Husband: Lewis James MATHENA
Birthdate: 09 Jul 1836
Birthplace: Tip Top, Tazewell County, Virginia
Death date: 14 Feb 1927
Place of death: Hartford, Elmandaro Township, Lyon County, Kansas
Father: John Wilson MATHENY
Mother: Mary HAVENS

Marriage date: 30 Mar 1854
Marriage place: Bluestone, Tazewell County, Virginia

Wife: Elizabeth Jane SPENCE
Birthdate: 28 Nov 1830
Birthplace: Tazewell County, Virginia
Death date: 18 May 1913
Place of death: Hartford, Elmandaro Township, Lyon County, Kansas
Father: James SPENCE
Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" TUTTLE

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: John Ballard MATHENA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 Dec 1854
Birthplace: Bluestone, Tazewell, Virginia
Death date: 1902
Place of death: Everest, Kansas
Marriage date: 10 Dec 1879
Marriage place: Harrison County, Iowa
Spouse's name: Mary BONAR

Child No. 2: Mary Elizabeth MATHENA
Sex: F
Birthdate: 11 Apr 1856
Birthplace: Tip Top, Tazewell County, Virginia
Death date: 21 Mar 1938
Place of death: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Marriage date: 18 Jan 1875
Marriage place: Shelby County, Iowa
Spouse's name: Charles J SALES

Child No. 3: Howard Jackson (James) MATHENA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 13 Dec 1858
Birthplace: Tip Top, Tazewell County, Virginia
Death date: 06 May 1918
Place of death: Missouri Valley, Harrison County, Iowa
Marriage date:  15 Aug 1892
Marriage place: Blair, Washington County, Nebraska
Spouse's name:  (2) Mary Hirst

Child No. 4: Hulda Jane MATHENA
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12 Jun 1861
Birthplace: Shelby County, Iowa
Death date: 1909
Place of death: Marshalltown, Marshall County, Iowa
Marriage date: 09 Dec 1881
Marriage place: Phillips County, Kansas
Spouse's name: George HEROLD

Child No. 5: Lewis Columbus MATHENA
Sex:
Birthdate: 13 Sep 1863
Birthplace: Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Death date: 14 Oct 1929
Place of death: Pretty Rock, North Dakota
Marriage date: 26 Mar 1894
Marriage place: Omaha, Nebraska
Spouse's name: Ursula Ophelia LONG

Child No. 6: James Elexander MATHENA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 28 Apr 1866
Birthplace: Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa
Death date: 26 May 1965
Place of death: Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota
Marriage date: 29 Mar 1893
Marriage place: Hartington, Cedar County, Nebraska
Spouse's name: Luella LONG

Child No. 7: William Thomas MATHENA
Sex: M
Birthdate: 22 May 1870
Birthplace: Dunlap, Harrison County, Iowa
Death date: 1943
Place of death: Bismarck, North Dakota
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name:

Child No. 8: Martha Kathrine MATHENA
Sex: F
Birthdate: 19 Jul 1872
Birthplace: Mantino, Shelby County, Iowa
Death date: Nov 1935
Place of death: Kansas
Marriage date: 07 Feb 1888
Marriage place: Blair, Washington County, Nebraska
Spouse's name: Allen James OSBORN

Child No. 9: Amanda Pearl MATHENA
Sex: F
Birthdate: 07 Mar 1875
Birthplace: Gallands' Grove, Shelby, Iowa
Death date: 25 Jun 1961
Place of death: Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota
Marriage date: 21 Feb 1892
Marriage place: Shelby County, Iowa
Spouse's name: David Kennedy WILLIAMSON
 
 
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;
* 1910 census ED 43, Elmadaro Township, Lyon County, Kansas;
* 1860 US census-Pottawattamie Co, Ia. Crescent Twp.--30 June 1860-pg 384;
* Lewis James Mathena Obituary - The Hartford Times 15 Feb 1927;
* Elizabeth Jane Spence Mathena obituary from The Saints' Herald, June 11, 1913;
* Letter from Lewis James Mathena regarding Elizabeth's death;
* Elizabeth Jane Spence Mathena obituary from Kansas City newspaper (no date).