Benjamin Franklin Mathews
Biography
Benjamin Franklin Mathews was born 16 April 1819 in Chattanooga , Hamilton County , Tennessee , United States to Thomas Mathews (1783-1837) and Jane McDavid (1788-1836) and died 18 August 1888 Devil Canyon , San Bernardino County , California , United States of unspecified causes. He married Temperance Weeks (1817-1859) 1834 in Franklin County , Tennessee . He married Mahala Ann Whiteman (1843-1910) 1866 in Utah .
Numbered amoung the participants in the Mississippi Saints 1846 Pioneer Company , a early Mormon pioneer wagon train that left Mississippi in 1846 to join the Mormon exodus to Utah . This group Brigham Young 's vanguard company and spent the winter of 1846/47 at Fort Pueblo where the were joined by soldiers of the sick detachment of the Mormon Battalion . They reached Salt Lake City in late summer of 1847 .
Pioneers of the West
The Mathews family stayed initially Utah for a year, but then joined the Gold Rush in Yuba County, California where daughter Elvina was born. Then the family settled in the Mormon Colony at San Bernardino, California , even staying there well beyond the 1859 whenever others returned to Utah.
Marriage and Family
Baby Weeks Mathews (1835-1835) - died young in Alabama
Baby Weeks Mathews (1837-1837) - died young in Alabama?
Sarah Jane Mathews (1840-1934) - 1846 Pioneer Trek
Baby Weeks Mathews (1841-1841) - died young im Mississippi?
Mary Elizabeth Mathews (1842-1912) - 1846 Pioneer Trek
Baby Weeks Mathews (1843-1843) - died young in Mississippi?
Sallie Mathews (1845-1887) - 1846 pioneer trek
Thomas Jeptha Mathews (1847-1904) - born in Wyoming during 1846/47 Pioneer Trek
Celeta Adeline Mathews (1849-1918)
Elvina Mathews (1851-1860)
Martha Ellen Mathews (1854-1921)
Benjamin Franklin Mathews (1855-1936) - One of these is in error
Benjamin Newton Mathews (1855-1927) - One of these is in error
Children
Offspring of Benjamin Franklin Mathews and Temperance Weeks (1817-1859)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Baby Weeks Mathews (1835-1835)
1835 Marion County , Alabama , United States
1835 Alabama , United States
Baby Weeks Mathews (1837-1837)
1837 Marion County , Alabama , United States
1837 Alabama , United States
Sarah Jane Mathews (1840-1934)
4 October 1840 Mooreville , Lee County , Mississippi , United States
6 June 1934 Glendale , Los Angeles County , California , United States
Theophilus Katen Robey (1834-1923) Joseph Samuel Hewitt (1845-1900)
Baby Weeks Mathews (1841-1841)
1841 Lee County , Mississippi , United States
1841 Lee County , Mississippi , United States
Mary Elizabeth Mathews (1842-1912)
6 July 1842 Mississippi , United States
13 November 1912 Richmond , Cache County , Utah , United States
James Allen (1833-1890)
Baby Weeks Mathews (1843-1843)
1843 Lee County , Mississippi , United States
1843 Lee County , Mississippi , United States
Sallie Mathews (1845-1887)
26 October 1845 Monroe County , Mississippi , United States
21 December 1887 San Bernardino , San Bernardino County , California , United States
William Thomas Sparks (1843-1906)
Thomas Jeptha Mathews (1847-1904)
3 March 1847 Natrona County , Wyoming , United States
15 August 1904 Devil Canyon , San Bernardino County , California , United States
Asenath Cecelia Dustin (1850-1943)
Celeta Adeline Mathews (1849-1918)
20 May 1849 Utah , United States
2 October 1918 Los Angeles , Los Angeles County , California , United States
William Henry Ormsby (1842-1881) Charles Baker (1855-)
Elvina Mathews (1851-1860)
December 1851 Yuba County , California , United States
1860 United States
Martha Ellen Mathews (1854-1921)
24 March 1854 San Bernardino , San Bernardino County , California , United States
28 December 1921 Oakland , Alameda County , California , United States
John Patrick O'Connell (c1850-) Alexander Whiteman (1856-1877) Chester Mero (1840-1913)
Benjamin Franklin Mathews (1855-1936)
Benjamin Newton Mathews (1855-1927)
Offspring of Benjamin Franklin Mathews and Mahala Ann Whiteman (1843-1910)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
Robert Lee Mathews (1867-1923)
22 September 1867 San Bernardino , San Bernardino County , California , United States
29 January 1923 San Bernardino , San Bernardino County , California , United States
Josephine Johnson (1866-1925)
John David Mathews (1870-1944)
Reuben Alexander Mathews (1872-1937)
William Jesse Mathews (1876-1876)
12 March 1876 San Bernardino , San Bernardino County , California , United States
13 October 1876 San Bernardino , San Bernardino County , California , United States
Anna Mathews (1878-1917)
Alma Ethel Bloom Mathews (1885-1975)
Siblings
Offspring of Thomas Mathews (1783-1837) and Jane McDavid (1788-1836)
Name
Birth
Death
Joined with
William Mathews (1808-1888)
28 January 1808 Pendleton , Anderson County , South Carolina , United States
27 November 1888 Washington , Washington County , Utah , United States
Elizabeth Adeline Henderson (1807-1875) Elizabeth Eleanor Brown (1822-1892) Sarah Ann Smith (1844-1931)
Nancy Mathews (1809-1874)
Ezekiel Cunningham Mathews (1811-1862)
Rebecca Mathews (1814-1908)
John Jones Mathews (1817-1897)
Benjamin Franklin Mathews (1819-1888)
16 April 1819 Chattanooga , Hamilton County , Tennessee , United States
18 August 1888 Devil Canyon , San Bernardino County , California , United States
Temperance Weeks (1817-1859) Mahala Ann Whiteman (1843-1910)
Richmond Carrell Mathews (1821-1869)
Rosanah Mathews (1822-1890)
Thomas Taylor Mathews (1825-1835)
Reuben McDavid Mathews (1826-1900)
Martha Jane Mathews (1829-1907)
8 February 1829 Marion County , Alabama , United States
27 January 1907
Nehemiah Johnson (1823-1890)
Residences
Legacy
See Also
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