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
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:
* 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;
* SS Death Index.