Individual Details
Jacob Frederick Matthiessen
(2 Apr 1825 - 19 Oct 1890)
The history of St. John's Lutheran Church in Monticello, Iowa has the following sketch -
The church was organized on Jan. 12, 1964. Its history, however, antedates its organization by several years. The nucleus of the church is found in a small Lutheran colony, comprising nine families and one single person in the neighborhood of the present site of the church, all coming across the Mississippi from Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. The colony was started when Jacob F. Matthiessen brought his family across the Father of Waters in May, 1857. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, Gerhard Eilers, who at the time was still an unmarried man. They were followed by the families of Anton Eilers and Johann H. Kleen in April, 1858; Nanne Hanken and Wessel B. Hanken in Oct. 1858; Heinrich Hanken in April 1859, Gerhard Ahrend Zimmerman in May 1859. Johann Jacobs in the fall of 1859 and Heinrich Jacobs in the spring of 1860.
(Feb 18, 1909)
John Matthiessen and wife to Anton Eilers lot 64 of Bradsteet's 2nd add to city of Monticello. $1950.
Anton Eilers to John Matthiessen, se¼, ne¼ , sec. 32, sw¼ nw,¼ sec. 33 and other land all in twp. 86, n, range 3, w, of the 5th P. M.,104 acres. $7000.
Matthiessen
Family patriarch saw a chance for a new beginning
Jacob Friedrich Matthiessen, the patriach of the branch of the family which was to settle in Jones County, Iowa, was born in Schleswig-Holstein on April 2, 1824. The family, according to its arms, had variously served the princes of Schleswig and Holstein as farmers and "grassland managers," whatever those are. Young Jacob apparently had a falling out with his family, reportedly resulting from his having married the maid, an unforgivable social transgression in that day. Like most immigrants, Jacob Friedrich did not elect to come to the new world because he was already a success. Rather, he saw in America a chance for new beginnings and an opportunity to escape the repressions at home. No doubt the prospect of long-term military service also encouraged young Jacob Friedrich and many of his compeers to leave their native land. Schleswig-Holstein had variously been a part of Denmark and of Germany, depending on the outcome of the numerous border wars fought in that area over the decades. 1848 saw a number of revolutions in the German states.
Jacob Friedrich boarded ship for passage to the United States, accompanied by his young wife and two babies, in 1852. When he debarked in New York, he stood on the wharf alone. His wife and children had succumbed to deadly illness (probably typhoid or cholera) during the crossing, and their remains were cast into the sea.
Heartsick and crushed spiritually, young Jacob took the train west and settled near Dixon, Ill. Two years later, his spirits renewed, he met and, in 1854, married Anna Elisa Gesne Eilers (born Aug. 16, 1837, the daughter of Anton and Talke Eilers of Oldenburg, Germany). They moved to Jones County, Iowa, where they became farmers and were to have 14 — that's right, 14 — children. Many of those children would live to a ripe old age. Most of them, oddly, would leave no descendants.
The children of the couple were (not necessarily in order of their birth; Anton, Fred, Peter, Hans, Jane, Anna, George, Garret, John, Frank, Emma, Lydia, Marie, and Jacob (Jake), the grandfather of this writer. Only five of those children — Jake, Fred, Lydia, Peter and George — left descendants which have continued their respective lines of descent through 1986.
The first child of the couple was Anton, born in 1855. Anton and his wife had two children, Marcus (who later became a prominent attorney in Portland, Ore., and Ralph. Neither Mark nor Ralph left children surviving them.
Fred, born in 1856, later became mayor of Monticello. Fred and his wife, Barbara, had three children, Jenny, Nellie and Minnette. Minnette (Minnie) Butler lived in Monticello until her death at an advanced age in the 1960s. Fred's line is continued through Jenny Thompson's descendants, which include her son, Bob Thompson, who was well known in the Monticello area in his youth.
Peter was the father of Merle and Mazie, and grandfather of Harry, Ruth and Clark Mattheissen. Only Harry still resides in Jones County, and is the father of two sons and three grandchildren. His brother, Clark, also has two children and three grandchildren.
Anna, Hans, Jane, Frank and Marie all died childless.
George Matthiessen, the last surviving sibling, left descendants surviving him here in Jones County in the Anamosa area.
Garret Matthiessen had one child who left no descendants. John Matthiessen, born in 1871, was to become a successful implement dealer, farmer and longtime Jones County supervisor. His wife, Leta Carpenter Matthiessen, was to survive him by many years and lived to be 103 years old. They had no children.
