Re: Alabama Mathis Family
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Re: Alabama Mathis Family
Audrey Beaty 8/14/10
I have been searching for John Bell Mathis' parents as well...
Mother was Sarah Parson (or Parston) Boyd (b 1841 in GA), daughter of David Barton Boyd and Elizabeth Turrentine of Cherokee Cnty AL. The Boyd side is researchable. The Mathis side is more problematic. Anecdotal evidence is that he was John Thomas or Thomas J. Mathis (birth date and place unknown). Supposedly he was killed in Civil War resulting in Sarah remarrying to Isaac Thomas Skillman in 1868. I do not think John Bell's father was the sole Thomas J Mathis(ews) in Cherokee Cnty in 1860 census. That man was married before 1860, was much older than Sarah, and was living with his family after the war. Note in 1870 census JBM has Skillman surname.