann Benton

Spouse(s): Susan Childers

Children(s): Sarah Mathis, John Mathis, Lucinda Mathis, William Mathis, George Mathis, Amanda Mathis

James "Jim" Matthews was born in 1805 in North Carolina, the child of Andrew Jack Matthews And Ann Benton. In 1840, James "Jim" Matthews resided in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA. In 1860, James "Jim" Matthews resided in Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA. James "Jim" Matthews married Susan Fant Childers, and had children including Amanda Mathis, George Mathis, John Robert Mathis, Lucinda Mathis, Mathis, Sarah Ann Elizabeth Mathis, William M Mathis. James "Jim" Matthews passed away in 1875 in Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • James "Jim" Matthews was born in 1805 in North Carolina, the child of Andrew Jack Matthews And Ann Benton.
  • In 1840, James "Jim" Matthews resided in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA.
  • In 1860, James "Jim" Matthews resided in Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA.
  • James "Jim" Matthews married Susan Fant Childers, and had children including Amanda Mathis, George Mathis, John Robert Mathis, Lucinda Mathis, Mathis, Sarah Ann Elizabeth Mathis, William M Mathis.
  • James "Jim" Matthews passed away in 1875 in Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Andrew Matthews
1764–1823
Birth Location: –
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Ann Benton
1750–1850
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Susan Childers
1805–1880
Birth Location: North Carolina
SC

Children(s)

Sarah Mathis
1833–1890
Birth Location: Polk County, North Carolina, USA
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John Mathis
1845–1915
Birth Location: Polk, Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
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Lucinda Mathis
1836–1900
Birth Location: North Carolina
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William Mathis
1838–1897
Birth Location: Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
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George Mathis
1841–
Birth Location: Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
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Amanda Mathis
1847–1928
Birth Location: North Carolina
AM

James Matthews's Ancestors

Self
James Matthews
1805–1875
Birth Place: North Carolina
Parents
Andrew Jack Matthews
1764–1823
Ann Benton
1750–1850
Grandparents
Anthony (Matthews) Sr
1725–1807
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Theresa (Treasey) Smith
1745–1811
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Smith
1708–1770
Elizabeth Thompson
1704–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Nicolas Col.
1658–1734
Anne Smith
1662–1731