Emma Matthiessen had one child, Helen, who herself had no children.
Lydia Matthiessen, on the other hand, leaves many descendants here in the Monticello area. She married Will Adams, and they had two sons — Ray, a well-known farmer and livestock dealer, and Henry, an eminently successful farmer and Jones County supervisor. Ray Adams' sons, Eugene and Glenn, survive him here in Jones County. Glenn and his wife, Betty (an outrageously excellent cook), have four children and four — soon to be five — grandchildren, none of whom lie in Jones County. The Gene Adamses have three children and one grandchild. Stephanie, a college student, still lives at home with Gene and Carlene. Henry Adams and his wife, Thais, had four children. Two of these, Dale Adams and Betty Wolken, live in the Monticello area. Their family histories are extensive and are detailed elsewhere in this sesquicentennial issue of The Express.
Frank Matthiessen never married, but was a colorful figure in Monticello. He is still remembered by some of the oldtimers for his inventive self-propelled buzz saw machine which he used to drive around town between jobs.
Jacob (Jake) Matthiessen was born in 1863 in Wayne Township. He grew up in Jones County and in his youth worked for a while in the stump puller factory in Scotch Grove. He was responsible for several improvements in the product which that small company manufactured.
One day in the late 1870s, Jacob was assigned the duty of meeting the train in Monticello, for there was an immigrant family aboard, the Ahlriches, who spoke no English. One of the daughters, Anna Elise, apparently caught Jacob's eye, for on Sept. 21, 1887, Jacob and Anna Elise Ahlrichs were married in the Wayne Township Lutheran Church. They were to become the parents of four boys, Fred, William Clarence and Paul.
Jacob and Anna were farmers first in Wayne Township and later in the Sand Springs (Delaware County) vicinity, where the boys grew to young manhood. They lived on the farm just east of Sand Springs which was later sold to Dr. C.G. Thomas, and on which the William Welter family now lives. After their retirement from farming, the Jacob Matthiessens moved to Monticello and purchased the house known as the Hall Mansion. They were to occupy it for the longest period of any family or other owner since its erection, from 1921 to 1948.
After his "retirement," Jake worked as a carpenter and painter, and although he had never glimpsed any ocean, he was one of the few men in the Monticello area who could claim to have a sailor's skill at splicing a rope. This writer has a clear recollection of his grandfather having been called from the home on several mornings, to visit a farm where the hay rope had parted, in order to put that skill into practice.
The oldest son of the couple, Fred (F.G.) Matthiessen was variably a haberdasher, a farm machinery dealer, an automobile dealer and restaurateur. After leaving the Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company — which he had co-founded with his brother, Clarence — Fred moved to Cedar Rapids, where he operated restaurants for a few years. He later moved to Chicago, where he went into partnership in a brush manufacturing operation with Louise Hoag. That business declined and failed, and Fred continued to live in Chicago until his death in 1948. He is survived by a single daughter,Betty Marie Waldee, who lives in Los Gatos, Calif., with her mother, Fred's ex-wife, Blanche. Betty Marie has one son.
Paul Matthiessen died in 1933 as a result of a tragic single-car accident. He had served in the U.S. Naval Reserve for a short time during World War I. It was said that several young ladies in the community — not all of them unmarried — mourned his passing. Paul had been an area distributor for Blumer's and Dubuque Star Beer.
William (Bill) Matthiessen was well known in the community as an ebullient and outgoing fellow with a warm and friendly sense of humor. Like his brothers, Bill had also been reared as a farmer, but in his mature years he worked as a meat cutter and salesperson. Bill and his wife, Ann, had only one child, Virginia, born April 23,1920, who was to marry Robert A. Weir in 1940. Virginia made up in fecundity for the lack thereof in may of her collateral relatives. She bore six children, William Roy, Pamela Belle and Patricia Anne (twins), Peggy, Barbara and Mary, all of whom (with the exception of Barbara) have children of their own. Virginia's daughters are remarkable for their beauty and intelligence, traits not universally exhibited by all members of the Matthiessen family. At latest count, the Weirs have eight grandchildren. They make their home in San Mateo, Calif.
