Iowa Family Groupsheet for Howard Jackson (James) MATHENA Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Paula Hinkel Email address: phinkel@pacbell.net Husband: Howard Jackson (James) MATHENA Birthdate: 13 Dec 1858 Birthplace: Tip Top, Tazewell, Virginia Death date: 06 May 1918 Place of death: Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Father: Lewis James MATHENA Mother: Elizabeth Jane SPENCE Marriage date: 15 Aug 1892 Marriage place: Blair, Washington County, Nebraska Wife: Mary HIRST(2) Birthdate: 23 Jun 1876 Birthplace: Galland's Grove, Shelby County, Iowa Death date: 08 Jan 1934 Place of death: Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Father: John Wesley HIRST Mother: Malinda CLOTHIER CHILDREN Child No. 1: Bessie Mabel MATHENA Sex: F Birthdate: 19 Aug 1893 Birthplace: Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Death date: 12 Aug 1976 Place of death: Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa Marriage date: 20 Aug 1913 Marriage place: Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Spouse's name: Alfred Armfield JOHNSON Child No. 2: Arthur Edwin MATHENA Sex: M Birthdate: 24 Jul 1896 Birthplace: Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Death date: 26 Jul 1976 Place of death: Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa Marriage date: 15Jun 1916 Marriage place: Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Spouse's name: Anna Sara HARRINGTON Child No. 3: Ruth MATHENA Sex: F Birthdate: 11 Oct 1902 Birthplace: Missouri Valley, Harrison, Iowa Death date: 10 Mar 1998 Place of death: Oak Grove, Jackson County, Missouri Marriage date: 05 Oct 1924 Marriage place: Independence, Missouri Spouse's name: Ammon ESSIG Child No. 4: Elsie Fern MATHENA Sex: F Birthdate: 12 Oct 1904 Birthplace: Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa Death date: 01 Jul 1967 Place of death: Independence, Jackson, County, Missouri Marriage date: 1924 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Guy A REYNOLDS Documentation: Documentation: Membership records, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Independence, Missouri; Cemetery headstones; census records; Census Microfilm Records: Iowa, 1900, Magnolia Township, Harrison County, Iowa Series: T623 Microfilm: 436 Book 1 Page 188; 1910 Census Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Ward 3, page 3 of 29; Howard Mathena obituary in Missouri Valley newspaper, May 9, 1918; marriage record of Bessie Mathena and Alfred Johnson; Obituary of Bessie Mabel Mathena Johnson, Sioux City Journal; Obituary of Alfred Armfield Johnson, Sioux City Journal; 1920 Census Johnson, Alfred Roll T625_521 Page16B State Iowa ED 234 County Woodbury Image 430 Township Sioux City; 1925 Iowa Census 3514 Macomb Avenue, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa Book 514, line 5 LDS film 1429615; 1930 Census Johnson, Albert (sic) Iowa, Woodbury County, Sioux City, District 62, ED 97-62, page 9B, line 88-92; SSI Death Index