Husband: William B. MATHIS
Birthdate:20 MAY 1808
Birthplace: Washington, Georgia
Death date: After 1867
Place of death: Upshur County, Texas
Burial: Presumed to be Shady Grove Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas
Father: Lewis Mathis (1775 – 1834)
Mother: Luranah Brantley (1779 – 1849)

Marriage date: 18 Feb 1849
Marriage place: Tippah County, Mississippi

Wife: Lydia Bernetta READ
Birthdate:18 Dec 1825
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: 28 Sep 1857
Place of death: Upshur County, Texas
Burial: Presumed to be Shady Grove Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas
Father: Lemuel Madison Read (1800 – 1862)
Mother: Mary Ann McMurry (1803 – 1865)

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Thomas Lemuel Mathis
Sex: M
Birthdate: 27 Feb 1850
Birthplace: Tippah County, Mississippi
Death date: 26 May 1865
Place of death: Upshur County, Texas
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Child No. 2: James Washington Mathis
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 Apr 1852
Birthplace: Calloway, Upshur County, Texas
Death date: 19 Nov 1880
Place of death: Calloway, Upshur County, Texas
Burial: Shady Grove Cemetery, Upshur Co., Texas
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Documentation:
* 1850 United States Federal Census
* 1860 United States Federal Census
* 1860 United States Federal Census
* Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
* U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
* American Civil War Soldiers American Civil War Soldiers Civil War Service Records.

Notes:
* The William B. Mathis family lived in Hardeman County, Tennessee in the 1830's where he was married to Martha Ann Fowler.
* According to the family lore of the William G. Milligan Family in the Upshur County Texas Sesquicentennial History Book page 229, the Mathis family, (called Matthews then), related to the William B. Mathis family, decided to move to eastern Texas and "needed a scout to guide them and chose a neighbor who was pretty well known for this kind of this--the Davy Crockett! They crossed the Mississippi River at Memphis, traveled down through Arkansas and arrived at Clarksville, Red River County, Texas on January 17, 1836." "Another source says 'Crockett and a number of others left the wagon train after crossing the Mississippi and joined the army of the Republic of Texas." In March 1836 he died at the Alabama.