Matheny, Hiram King 1847

 Family Group Sheet

Name:   Hiram King Matheny

Birth:  24 Dec 1847

Place:  Queensville, Jennings County, Indiana

Death:  21 May 1936

Place:  Stearns County, Minnesota

Burial:  Old Eden Lake Cemetery, Eden Valley, Stearns County, Minnesota

Father:  William Matheny

Mother:  Elizabeth Everhart

Spouse:  Aletha Zorade Smith

Marriage:  4 Apr 1871

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Children:

Name:  Clifford Alton Matheny

Birth:  21 Mar 1872

Place:  Meeker County, Minnesota

Death:  23 Oct 1936

Place:  Taylor Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota

Spouse:  Rachel Alzora (Allie) Olmstead

Name:  Esther Luella Matheny

Birth:  19 Dec 1874

Place:  Olmsted County, Minnesota

Death:  5 Dec 1975

Place:  Paynesville, Stearns County, Minnesota

Spouse:  John William Jones

Name:  Maude Estelle Matheny

Birth:  12 Mar 1877

Place:  Minnesota

Death:  1964

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Spouse:  James Patrick

Name:  Harley Alvin Matheny

Birth:  1 Oct 1878

Place:  Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Death:  2 Nov 1915

Place:  Beltrami County, Minnesota

Spouse:  Alice May Bright

Name:  Sarah Elizabeth Matheny

Birth:  24 Jun 1883

Place:  Minnesota

Death:  19 Oct 1958

Place:  Brown County, Minnesota

Spouse:  Lester Clarence Kirkpatrick

Name:  Bertha Alda Matheny

Birth:  19 Sep 1885

Place:  Eden Valley, Meeker County, Minnesota

Death:  25 Jul 1949

Place:  Meeker County, Minnesota

Spouse:  Herman Paul Ruhn

Notes:

Hiram King Matheny

Hiram Matheny was born Dec. 25, 1847 in Queensville, Jennings County, Ind.  He came with his family to Minnesota, Oct. 1860 at the age of 13.  They crossed the Mississippi River at Prarie du Chien, Wisc. to McGregors Landing.  From there they journeyed up to Pleasant Grove, Olmstead County, MN., where they remained until after the Indian outbreak.  They then came up into Meeker County.  Hiram's father remained there for a time while Hiram and brother Peter took out homestead between Dassel and Kingston.  Hiram married Aletha Z. Smith at Swan Lake which is close to Dassel, on April 4, 1871.  Part of the Matheny family moved to Ottawa, MN in 177 where they lived until 1882.  Hiram and his father had a blacksmith shop.  Hiram and his family returned to Eden Valley in 1883.  He farmed 40 acres 3-1/2 miles north of Eden Valley close to the shores of Eden Lake.  This is where they remained to raise the rest of their family.

From Kathy Dalquist's research notes.