MATHIS, Samuel M

1857 - 1922  (65 years)

• Name	MATHIS, Samuel M
  Birth	16 Apr 1857	Dale County, Alabama   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 May 1922	Anderson County, Texas, United States   [1]
  Burial	Aft 16 May 1922	Liberty Cemetery, Bradford, Anderson County, Texas   [2]
  Person ID	I4009	Pickel_Bartlett
  Last Modified	12 Jul 2009

  
  

  Father	MATTHEWS, Henry,   b. Abt 1832, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	UNKNOWN, Epsie,   b. Abt 1832, Alabama, United States d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1853	Alabama, United States
  Residence	24 Aug 1860	Dale County, Alabama   [3]
  Family ID	F2028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HOLLAND, Leah Virginia,   b. 17 Jun 1867, Pert, Anderson, Texas, United States d. 12 Jun 1948, Montalba, Anderson, Texas, United States (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	7 Dec 1889	Anderson County, Texas, United States   [1]
  Residence	12 Jun 1900	Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson, Texas, United States   [4]
  	She was listed as Virginia L. Mathis. Census says that they had been married ten years and that two of their four children were still living.
  Residence	10 May 1910	Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson, Texas, United States   [5]
  	Census reports that they had been married for twenty years and that five of their seven children were still living.
  Children	1. MATHIS, Gilford Elisha,   b. 20 Sep 1890, Texas d. 29 Jul 1891, Texas (Age 0 years)   2. MATHIS, Ola May,   b. 30 May 1892, Anderson County, Texas, United States d. Yes, date unknown   3. MATHIS, Evelyn Charity,   b. 11 Jul 1897, Anderson County, Texas, United States d. Aft 1987, Maryland (Age > 91 years)   4. MATHIS, Iva Lois,   b. 19 Jul 1901, Anderson County, Texas, United States d. 27 Oct 1988, Anderson County, Texas, United States (Age 87 years)   5. MATHIS, Eula Lee,   b. 7 Nov 1903, Texas d. 9 Nov 1918, Texas (Age 15 years)   6. MATHIS, Homer Henry,   b. 5 Jan 1908, Anderson County, Texas, United States d. 19 May 1980, Harris County, Texas, United States (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F1205	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2022

  
  

• Photos

  Family of Elisha Moses and Charity Elizabeth Pickle Holland Top: Cora P. Holland (Williams), Leah Virginia (Lee) Holland (Mathis), Mary M. Holland, Charles Murphy Holland Sitting: Sam Mathis, Aaron Elisha Holland, Elisha Moses Holland, Allen Williams Holland, and Charity Elizabeth Pickle Holland. Note: Their 4th child, Margaret, had died in 1884.

  
  

• Notes

  According to his daughter, Ivy, his name was Samuel Matthews and he changed it to Mathis when he moved from Alabama to Texas.

  
  

• Sources

  [S114] Miscellaneous, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~guinevere60/holland/pafc08.htm#27033C4. [S114] Miscellaneous, Wayne Stafford, Liberty Cemetery - Anderson County, TX, http://www.cox-internet.com/wstafford/lib-cem.htm. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Dale County, Alabama Pg 157 Dwelling 1061. [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson County, Texas ED 12 Pg 8B Dwelling 141. [S74] Ancestry.com, Justice Precinct No. 4, Anderson County, Texas ED 18 Pg 14A Dwelling 248.