Individual Details
Susan Smith Mathewes
(27 Oct 1814 - 22 Oct 1830)
From the Charleston Mercury News: Issue of October 29, 1930: Died, at Edisto, on the 23rd instance, in the youth and meridian of beauty, Miss Susan Mathews, third daughter of John R. Mathews, Esq.(verse)
Tombstone Trinity Episcopal Church, Edisto Island, S.C.
In memory of Susan Smith/Daughter of John R. & Eliza Mathewes/who died/October the 23rd 1830/ Aged 16 years/ This marble is placed here by/ afflicted Parents, to mark/ the spot which holds all that remains of a dearly/loved Child. Her best Eulogy is that those/who knew her loved her./ Those who loved her not, never knew her./ I saw a flower budding forth/ I saw it rear and bloom./ Then leaf by leaf, it fell to earth/ And left its stem in gloom./ E-/
Register of Rev. Edward Thom,as, Rector, Edisto Island Trinity Church 1827-1829, p 6, October 28, 1827: "Second confirmation class, Susan Mathewes, Martha Meggett [6]
Tombstone Trinity Episcopal Church, Edisto Island, S.C.
In memory of Susan Smith/Daughter of John R. & Eliza Mathewes/who died/October the 23rd 1830/ Aged 16 years/ This marble is placed here by/ afflicted Parents, to mark/ the spot which holds all that remains of a dearly/loved Child. Her best Eulogy is that those/who knew her loved her./ Those who loved her not, never knew her./ I saw a flower budding forth/ I saw it rear and bloom./ Then leaf by leaf, it fell to earth/ And left its stem in gloom./ E-/
Register of Rev. Edward Thom,as, Rector, Edisto Island Trinity Church 1827-1829, p 6, October 28, 1827: "Second confirmation class, Susan Mathewes, Martha Meggett [6]
Events
| Birth | 27 Oct 1814 |  | |||
| Death | 22 Oct 1830 | Edisto Island, Charleston, South Carolina, United States | |
Families
| Father | John Raven Mathewes "the Elder" (1788 - 1867) |
| Mother | Eliza Caroline Jenkins (1787 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Dr. Isaac Holmes Mathews (1807 - 1857) |
| Sibling | Christopher James Mathewes (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Wilkinson Mathews (1809 - 1870) |
| Sibling | Capt Edward Wilkinson Mathewes (1810 - 1853) |
| Sibling | Eliza Ann Mathewes (1812 - 1838) |
| Sibling | Martha Jenkins Mathewes (1818 - 1883) |
| Sibling | Harriet Emma Mathewes (1820 - 1889) |
| Sibling | Georgeann Mathewes (1821 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Anna Maria Mathewes (1823 - 1869) |
| Sibling | John Fraser Mathewes (1824 - 1876) |
| Sibling | William Seabrook Mathewes (1826 - 1827) |
| Sibling | George Augustus Mathewes (1827 - 1871) |
| Sibling | Christopher Mathewes ( - ) |
| Sibling | William Raven Mathewes (1829 - 1905) |
| Sibling | John Raven Mathewes (1836 - 1837) |
Endnotes
1. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from
2. Jean Ann Lemon, "Descendants of Anthony Mathewes," complied records from