James Matthews's Descendants

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James ("Jim") Matthews (abt 1805–abt 1875) m. Susan ("Fant") Childers (abt 1805–aft 1880)
  1. 1. Sarah (Ann Elizabeth) Mathis 1833–1890 m. Elias (Lynch) Allen 1828–1896
    1. 1. William (Gaston (Nathan)) Allen 1875–1933 m. Ellen Hash 1882–1964
      1. 1. Walter (F) Allen 1909–1948 m. Cora Lake 1914–2001
        1. 1. William (Matthew) Allen 1937–2011
      2. 2. William (Forrester) Allen 1924–2004 m. Bessie Marsee 1925–2008
      3. 3. Agnes (Helen) Allen 1919–1997 m. Oney (D) Givens 1886–1950
        1. 1. Paul (Edward) Givens 1946–2016 m. Phyllis (G.) Mason 1948–2018
      4. 4. Wade (Clifford) Allen 1922–1973 m. Maude (Elizabeth) Roberts 1918–1958
      5. 5. Cora (L) Allen 1918–
      6. 6. Ossie (May) Allen 1903–1981 m. William Miracle 1895–1986
        1. 1. Lizzie (B) Miracle 1923–2015 m. Tomas (Virgle (Lee)) Sandifur 1921–2001
        2. 2. Myrtle Moyers 1921–1948 m. William (Harvey) Moyers 1914–1992
        3. 3. Ellen Miracle 1926–2020 m. Garfield Saylor 1922–1992
      7. 7. Roy (Lee) Allen 1905–1963 m. Lucy (Beatrice) Lay 1908–1937 m. Margaret Allen 1892–1986
        1. 1. Marie (Grace) Allen 1926–2001 m. Luther Maples 1902–1981
      8. 8. Edith Allen 1913–1973
    2. 2. George (Washington) Allen 1853–1943 m. Louisa McCrary 1854–1944
      1. 1. Homer (Alvin) Allen 1882–1945 m. Mary (Dalton) Allen 1890–1972
        1. 1. Ray (Jones) Allen 1911–1968 m. Doris (Myrtle) Edwards 1903–2001
        2. 2. Beulah Allen 1911– m. Ervin Fisher 1908–
        3. 3. Roy (L) Allen 1912–1972
        4. 4. Sarah Allen 1911– m. Roy (Lee) Allen 1911–1972
      2. 2. Zollie (Columbus) Allen 1896–1948 m. Lila (Fair) McCall 1903–1974
      3. 3. Carrie Allen 1885–
      4. 4. Jesse (Vernon) Allen 1880–1935 m. Mary (Cordelia) Glazener 1881–1960
        1. 1. Flynn (Glazener) Allen 1910–1993 m. Maude (Brown King) Allen 1914–1993
        2. 2. Madge (E) Allen 1905–1912
        3. 3. George (Lorenzo) Allen 1916–1916
      5. 5. Everett (Ossie) Allen 1891–1945 m. Polly (Mae) Lawrence 1895–1955 m. Mertie (May) Smith 1869–1961
        1. 1. Lawrence (Edward) Allen 1914–1961
        2. 2. Maxine Allen 1914–1917
        3. 3. Catherine (Marie) Allen 1917–1954
        4. 4. Edith (Louise) Allen 1920–1923
        5. 5. Bertha (Louise) Allen 1923–1953
      6. 6. Cora (Agnes) Allen 1886–1952 m. Robert (Clay) Cotner 1881–1963
        1. 1. Arthur (O) Cotner 1905–1949
        2. 2. Robert (Finley) Cotner 1908–1990 m. Mary Cotner 1910– m. Jeanne Keys 1923–2001 m. Ermadean Metz 1914–1999
      7. 7. Herbert (Albert) Allen 1888–1948 m. Mary (Louise) Dalton 1891–1973
        1. 1. Emmett (Charles) Allen 1912–1968 m. Gladys (Lutice) Boone 1913–2008
        2. 2. Glenn (Dalton Allen) Sr 1910–1988 m. Louise (Earley) Allen 1913–1934 m. Clara (Virginia Jones) Allen 1912–2000
        3. 3. Herbert (Columbus "Lum") Allen 1918–2002 m. Mary (Lucille) Reese 1921–2011
        4. 4. Lester Allen 1908–1908
        5. 5. Annie Allen 1914–
        6. 6. Rachel (May) Allen 1916–
      8. 8. Sibley (David) Allen 1893–1972 m. Myrtle (Ratcliff) Miller 1893–1968
      9. 9. Nora Allen 1883–1946 m. W. (J.) Shirley 1852–1946
    3. 3. Wade (Hampton) Allen 1879–1963 m. Rose S 1887– m. Agnes Forestel 1874–1943
