Stephen Alexander Mattox (1860-1939)

Stephen Alexander Mattox

Birth

23 Oct 1860

Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA

Death

8 Dec 1939 (aged 79)

Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA

Burial

Branson Cemetery

Loveland, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, USA Add to Map

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On 25 July 1870 A. R. Mattox (58), wife Rebecca (42), children; Susanna (16), Alfred (14), Martha (12), Stephen A. (10), Alfred (8), Sarah E. (6), and Charles A. (6/12) lived in St. John Township, Harrison County, Iowa.

Stephen Mattox married Matilda Polzin on 7 June 1884 in York County, Nebraska.

They were the parents of 5 children.
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The Omaha Daily Bee
Omaha, Nebraska
Sunday, 11 December 1898
Page 6, Column 3

Omaha Suburbs

Florence

Mrs. Matilda Mattox, wife of Stephen Mattox died Thursday night [8 December 1898]. They had just recently moved here from near Loveland, Iowa.
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On 8 June 1900 S. A. Mattox (b. Oct. 1860), children; Lucinda (b. Dec. 1885), Jesse (b. Dec. 1889), *Maldred (b. Dec. 1891), Nellie J. (b. Oct. 1893) and Vernie L. (b. Nov. 1895) lived in Crescent Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa. Note: Meldred is a son and his name is misspelled on original image.
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Evening World-Herald
Omaha, Nebraska
Friday, 26 September 1902
Page 12, Column 4

Carnival Week Weddings

The following marriage licenses have been issued:

Stephen A. Mattox, Douglas Co., Neb. (42)
Mrs. Araline L. Wilding, Douglas Co., Neb. (31)

Note: They were both previously married.
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On 11 April 1930 Steve A. Mattox (69), wife Aroline (57) and son Verne L. (25) lived in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa. They owned their home. Verne is a farm laborer.
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Council Bluffs, (Iowa) Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Iowa
9 December 1939
Page 8, Column 7

Stephen A. Mattox

Stephen A. Mattox, 79, Crescent, Ia., died Friday afternoon at a local hospital, where he had been confined for six weeks. A retired blacksmith and farmer, Mr. Mattox had lived nearly seventy years in this county.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Araline Mattox of Crescent, two sons, Jesse and Meldred Mattox of Council Bluffs and Verne Mattox of Portland, Ore., two daughters, Mrs. Lucinda Hively of Council Bluffs and Mrs. Nettie Jones of Kearney, Neb., two sisters, Mrs. Georgia Shepard of Omaha and Mrs. Susan Dowell of McAllen, Tex., ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

The body is at Woodring's funeral home. Burial will be in the Branson cemetery at Loveland, Sunday.