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Joseph DeKalb "Joe" Mathis

15 Jul 1839 – 24 Nov 1905

Birth	15 Jul 1839
Death	24 Nov 1905
Cemetery	Hopewell Cemetery Gilmer , Upshur County , Texas , USA
Added by	Ron Wade on 21 May 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26953441

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Bio

Joseph DeKalb Mathis was born 11 JUL 1839 in Hardeman Co., Tennessee and died 24 NOV 1905 in Upshur Co., Tx. In 1850 he was living in Tippah Co., Mississippi and moved with his father William B. Mathis (1808-1867) and mother Martha Ann Fowler Mathis (1819-1847) to Upshur Co., Texas later in 1850. In the Civil War he was a Private in Company D, 10th Texas Cavalry with his father William B. Mathis as Sgt. & brothers William Nicholas Mathis & Jacob Lewis Mathis. On 30 Mar 1865 after the war he married Martha Jane Gaston and they had 10 children, William Henry Mathis 1866 – 1935; John Thomas Mathis 1868 – 1916; Ora Lee Mathis 1870 – 1945; George Burton Mathis 1872 – 1874; Mary Louella Mathis 1874 – 1932; Joseph Emmett Mathis 1876 – 1918; James Hardy Mathis 1878 – 1941; Walter Lewis Mathis 1880 – 1932; Franklin Monroe Mathis 1883 – 1964; and Robert Randolph Mathis 1885 – 1973. After her death he married Mary Elizabeth Steelman 1870- 1926 and they had one additional girl Joe D. Mathis (1905-1979). Apparently she didn't like to have a "boy's" name and just went by "J.D." and most thought she had only initials. Previously he had married a Clementine M. Hill on 2 Feb 1901 who had died by 1903. Joseph DeKalb Mathis was a successful businessman in the Pritchett Community of Upshur County and had a cotton gin business as well as general store in Pritchett and Latch. Biography by: Ron Wade

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Family

Parents

• William Blake Mathis 1808–1867 FaG

Spouse

• Martha Jane Gaston Mathis 1846–1899
• Clementine Martha Hill Mathis 1851–1904 FaG
• Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Griffin Steelman Mathis Smith 1870–1926 FaG

Siblings

• Jacob Lewis Mathis 1841–1881 FaG
• William Nicholas Mathis 1843–1873 FaG
• Ann Elizabeth Mathis Willingham 1845–1936 FaG
• James Washington Mathis 1852–1880 FaG

Children

• William Henry Mathis 1866–1955
• John Thomas Mathis 1868–1916
• Ora Lee Mathis Catlett 1870–1945
• George Burton Mathis 1872–1874
• Mary Louella "Lula" Mathis Elder 1874–1932
• Joseph Emmett Mathis 1876–1918
• James Hardy Mathis 1878–1941
• Walter Lewis Mathis 1880–1932
• Franklin M Mathis 1883–1964
• Robert Randolph "Dolph" Mathis 1885–1973
• Mrs Joe D. "J.D." Mathis Parker 1905–1979

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