    4. 4. Emma (Elizabeth) Allen 1856–1944 m. Robert (Porter) Kilpatrick 1856–1924
      1. 1. William (Arthur) Kilpatrick 1881–1977 m. Eugenia (Julia) Cox 1888–1934 m. Emma (Mae) Wyatt 1894–1964
        1. 1. Odell Kilpatrick 1907–1910
      2. 2. Sarah (Allie) Kilpatrick 1882–1975 m. John (H. Zebulon) Rhodes 1871–1945
      3. 3. Etta (Louise) Kilpatrick 1885–1990
      4. 4. Charles (Elias) Kilpatrick 1890–1975 m. Hattie (B.) Rhodes 1894–1935 m. Eva (Lee) Lodge 1893–
      5. 5. Mary (Cleo) Kilpatrick 1893–1969 m. John (William) Dalton 1890–
        1. 1. Evelyn (D) Dalton 1915–2004
        2. 2. Charles (W) Dalton 1916–1994
      6. 6. Fred (Dennis) Kilpatrick 1896–1963 m. Lila (Belle) Bowling 1898–1984
        1. 1. Pauline (Elizabeth) Kilpatrick 1920–2004
        2. 2. Louis ("Pat" Albert) Kilpatrick 1921–1995
      7. 7. Jo (Anna "Annie") Kilpatrick 1884–1983 m. John (Othro) Hall 1889–1933
        1. 1. Annie (Mae) Hall 1910–1986 m. James (C) Forbes 1909–
        2. 2. Hazel (Louise) Hall 1915–2011 m. Francis (Arthur) Morrell 1914–1993
        3. 3. Lloyd (Lee) Hall 1919–1993 m. Velna (Louise) Dorsett 1919–1993
        4. 4. Reba (Arlene) Hall 1922–2003 m. William (Joseph "Billy Joe") Bowers 1924–2001
        5. 5. Aluna (Joyce) Hall 1924–2017 m. William (M) Bogart 1922–2018
        6. 6. William (Walter) Hall 1916–2002 m. Margaret ("Peggy") Bussler 1918–1994
    5. 5. James (Elias) Allen 1856–1914 m. Rachel McCarson 1858–1943
      1. 1. Oscar (Lee) Allen 1893–1975 m. Ruth Way 1896–1974
      2. 2. Helen (M) Allen 1895– m. Edmund (Winston) Steele 1873–1953 m. Edmund (Winston) Steele 1873–1953
      3. 3. Joseph (Mitchell) Allen 1880–1963 m. Daisy (Eula) Smith 1886–1975
        1. 1. Nancy (Rachel) Allen 1908–1994 m. John (Clifton) Brannon 1911–1979
        2. 2. Joseph (Plato) Allen 1911–2000 m. Mildred Andrews 1912–2005
        3. 3. James (Leroy) Allen 1920–1969 m. Louise Luck 1922–2005
      4. 4. Grover (Wilson) Allen 1884–1924
      5. 5. Lillie (Ophenia) Allen 1890–1977 m. John (Edgar) Anders 1882–1937
        1. 1. Thelma (Ophenia) Anders 1910–2006
      6. 6. Mary (Elizabeth "Mollie") Allen 1883–1970 m. Plato (Cunningham) Byers 1882–1968
        1. 1. Max (Cunningham) Byers 1905–1949
        2. 2. Preston (James) Byers 1908–1988 m. Ruth Phillips 1911–1989
    6. 6. Ossie (Alexander) Allen 1868–1891 m. Annie Hughes 1870–
    7. 7. John (Irvin) Allen 1862–1936 m. Nancy ("Nannie") Maxwell 1858–1917
      1. 1. Bessie Allen 1885–1987 m. Thomas (Phillip) Ward 1888–1936
        1. 1. Juanita (Elizabeth) Ward 1921–1970
        2. 2. Virginia (Elsie) Ward 1922–1983
      2. 2. Jessie (James) Allen 1887–1971
      3. 3. Nellie Allen 1894–
      4. 4. Nellie Allen 1895–
    8. 8. “Doc” (Charles Thomas) Allen 1860–1902 m. Delia (Jane) Newman 1859–1928
      1. 1. Essie (Leah) Allen 1884–1971 m. Teet (E "Ferdinand") Pittillo 1882–1973
        1. 1. Arthur (Odell) Pittillo 1905–1967 m. Emma (May (Mae)) Cunningham 1903–1984
        2. 2. Carrie (Mae) Pittillo 1906–1996 m. Alfred (Thurrell) Gilliam 1899–1965
        3. 3. Carl (Virgil) Pittillo 1915–1993 m. Irene (Edwine) King 1913–1957
      2. 2. Gracie Allen 1891–1989 m. Henry (Clay) Hyder 1894–1959
        1. 1. Leon (Dock) Hyder 1917–1967
        2. 2. Eugene (Clay) Hyder 1919–1943