Clarence John Matthiessen was born in Wayne Township on Dec. 19, 1893, and baptized in what is now the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. He grew to young manhood in the Monticello and Sand Springs areas and his interests were always focused on the automobile. By 1920, he had already established himself solidly in the automobile business in Monticello, both as a mechanic and as an automobile dealer. Many of the details of his life as mechanic and entrepreneur are set out in the sesquicentennial history book.
Clarence met Alta Lucile Farnham while Alta was teaching school in Monticello. They were married in September 1925. Alta had enjoyed some success in her teaching career and, in the years prior to her marriage had served as principal in the Fort Dodge school system. Alta was the 11th generation descendant of Ralph Farnham, who had landed in Massachusetts from the brig "James" in 1635. She was also the fourth generation of her family to have been born and reared in Jones County. Their marriage, then, underscored the reticulate nature of Midwestern genealogy, with the conjoining of an 11th generation Yankee with a first generation German-American.
Clarence and Alta had two children Clarence James (C.J.) and Marilee.
Marilee was to marry Richard Bonwell, who had accompanied his father, Guy Bonwell, to Monticello in the early 1940s when Guy had taken over the job as the manager of the Franklin Equipment Company. Marilee and Richard have three children. James Paul, 35, is a sergeant in the Des Moines Police Force, and has one baby daughter and two .teen-age stepsons. John Matthiessen Bonwell, manager of the Ottumwa Golf Course, has one daughter, Amy. Amy Jane Bonwell is a physical therapist who is employed in Tulsa, Okla. Marilee and Richard also make their home in Tulsa, where Richard is employed as an administrator by Oral Roberts University and the City of Faith Hospitals.
Clarence James ("C.J.") has lived in Monticello for his entire life except, as he is pleased to point out "for the 28 years I was absent in military service and attending school." C.J. was a member of the Monticello High School class of 1944. After a short tour of duty with the USAAF in World War II, he was appointed to West Point, from which he graduated in 1950. He made his career in the artillery branch of the U.S. Army, and retired after 25 years total service in September 1969.
In 1961, he married Devonna Hyde, daughter of the late Dr. Raymond L. Hyde and Mildred Mason Hyde. The couple made their home in Solon while C.J. was studying law at the University of Iowa. Since 1973, they have lived in Monticello. Devonna ("Dee") teaches elementary school music in the public schools and tutors piano privately at home. She is a talented pianist and organist. C.J. is engaged in the practice of law, and has served as one of Jones County's magistrates since 1975.
They have two children, Mark, 19, and Marilee, 17. Mark is a full scholarship music student at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, Conn. In 1985, he was selected as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts (music, French horn), the only young lowan ever so selected, and the only Jones County student ever named a Presidential Scholar. Marilee graduated with Mark in the class of 1985, having been advanced from her sophomore class directly to the senior class as an accelerated student. She is now a sophomore at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., the first MHS graduate to attend an eastern "Ivy League" college as an undergraduate so far as we know. Marilee is spending her summer as a guest of the Jacques Pattyn family in France. She will return to her studies at Yale in September.
C.J. has two older children, Martha A. Laird, a nurse, who lives in. Saratago Springs, N.Y., and James Farnham Matthiessen, a field representative for the computer branch of National Cash Register Company who lives in Bloomfield, Conn. C.J. has two grandchildren, Rachel Laird, who will have celebrated her 13th birthday on June 24, and Peter Herbert Matthiessen, who is now 19 months old.
The cousins of Mark and Marilee Mathiessen who still live in Jones County number into the dozens, and it would include the families of Garry Matthiessen, Dale, Glenn and Gene Adams, the Eilers families, the Holmes families, the Peters, Simmons, Wolken and Bohlken families, and many others who, if given a choice, would probably prefer not to be named.
Written and submitted by
C.J. Matthiessen
The church was organized on Jan. 12, 1964. Its history, however, antedates its organization by several years. The nucleus of the church is found in a small Lutheran colony, comprising nine families and one single person in the neighborhood of the present site of the church, all coming across the Mississippi from Dixon, Lee County, Illinois. The colony was started when Jacob F. Matthiessen brought his family across the Father of Waters in May, 1857. He was accompanied by his brother-in-law, Gerhard Eilers, who at the time was still an unmarried man. They were followed by the families of Anton Eilers and Johann H. Kleen in April, 1858; Nanne Hanken and Wessel B. Hanken in Oct. 1858; Heinrich Hanken in April 1859, Gerhard Ahrend Zimmerman in May 1859. Johann Jacobs in the fall of 1859 and Heinrich Jacobs in the spring of 1860.
