JOHN H. MATHERS, farmer; P. O. Mason City; was born April 23, 1827, in Miami Co., Ohio; his opportunities for obtaining an education were fair; he has followed farming chiefly, though he learned the blacksmith's trade; he moved to Mason Co. in March, 1853; he bought land in Pennsylvania Township in 1851, whither he moved at that time. He married Elizabeth Caven, in Miami Co., Dec. 22, 1852, where she was born Jan. 18, 1826; they had seven children:  Eugene, born Dec. 11, 1853; Artensa, born Aug. 23, 1855; John C., born May 31, 1857; Lucy S., born Oct. 10, 1859; George B., born Oct. 26, 1861; B. Franklin, born Jan. 28, 1864, died Sept. 23. 1866; James, born June 23, 1865, died Sept. 16, 1865. He married, fur his second wife, Martha J. Wilson, March 15, 1866, who was also born in Miami Co., Ohio, July 31, 1835; by this marriage he has had two children:  Effie A., born Feb. 8, 1867, and Clarence, born Dec. 24, 1868, died Jan. 26, 1869; he owns a fine home in Allen's Grove Township, and 1,260 acres in Mason County, besides 320 acres in Kansas.



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