        3. 3. Jane (Lucille) Hyder 1922–2017
      3. 3. Lena (Mae) Allen 1894–1987 m. Fred (Sylvester) Buckner 1906–1988
      4. 4. Charles (Hugh) Allen 1887–1947 m. Lillie (Fair) Thompson 1898–1972 m. Nannie Whitlock 1893–1911
        1. 1. Velma (Janet) Allen 1917–2008
        2. 2. Ulysses (See) Allen 1920–1996 m. Marjorie (Marie) Emery 1923–2001
        3. 3. Myrtle (Jane) Allen 1922–2002
        4. 4. Dorothy (Marie) Allen 1925–2004 m. Merle (E) Caldwell 1919–
        5. 5. Ethel (Geraldine) Allen 1927–2010
        6. 6. Fannie (Naomi) Allen 1916–1916
        7. 7. Estelle Allen 1910–1919
      5. 5. Josie (Carrie) Allen 1898–1975 m. Horace (Virgil) Smith 1890–1973
        1. 1. Charles (Thomas Smith) Sr 1920–1978
        2. 2. Howard (Harris) Smith 1916–1989
      6. 6. Ida (E) Allen 1886–1917 m. Dexter (Twitty "Deck") Rhodes 1888–1973
        1. 1. Nadine (Mary) Rhodes 1908–2001
        2. 2. Clyde (Harris) Rhodes 1917–1918
        3. 3. William (Charles) Rhodes 1911–1990
        4. 4. Eulas (Lee) Rhodes 1914–1978
      7. 7. Eula (Susan) Allen 1889–1977 m. Boyd (Marion) Shupe 1879–1928
        1. 1. Robert (Vernon) Shupe 1908–1993
        2. 2. Elmer (Cecil) Shupe 1909–1962
        3. 3. Boyd (Earl) Shupe 1911–2001
        4. 4. Ralph (Allen) Shupe 1915–1977
        5. 5. Eula (Evelyn) Shupe 1923–2012
    9. 9. Susan (Karen) Allen 1865–1889 m. Thomas Newman 1862–1922
      1. 1. Lath (James) Newman 1885–1957
      2. 2. Lee (Roy) Newman 1887–1963
    10. 10. Louisa (Melissa) Allen 1870–1957 m. William (Sherman) Justus 1866–1946
      1. 1. Everett (Harrison) Justus 1889–1957
      2. 2. James (Franklin) Justus 1891–1979
    11. 11. Mary (Ann) Allen 1864–1865
    12. 12. Minnie (Rachel) Allen 1873–1971 m. Charles (Oscar) Garren 1863– m. Richard (Jackson) Price 1860–
      1. 1. Ernest (Hamilton) Garren 1891–1973 m. Florence (V) D'Arcy 1896–1974
      2. 2. Oscar (Elias) Garren 1893–1954
    13. 13. Emily Allen 1858–
  2. 2. John (Robert) Mathis 1845–1915
  3. 3. Lucinda Mathis 1836–1900
  4. 4. William (M.) Mathis 1838–1897
  5. 5. George Mathis 1841–
  6. 6. Amanda Mathis 1847–1928

James Matthews's Timeline

4 Records

1805
abt 1805
Birth of James "Jim" Matthews in North Carolina
North Carolina
1840
1840
Age 35
James "Jim" Matthews resided here in Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
1860
1860
Age 55
James "Jim" Matthews resided here in Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA
Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA
1875
abt 1875
Age 70
Death of James "Jim" Matthews in Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA
Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1805
    Event Place: North Carolina
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina; Roll: M653_910; Page: 118; Family History Library Film: 803910

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Rutherford, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Rutherford, North Carolina; Roll: 370; Page: 330; Family History Library Film: 0018097

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina; Roll: M653_910; Page: 118; Family History Library Film: 803910

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1875
    Event Place: Sandy Plains, Polk, North Carolina, USA
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