(Feb 18, 1909)
John Matthiessen and wife to Anton Eilers lot 64 of Bradsteet's 2nd add to city of Monticello. $1950.
Anton Eilers to John Matthiessen, se¼, ne¼ , sec. 32, sw¼ nw,¼ sec. 33 and other land all in twp. 86, n, range 3, w, of the 5th P. M.,104 acres. $7000.
Matthiessen
Family patriarch saw a chance for a new beginning
Jacob Friedrich Matthiessen, the patriach of the branch of the family which was to settle in Jones County, Iowa, was born in Schleswig-Holstein on April 2, 1824. The family, according to its arms, had variously served the princes of Schleswig and Holstein as farmers and "grassland managers," whatever those are. Young Jacob apparently had a falling out with his family, reportedly resulting from his having married the maid, an unforgivable social transgression in that day. Like most immigrants, Jacob Friedrich did not elect to come to the new world because he was already a success. Rather, he saw in America a chance for new beginnings and an opportunity to escape the repressions at home. No doubt the prospect of long-term military service also encouraged young Jacob Friedrich and many of his compeers to leave their native land. Schleswig-Holstein had variously been a part of Denmark and of Germany, depending on the outcome of the numerous border wars fought in that area over the decades. 1848 saw a number of revolutions in the German states.
Jacob Friedrich boarded ship for passage to the United States, accompanied by his young wife and two babies, in 1852. When he debarked in New York, he stood on the wharf alone. His wife and children had succumbed to deadly illness (probably typhoid or cholera) during the crossing, and their remains were cast into the sea.
Heartsick and crushed spiritually, young Jacob took the train west and settled near Dixon, Ill. Two years later, his spirits renewed, he met and, in 1854, married Anna Elisa Gesne Eilers (born Aug. 16, 1837, the daughter of Anton and Talke Eilers of Oldenburg, Germany). They moved to Jones County, Iowa, where they became farmers and were to have 14 — that's right, 14 — children. Many of those children would live to a ripe old age. Most of them, oddly, would leave no descendants.
The children of the couple were (not necessarily in order of their birth; Anton, Fred, Peter, Hans, Jane, Anna, George, Garret, John, Frank, Emma, Lydia, Marie, and Jacob (Jake), the grandfather of this writer. Only five of those children — Jake, Fred, Lydia, Peter and George — left descendants which have continued their respective lines of descent through 1986.
The first child of the couple was Anton, born in 1855. Anton and his wife had two children, Marcus (who later became a prominent attorney in Portland, Ore., and Ralph. Neither Mark nor Ralph left children surviving them.
Fred, born in 1856, later became mayor of Monticello. Fred and his wife, Barbara, had three children, Jenny, Nellie and Minnette. Minnette (Minnie) Butler lived in Monticello until her death at an advanced age in the 1960s. Fred's line is continued through Jenny Thompson's descendants, which include her son, Bob Thompson, who was well known in the Monticello area in his youth.
Peter was the father of Merle and Mazie, and grandfather of Harry, Ruth and Clark Mattheissen. Only Harry still resides in Jones County, and is the father of two sons and three grandchildren. His brother, Clark, also has two children and three grandchildren.
Anna, Hans, Jane, Frank and Marie all died childless.
George Matthiessen, the last surviving sibling, left descendants surviving him here in Jones County in the Anamosa area.
Garret Matthiessen had one child who left no descendants. John Matthiessen, born in 1871, was to become a successful implement dealer, farmer and longtime Jones County supervisor. His wife, Leta Carpenter Matthiessen, was to survive him by many years and lived to be 103 years old. They had no children.
Emma Matthiessen had one child, Helen, who herself had no children.
Lydia Matthiessen, on the other hand, leaves many descendants here in the Monticello area. She married Will Adams, and they had two sons — Ray, a well-known farmer and livestock dealer, and Henry, an eminently successful farmer and Jones County supervisor. Ray Adams' sons, Eugene and Glenn, survive him here in Jones County. Glenn and his wife, Betty (an outrageously excellent cook), have four children and four — soon to be five — grandchildren, none of whom lie in Jones County. The Gene Adamses have three children and one grandchild. Stephanie, a college student, still lives at home with Gene and Carlene. Henry Adams and his wife, Thais, had four children. Two of these, Dale Adams and Betty Wolken, live in the Monticello area. Their family histories are extensive and are detailed elsewhere in this sesquicentennial issue of The Express.
