Ephraim Mathias^{[1, 2, 3]}

1835 - Aft 1865  (31 years)

• Name	Ephraim Mathias
  Born	1835	Ohio, United States   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1865  [3]
  Person ID	I8667772044	Master Tree
  Last Modified	13 May 2004

  
  

  Father	Paul Mathias,   b. 1808/1809, Ohio, United States ,   d. Jan 1867, Hancock, Ohio, United States  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Barbara (Barbary) Stambaugh,   b. 1812/1813, Pennsylvania, United States ,   bur. Dukes Cemetery, Blanchard, Hancock, Ohio, United States
  Married	16 Aug 1832	Stark, Ohio, United States
  Notes	_STATMARRIED
  Family ID	F7975167009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucinda Mullers,   b. 1841/1842, New Jersey, United States ,   d. Aft 1900  (Age 59 years)
  Married	22 Feb 1855	Hillsdale, Michigan, United States
  Notes	_STATMARRIED Ephraim and Lucinda were married by a Justice of the Peace according to Dorothy Weiser Seale's Mat(t)hias Milestones.
  Children	1. Mary E. Mathias,   b. 1856/1857, Ohio, United States   2. John E. Mathias,   b. 26 Jul 1862   3. Oliver G. Mathias,   b. 2 Jun 1869   4. William S. Mathias,   b. 24 Dec 1870   5. Cory E. Mathias,   b. 3 Jul 1876
  Family ID	F7975167044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1835 - Ohio, United States Married - 22 Feb 1855 - Hillsdale, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  In the 1860 Hancock County, Ohio Ephraim and his wife Lucinda and their daughter reside in Blanchard Twp. He is a farmer with a Real Estate value of $600.00 and a Personal Estate value of $200. He lives two dwellings from his parents. Through her research of Civil War records, Dorothy Weiser Seale explains in her book that Ephraim enlisted in the Union Army on 4 November 1861 as a Private with Co. K. 65th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Hancock Co., Ohio for a period of three years. On 8 November 1862 he was appointed Corporal, and on 2 May 1863 he was appointed Sergeant. On 31 December 1863 he mustered out and was discharged so that he might re-enlist as a Veteran Volunteer. He rejoined the following day 1 January 1864 at Chattanooga, Tenn., was again appointed Sergeant and received $160 bounty. Ephraim was taken prisoner in action at the engagement at Spring Hill, Tenn. on 29 November 1864 which was fought between Union troops under Gen. John Schofield and a Confederate army under Gen. John Bell Hood, 10 miles from Franklin. He was paroled at Vicksburg, Miss. on or about 21 April 1865. At Vicksburg, the steamer Sultana took on the paroled prisoners, comprising of 33 officers and 1, 833 men. On the night of 27 April 1865, the boilers exploded and the steamer sank. Seventeen officers and 1,084 men were lost. Ephraim survived the disaster, but was mistakenly reported killed. Following the explosion of the Sultana, he was admitted to Soldier's Home in Memphis for a short time. On 7 May 1865 he reported to Camp Chase, Ohio and was mustered out on 22 May 1865 as a Sergeant. Medical records after his return home from the service show that in 1865 he was suffering from rheumatism ans neuralgia... Ms. Seale explains that it is alleged that Ephraim died in Saguache, Saguache Co., Colorado before 1896 although her search discovered that there is no tombstone on record for him there and there are no death records available for that time period. However, Saguache was his last known address. Government records indicate that in 1894 and "...in 1896 Lucinda, then residing in McComb, Ohio, was still trying to find out if a pension were being paid to..." him. Ephraim's health ailments may be the reason that he "...left his family and sought the dry climate in Colorado." However, Ms. Seale's research indicates that His Civil War records indicate that he may have abandoned his family and remarried, for he was the subject of a search by his mother and his wife through the Bureau of Pensions. If he deserted his wife and children, Lucinda may have remarried, for in Ephraim's Civil War papers, obtained from National Archives in Washington, D.C., she was known as Lucinda Mathias, and later as Lucinda Lynn (page 332).

  
  

• Sources

  [S560402620] 1850 United States Census. [S8072068432] 1860 United States Census. [S8029499284] Mat(t)hias milestones : the genealogy & biographical history of Daniel Mathias, senior (a soldier of the Revolution) of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania & Stark County, Ohio, Seale, Dorothy Weiser, (Westview Press, Inc.: Boulder, Colorado, 1984.).