STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH  2, 1904, page 1, column 7

LEVI MATHEWS, 18 Oct 1829 - 26 Feb 1904

   Levi Mathews was born in Chester county, Penn., Oct. 18, 1829, and died 
at his home near Angola, Indiana, Feb. 26, 1904, aged 74 years, 4 months 
and 8 days.
   In 1852 at the age of twenty-three years, he came with his parents to 
Steuben county, settling on the bank of Fish creek in Richland township.  
Feb. 15, 1855, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Waller, and to 
this union were born six children, three sons, Evans, Silas and Charles, 
and three daughters, Hannah Sherwood, Sarah Manahan, and Alice, all of 
whom with the wife and mother survive him.  He also leaves one brother, 
Amos, and one sister, Mrs. Sarah Casey, of Butler, Indiana.
   About forty years ago the subject of this sketch moved with his family 
from Richland township to a home on North Wayne Street in Angola, where 
they resided until a few years ago when they purchased a home a mile west 
of Angola.  Mr. Mathews lived a quiet, unassuming life, and always held 
the respect and esteem of his fellows.  As a mechanic he was counted among 
the very best, his work on our public buildings, court house and jail, and 
the beautiful walls under many of our homes stand as monuments to his 
honest, efficient work.  There was not an element of hypocrisy in his make 
up, and his life was an open book.   His home was always a center of 
hospitality, and the members of his family were held together by ties 
sacred and enduring to an unusual degree.
   Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon, conducted by 
Revs. Biven and Neal, and were attended by a large number of relatives and 
friends.  Burial in Crockett cemetery, only a few rods from where he 
lived.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Levi Mathews, 18 Oct 1829 - 24 Feb 1904, married Elizabeth M. (Waller) 
Mathews, 23 Aug 1834 - 05 Jul 1906.  They are buried at Circle Hill 
Cemetery.

CHILDREN:
   Evans Mathews, born in 1856, no further information. 
   Hannah E. (Mathews) Sherwood, 1859 - Oct 1925, married William/Willie 
B. Sherwood, 17 May 1855 - 29 Jul 1895 (40y.2m.12d.).  Hannah is buried at 
Circle Hill Cemetery.  Willie is buried at Crockett Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.
   Sarah A. (Mathews) Manahan, 1862 - Oct 1925, on 13 Mar 1890, married 
Samuel L. Manahan, 10 Jul 1863/1864, no date of death.  They are buried at 
Circle Hlll Cemetery.  Samuel was the son of Ira Manahan, 09 Oct 1836 - 16 
Oct 1872, dying in Ottawa County, Ohio, and Nancy (Weatherwax) Manahan, 28 
Aug 1842 - 19 Feb 1923.  Nancy is buried at Block Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.
   Note:  The Cemetery Book notes that Sarah (Mathews) Manahan died at 
3:45 Thursday a.m. after her sister, Hannah (Mathews) Sherwood died at 
3:45 Wednesday p.m.
   Silas Mathews, 1864 - no date of death, on 11 Jun 1884, married Eva 
Josephine (Ireland) Mathews, 12 Nov 1866 - 24 Sep 1886, the daughter of 
Jesse K. and Sarah Irene (Lee) Ireland.  Silas' burial place unknown.  Eva 
is buried at Circle Hill Cemetery.
   Charles Mathews, born in 1867, no further information.
   Alice Mathews, born in 1869, no further information.
Note:  Obituary states Levi is buried at Crockett Cemetery while the 
Cemetery Book states he is buried at Circle Hill Cemetery.

"History of Steuben County, Indiana, 1885,", pages 867, 868, biography of 
brother-in-law, Garrett Walker.
Steuben Republican, August 22, 1906, "Old Settlers List of Deaths"-
Elizabeth.
"History of Northeast Indiana-1920, LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb 
Counties," biography of George M. Manahan, brother of Samuel Manahan.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, 
Vol. 2, pages 1180, 1193, 1638, 1639.
www.familysearch.org - 1880 United States Census, Levi Mathews.
Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwtih
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net