Frank Matthiessen never married, but was a colorful figure in Monticello. He is still remembered by some of the oldtimers for his inventive self-propelled buzz saw machine which he used to drive around town between jobs.
Jacob (Jake) Matthiessen was born in 1863 in Wayne Township. He grew up in Jones County and in his youth worked for a while in the stump puller factory in Scotch Grove. He was responsible for several improvements in the product which that small company manufactured.
One day in the late 1870s, Jacob was assigned the duty of meeting the train in Monticello, for there was an immigrant family aboard, the Ahlriches, who spoke no English. One of the daughters, Anna Elise, apparently caught Jacob's eye, for on Sept. 21, 1887, Jacob and Anna Elise Ahlrichs were married in the Wayne Township Lutheran Church. They were to become the parents of four boys, Fred, William Clarence and Paul.
Jacob and Anna were farmers first in Wayne Township and later in the Sand Springs (Delaware County) vicinity, where the boys grew to young manhood. They lived on the farm just east of Sand Springs which was later sold to Dr. C.G. Thomas, and on which the William Welter family now lives. After their retirement from farming, the Jacob Matthiessens moved to Monticello and purchased the house known as the Hall Mansion. They were to occupy it for the longest period of any family or other owner since its erection, from 1921 to 1948.
After his "retirement," Jake worked as a carpenter and painter, and although he had never glimpsed any ocean, he was one of the few men in the Monticello area who could claim to have a sailor's skill at splicing a rope. This writer has a clear recollection of his grandfather having been called from the home on several mornings, to visit a farm where the hay rope had parted, in order to put that skill into practice.
The oldest son of the couple, Fred (F.G.) Matthiessen was variably a haberdasher, a farm machinery dealer, an automobile dealer and restaurateur. After leaving the Matthiessen Auto and Supply Company — which he had co-founded with his brother, Clarence — Fred moved to Cedar Rapids, where he operated restaurants for a few years. He later moved to Chicago, where he went into partnership in a brush manufacturing operation with Louise Hoag. That business declined and failed, and Fred continued to live in Chicago until his death in 1948. He is survived by a single daughter,Betty Marie Waldee, who lives in Los Gatos, Calif., with her mother, Fred's ex-wife, Blanche. Betty Marie has one son.
Paul Matthiessen died in 1933 as a result of a tragic single-car accident. He had served in the U.S. Naval Reserve for a short time during World War I. It was said that several young ladies in the community — not all of them unmarried — mourned his passing. Paul had been an area distributor for Blumer's and Dubuque Star Beer.
William (Bill) Matthiessen was well known in the community as an ebullient and outgoing fellow with a warm and friendly sense of humor. Like his brothers, Bill had also been reared as a farmer, but in his mature years he worked as a meat cutter and salesperson. Bill and his wife, Ann, had only one child, Virginia, born April 23,1920, who was to marry Robert A. Weir in 1940. Virginia made up in fecundity for the lack thereof in may of her collateral relatives. She bore six children, William Roy, Pamela Belle and Patricia Anne (twins), Peggy, Barbara and Mary, all of whom (with the exception of Barbara) have children of their own. Virginia's daughters are remarkable for their beauty and intelligence, traits not universally exhibited by all members of the Matthiessen family. At latest count, the Weirs have eight grandchildren. They make their home in San Mateo, Calif.
Clarence John Matthiessen was born in Wayne Township on Dec. 19, 1893, and baptized in what is now the Wayne Zion Lutheran Church. He grew to young manhood in the Monticello and Sand Springs areas and his interests were always focused on the automobile. By 1920, he had already established himself solidly in the automobile business in Monticello, both as a mechanic and as an automobile dealer. Many of the details of his life as mechanic and entrepreneur are set out in the sesquicentennial history book.
Clarence met Alta Lucile Farnham while Alta was teaching school in Monticello. They were married in September 1925. Alta had enjoyed some success in her teaching career and, in the years prior to her marriage had served as principal in the Fort Dodge school system. Alta was the 11th generation descendant of Ralph Farnham, who had landed in Massachusetts from the brig "James" in 1635. She was also the fourth generation of her family to have been born and reared in Jones County. Their marriage, then, underscored the reticulate nature of Midwestern genealogy, with the conjoining of an 11th generation Yankee with a first generation German-American.
