STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1880, p.8, c.4. NOBLE BUTLER MATHEWS, 14 Jun 1801 - 12 Aug 1880 DIED--MATHEWS---In Pleasant township, August 12, 1880, Noble Mathews, aged 79 years, 1 month and 28 days. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, Wednesday, July 20, 1904, p.7, c.7, "Twenty Four Years Ago" Richland Township, Steuben County, Indiana, lists Noble Mathews in a list of people in the county who were over 75 years of age on the first day of June, 1880. Noble Butler Mathews, 14 Jun 1801 - 12 Aug 1880, married Amelia (_____) Mathews, 25 Dec 1804 - 13 Nov 1877. They are buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana. Noble was the son of Levi Mathews, born about 1769, and Sarah (Butler) Mathews, born about 1773. They were married in Chester County, Pennsylvania. CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE: Levi Mathews, 18, Oct 1829 - 26 Feb 1904, on 15 Feb 1855, married Elizabeth M. (Waller) Mathews, 23 Aug 1834 - 05 July 1906. They are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. Amos Mathews, no dates, burial place unknown. Sarah Ann (Mathews) Casey, no dates, on 22 Feb 1859 (per marriage license), 11 Feb 1858 (per 1885 DeKalb County History), married Benjamin Casey, 04 Sep 1835, no date of death. Burial place unknown. POSSIBLE CHILDREN: Benjamin Mathews, 1832 - 1895, on 27 Sep 1855, married Lucinda (Beebe) Mathews, 1834 - 1880. They are buried at Otsego Center, Steuben County, Indiana. Joseph Mathews, on 18 Apr 1861, married Alvinia (Snyder) Mathews. Their burial place is unknown. "Marriage Records, Steuben County, Indiana, 1837-1899." "History of DeKalb County, Indiana, 1885," pages 609, 610, biography of son-in-law, Benjamin Casey. Steuben Republican, 24 Aug 1904, "The Pioneers" death list, Levi Mathews. Steuben Republican, 02 Mar 1904, p.1, c.7, obituary of Levi Mathews. Steuben Republican, 22 Aug 1906, "Old Settlers" death list, Elizabeth (Waller) Mathews. "Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree Seibel Lewis, Vol. 2, pages 1193, 1194. www.familysearch.org: IGI Individual Record for Noble Butler Mathews. Family Group Record for Levi Mathews. 1880 United States Census, Henry S. Jones (Noble Mathews was living in their household), District 11, Richland Township, Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library Film #1254312, NA Film #T9-0312, page #394A. "History of DeKalb County, Indiana, published 1885, pages 609, 610, biography of Benjamin Casey. Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith e-mail: hilbeck123@att.net