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Judge Wiley Green "W. G." Mathes
1839 - 1898 (58 years)
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Name Wiley Green "W. G." Mathes Prefix Judge Nickname W. G. Born 4 Sep 1839 Reynolds County, Missouri, USA 
Gender Male Died 22 Feb 1898 Washington, Stone Co., MO Person ID I21094 Tofterå Slettemoen Last Modified 20 Nov 2018
Family Dorcas Guest Anderson, b. 14 Sep 1834, Monroe County, Tennessee , d. 19 Feb 1918, Stone, Missouri, USA (Age 83 years) Married 1859 Last Modified 13 Jan 2008 Family ID F6817 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Parents: David and Elizabeth (Allen) Mathes, were natives of Warren County, Tenn. David died in Missouri and Elzabeth moved to Stone County and settled on the McCord farm for 16 years untill she died in 1867. The had these children: James, Polly, Rebecca, Nancy, Elizabeth, John, William, Wilson, Margaret, W.G. Mathes and Minerva.
The family was of Scotch-Irish origin, and on David's side decendants of a soldier of the Revolution and of the Black Hawk War, from which he earned a land warrant.
When W. G. Mathes grew up the nearest school was four or five miles distant, and he received but a limited education, and devoted most of his attention to tilling the soil, for he decided to make that his life's calling. In 1859 he was married to Dorcas Anderson, a daughter of Samuel Anderson and Mary (McKinsie), a native of White County, Tenn.
Source: A Reminiscent History Ozark Region 1894.
- Parents: David and Elizabeth (Allen) Mathes, were natives of Warren County, Tenn. David died in Missouri and Elzabeth moved to Stone County and settled on the McCord farm for 16 years untill she died in 1867. The had these children: James, Polly, Rebecca, Nancy, Elizabeth, John, William, Wilson, Margaret, W.G. Mathes and Minerva.