Clarence and Alta had two children Clarence James (C.J.) and Marilee.
Marilee was to marry Richard Bonwell, who had accompanied his father, Guy Bonwell, to Monticello in the early 1940s when Guy had taken over the job as the manager of the Franklin Equipment Company. Marilee and Richard have three children. James Paul, 35, is a sergeant in the Des Moines Police Force, and has one baby daughter and two .teen-age stepsons. John Matthiessen Bonwell, manager of the Ottumwa Golf Course, has one daughter, Amy. Amy Jane Bonwell is a physical therapist who is employed in Tulsa, Okla. Marilee and Richard also make their home in Tulsa, where Richard is employed as an administrator by Oral Roberts University and the City of Faith Hospitals.
Clarence James ("C.J.") has lived in Monticello for his entire life except, as he is pleased to point out "for the 28 years I was absent in military service and attending school." C.J. was a member of the Monticello High School class of 1944. After a short tour of duty with the USAAF in World War II, he was appointed to West Point, from which he graduated in 1950. He made his career in the artillery branch of the U.S. Army, and retired after 25 years total service in September 1969.
In 1961, he married Devonna Hyde, daughter of the late Dr. Raymond L. Hyde and Mildred Mason Hyde. The couple made their home in Solon while C.J. was studying law at the University of Iowa. Since 1973, they have lived in Monticello. Devonna ("Dee") teaches elementary school music in the public schools and tutors piano privately at home. She is a talented pianist and organist. C.J. is engaged in the practice of law, and has served as one of Jones County's magistrates since 1975.
They have two children, Mark, 19, and Marilee, 17. Mark is a full scholarship music student at the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, Conn. In 1985, he was selected as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts (music, French horn), the only young lowan ever so selected, and the only Jones County student ever named a Presidential Scholar. Marilee graduated with Mark in the class of 1985, having been advanced from her sophomore class directly to the senior class as an accelerated student. She is now a sophomore at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., the first MHS graduate to attend an eastern "Ivy League" college as an undergraduate so far as we know. Marilee is spending her summer as a guest of the Jacques Pattyn family in France. She will return to her studies at Yale in September.
C.J. has two older children, Martha A. Laird, a nurse, who lives in. Saratago Springs, N.Y., and James Farnham Matthiessen, a field representative for the computer branch of National Cash Register Company who lives in Bloomfield, Conn. C.J. has two grandchildren, Rachel Laird, who will have celebrated her 13th birthday on June 24, and Peter Herbert Matthiessen, who is now 19 months old.
The cousins of Mark and Marilee Mathiessen who still live in Jones County number into the dozens, and it would include the families of Garry Matthiessen, Dale, Glenn and Gene Adams, the Eilers families, the Holmes families, the Peters, Simmons, Wolken and Bohlken families, and many others who, if given a choice, would probably prefer not to be named.
Written and submitted by
C.J. Matthiessen
Events
| Birth | 2 Apr 1825 | Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1848 | Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - UNK UNK | |||
| Marriage | 21 Apr 1854 | Dixon, Lee, Illinois, United States - Anna Elizabeth Gesine Eilers | | ||
| Census (family) | 6 Jul 1860 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anna Elizabeth Gesine Eilers |  | | |
| Census (family) | 23 Jun 1870 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anna Elizabeth Gesine Eilers | | | |
| Census (family) | 1880 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anna Elizabeth Gesine Eilers | | | |
| Census (family) | 1885 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States - Anna Elizabeth Gesine Eilers | | | |
| Death | 19 Oct 1890 | Wayne Township, Jones, Iowa, United States | | | |
| Burial | Aft 19 Oct 1890 | Oakwood Cemetery, Jones, Iowa, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Anna Elizabeth Gesine Eilers (1837 - 1906) |
| Child | Anton Matthiessen (1855 - 1935) |
| Child | Frederick "Fred" Matthiessen (1856 - 1938) |
| Child | Peter Matthiessen (1858 - 1922) |
