Alva Cassells Matthias^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1869 - Aft 1931  (62 years)

• Name	Alva Cassells Matthias
  Born	23 May 1869  [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft Sep 1931  [3]
  Person ID	I8667772470	Master Tree
  Last Modified	13 May 2004

  
  

  Father	M.D. Albert Coates Matthias,   b. 19 May 1844, Nimishillen, Stark, Ohio, United States ,   d. 4 Mar 1916, McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Parsons Harris,   b. 12 Nov 1845, Stalbridge Weston,Dorset,England, United Kingdom ,   d. 19 Sep 1931, McComb, Hancock, Ohio, United States  (Age 85 years)
  Married	12 Apr 1866	Leipsic, Putnam, Ohio, United States
  Notes	_STATMARRIED
  Family ID	F7975167193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Della,   b. 1874/1875, Ohio, United States
  Married	1897
  Notes	_STATMARRIED
  Children	1. Eleanor Matthias,   b. 2 May 1897,   d. 20 Aug 1899, Hancock, Ohio, United States  (Age 2 years)   2. Albert F. Matthias   3. Mable ? Matthias + 4. Raymond C. Matthias   5. William P. Matthias   6. Margaret E. Matthias
  Family ID	F7975167298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to A Portrait and Biographical Record of Putnam County, Ohio, 1896, at that time Alva was "...in the drug business at Gilboa...(p. 358)." In the 1920 Ben Hill County, Georgia Census, Alva is employed as a hardward salesman and resides with his wife and children in Fitzgerald Twp. In the 1930 Ben Hill County, Georgia Census, Alva is employed as a shipping clerk in a wholesale grocery. He and his wife reside with their son, Raymond, and his family in Militia District 1537. At the time of his mother's death in September 1931, Alva resided in Fitzgerald, Georgia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8029499358] A Portrait and Biographical Record of Putnam County, Ohio, (A. W. Bowen & Co.: Chicago, 1896). [S8029499360] A Centennial Biographical History of Hancock County, Ohio, (The Lewis Publishing Company: New York and Chicago, 1903). [S8029499404] Obituary of Eleanor Harris Matthias, (Morning Republican, Hancock County, Ohio Monday 21 September 1931). [S8029499451] History of Putnam County, Ohio, (H. H. Hardesty & Co.: Chicago and Toledo, 1880). [S560402624] 1920 United States Census.