1st RI Cav, Company A, F. Our Great-Great Grandfather. POW at Middleburg VA 06/18/1863. At Libby and Belle Isle Prisons in Richmond, and was paroled before Lincoln stopped the parole exchange. Saw action through the entire course of the war and was wounded twice. Part of Governor William Sprague's mission to recover the remains of our 5th cousin Sullivan Ballou.
Information is from copy of pension application and Frederic Dennison's book Sabres and Spurs, both in the personal collection of our family.
Son of David A and Nancy Howard (Foster) Mathewson.
Husband of Maria Augusta Comstock.
Father of children not linked (Total number of children per Maria in 1900 census was 10, 9 are accounted for and these 4 died infants):
1. Jesse Fremont Mathewson (04/04/1857-09/20/1858)
3. Sylvester Mathewson (03/20/1860-1861) named for his maternal uncle.
4 Joseph Wilmarth Mathewson (11/30/1867-11/02/1868)
Named for wife's aunt's husband, Find-A-grave Memorial #
49872934
5. Anna Maria Mathewson (04/06/1869-11/20/1897), named for wife's aunt Ann Maria Nash (Arnold) Wilmarth, Find-a-Grave memorial # 49872931
Information is from copy of pension application and Frederic Dennison's book Sabres and Spurs, both in the personal collection of our family.
Son of David A and Nancy Howard (Foster) Mathewson.
Husband of Maria Augusta Comstock.
Father of children not linked (Total number of children per Maria in 1900 census was 10, 9 are accounted for and these 4 died infants):
1. Jesse Fremont Mathewson (04/04/1857-09/20/1858)
3. Sylvester Mathewson (03/20/1860-1861) named for his maternal uncle.
4 Joseph Wilmarth Mathewson (11/30/1867-11/02/1868)
Named for wife's aunt's husband, Find-A-grave Memorial #
49872934
5. Anna Maria Mathewson (04/06/1869-11/20/1897), named for wife's aunt Ann Maria Nash (Arnold) Wilmarth, Find-a-Grave memorial # 49872931
1st RI Cav, Company A, F. Our Great-Great Grandfather. POW at Middleburg VA 06/18/1863. At Libby and Belle Isle Prisons in Richmond, and was paroled before Lincoln stopped the parole exchange. Saw action through the entire course of the war and was wounded twice. Part of Governor William Sprague's mission to recover the remains of our 5th cousin Sullivan Ballou.
Information is from copy of pension application and Frederic Dennison's book Sabres and Spurs, both in the personal collection of our family.
Son of David A and Nancy Howard (Foster) Mathewson.
Husband of Maria Augusta Comstock.
Father of children not linked (Total number of children per Maria in 1900 census was 10, 9 are accounted for and these 4 died infants):
1. Jesse Fremont Mathewson (04/04/1857-09/20/1858)
3. Sylvester Mathewson (03/20/1860-1861) named for his maternal uncle.
4 Joseph Wilmarth Mathewson (11/30/1867-11/02/1868)
Named for wife's aunt's husband, Find-A-grave Memorial #
49872934
5. Anna Maria Mathewson (04/06/1869-11/20/1897), named for wife's aunt Ann Maria Nash (Arnold) Wilmarth, Find-a-Grave memorial # 49872931
Information is from copy of pension application and Frederic Dennison's book Sabres and Spurs, both in the personal collection of our family.
Son of David A and Nancy Howard (Foster) Mathewson.
Husband of Maria Augusta Comstock.
Father of children not linked (Total number of children per Maria in 1900 census was 10, 9 are accounted for and these 4 died infants):
1. Jesse Fremont Mathewson (04/04/1857-09/20/1858)
3. Sylvester Mathewson (03/20/1860-1861) named for his maternal uncle.
4 Joseph Wilmarth Mathewson (11/30/1867-11/02/1868)
Named for wife's aunt's husband, Find-A-grave Memorial #
49872934
5. Anna Maria Mathewson (04/06/1869-11/20/1897), named for wife's aunt Ann Maria Nash (Arnold) Wilmarth, Find-a-Grave memorial # 49872931
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