| Child | Renck "Frank" Matthiessen (1860 - 1927) |
| Child | Jane Matthiessen (1862 - ) |
| Child | Jacob "Jake" Matthiessen (1864 - 1943) |
| Child | Lydia Matthiessen (1866 - 1943) |
| Child | Anna Matthiessen (1867 - 1952) |
| Child | Gerhard O "Garret / Gerry" Matthiessen (1870 - 1901) |
| Child | John Matthiessen (1871 - 1956) |
| Child | George Matthiessen (1873 - 1960) |
| Child | Emma P Matthiessen (1875 - 1908) |
| Child | Maria C "Mary" Matthiessen (1877 - 1905) |
| Child | Hans Matthiessen (1878 - 1909) |
| Spouse | UNK UNK ( - 1852) |
Notes
Census (family)
Should have been Matthiessen, NOT Madison!792, 819, J F Madison, 35 M, Farmer, 500, 325, Hamburg
Eliza Madison, 22 F, Oldenburg
Antone Madison, 5 M, Illinois
Frederic Madison, 3 M, Illinois
Peter Madison, 2 M, Iowa
Madison, 4/12 M, Iowa
Census (family)
125, 131, Mathieson, Jacob, 45, MW, Farmer, 2500, 1000, DenmarkEliza, 32, FW, Keeping house, Oldenburg
Anton, 15, MW, Works on farm, Illinois
Fredic, 13, MW, " " , Illinois
Peter, 12, MW, " " , Iowa
Frank, 11, MW, Iowa
Jane, 8 , FW, Iowa
Jacob, 6, MW, Iowa
Lydia, 4, FW, Iowa
Annie, 2, FW, Iowa
Garret, 8/12, MW, Iowa, Sept
Census (family)
J. F. MATTHESON Self M Male W 55 SLESWIG HOL Farmer SLESWIG HOL SLESWIG HOLAnna MATTHESON Wife M Female W 42 HANOVER Keeping House HANOVER HANOVER
Frank MATTHESON Son S Male W 20 IA Working On Farm SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
Jacob MATTHESON Son S Male W 16 IA Working On Farm SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
Lydia MATTHESON Dau S Female W 14 IA At Home SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
Anna MATTHESON Dau S Female W 12 IA At School SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
Garet MATTHESON Son S Male W 10 IA At School SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
John MATTHESON Son S Male W 9 IA SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
George MATTHESON Son S Male W 7 IA SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
Emma MATTHESON Dau S Female W 5 IA SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
Mary MATTHESON Dau S Female W 3 IA SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
Hans MATTHESON Son S Male W 1 IA SLESWIG HOL HANOVER
Census (family)
11 39 42 Matthissen Jacob F. 85 3 12 NW NW 60 M M Farmer Germany F F Voter12 Matthissen Anna Eliza 47 F M Keeping House Germany F F
13 Matthissen Renck 24 M S Farmer Jones Co., IA F F Militia, Voter
14 Matthissen Lydia 18 F S Musician Jones Co., IA F F
15 Matthissen Anna 17 F Jones Co., IA F F
16 Matthissen Gerhard 15 M Jones Co., IA F F
17 Matthissen John 14 M Jones Co., IA F F
18 Matthissen George 11 M Jones Co., IA F F
19 Matthissen Emma 9 F Jones Co., IA F F
20 Matthissen Mary 7 F Jones Co., IA F F
21 Matthissen Hans 6 M Jones Co., IA F F
Death
Died.MATTHIESSEN —At Langworthy, Iowa; October 19th, 1890, Jacob F. Matthiessen aged 65 years, of hernia.
The deceased was twice married, He lost his first wife about the time he came to America in 1852. On that voyage he lost three children who died of cholera and were buried at sea. He was born in Holstein, Germany, April 2nd, 1825. Coming to America in 1852 he first settled at Lyons, Iowa. A year later he removed to Dixon, Illinois, where he resided until he came to Jones County in 1857, and here he resided to the time of his death. In 1854 he was married to Anna Eliza Eilers, who bore him 14 children, 13 of whom survive. These include nine sons and four daughters. Four of the sons are married and respected citizens of this county. All were present at the funeral. The deceased died from the effects of herina, an injury received by fallng from a three story building before he came to the United States. His acute illness did not last more than 23 hours, consequently his death came as a sudden and unexpected blow to his family. The funeral services were conducted on Monday by Rev. Mardorf. The remains were interred in the East Wayne cemetery. The deceased was a citizen of upright character, of a peaceable disposition and sociable in his intercourse with his friends who were numerous. In this connection we are requested to express the thanks of the widow and her family for the attention shown them by their neighbors in their bereavement.
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O-57 Jacob F Matthiessen 10/19/1890 65 yrs, wife: Anna Eliza EilersEndnotes
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