Samuel MATHEWS

Father: Nathaniel MATHEWS
Mother: Barbara HOWDER 

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 _Nathaniel MATHEWS _|
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|--Samuel MATHEWS
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|                     _Christian HOWDER _|
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|_Barbara HOWDER ____|
                     |                    _Adam HOUFSTATER _______
                     |_Mary HOUSTATER ___|
                                         |_Elizabeth Katherine //_

Notes

Updated December 26, 2017. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1860 United States Census Michigan, Lapeer Co., Almont Twp., Almont Michigan Post Office: Page 99-100; July 3, 1860.

Samuel MATHEWS is the son of Nathaniel and Barbara MATHEWS. He is 12 years old, born in Michigan and is attending school.

(2) National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailor System Search by Soldier Name (database).

Samuel L. MATHEWS, Co. A, 1st Michigan Cavalry (Union). Rank In = Private, Rank Out = Corporal. Film Number M545 roll 26. During his period of enlistment the unit served in the battle of the Wilderness, then in the Shenandoah Valley, through to Appomattox Court House. The unit then served on the frontier after the war to March 1866 before mustering out.

(3) Mathews family records.

- November 26, 1863 - Civil War 1st Cavalry Co. A
- August 13, 1865 - Died in Indian Wars after serving in the Civil War
- [editor's note: my oldest atlas goes back only to 1895; location of Willow Springs, Colorado unknown].