Mathias John Jefferson Killion

Mathias John Jefferson Killion

Male 1804 - 1888  (83 years)

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  • Name Mathias John Jefferson Killion 
    Born 26 Apr 1804  Lincoln County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • The Catawba River Valley, Rowan County NC, became in 1777: Burke County NC, and became in 1779: Lincoln County NC, and finally in 1842: Catawba County, NC.
    Gender Male 
    Died 22 Feb 1888  McLean County, Illinois, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • http://genealogytrails.com/ill/mclean/

      "McLean County, IL: Est. 25 Dec 1830, named for John McLean, a pioneer lawyer, territorial judge, first Representative in Congress from Illinois (1818) and U.S. Senator (1824 / 1825). It is the largest county in the state of Illinois, with a land area of 1184 square miles and boasts some of the richest soil in the world. The county seat is Bloomington, which was named Blooming Grove until 1831."
    Buried Hopewell Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • ECW, p. 9: "Records [Census?] of early settlers of Clay County, IN, 1830, indicates they were living in Clay County, IN near his father-in-law, James Otis Barnett. It is known that they lived for some time in Bowling Green, Clay, IN and later, settled in Putnam County, IN. In 1866 the family moved to Illinois, west of Tuscola. . . ."

      Edited by Roy Richard Thomas July 2007

      Land Patent, 1 Aug 1839: "Certificate 23848, Vincennes, IN: Matthias Jefferson Killion; 40 acres in Clay County, IN."

      U.S. Census Washington, Putnam, IN 1850: "Matthias Killion, age 46 b. Abt. 1804 North Carolina, wife Lucinda, age 22 b. Abt. 1828 Tennessee; eight children b. Indiana: James 22, Sarah A. 19, John 17, Adam 15, William 13, Henry 10, Enos 4, Matthias 2."

      U.S. Census Jackson, Clay, IN 1860: "Mathias Killion, age 56 B. Abt. 1804 North Carolina; wife Lucinda, age 33 b. Abt. 1827 Tennessee; six children b. Indiana: Enos 14, Mathias 12, David 10, Martha J. 8, Eliza 4, Isaac 2."

      U.S. Census Downs, McLean, IL 1870: "Mathias J. Killion, age 66 b. 1804 North Carolina, wife Lucinda, age 43 b. Abt. 1827 Tennessee; six children b. Indiana: Enos 23, David 20, Martha J. 18, Eliza 16, Isaac 12, Jesse 6; Lucinda, age 3 b. Illinois."

    • Obituaries, 1888:

      http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=killian&id=I7474

      "Copied from a photostat of a newspaper clipping. No date showed on the photostat:

      'As will be seen by reference to our Downs correspondence, Mathias Killion, who lived three miles south of that station, died yesterday. He had been ill for several months and death resulted from a general breaking down. He was born in 1804 in North Carolina, and was nearly 84 years old. He came to Indiana in childhood and in 1865 moved to Downs. He was twice married and was the father of twenty-one children, thirteen of whom are living.

      His father, Adam Killion, was a soldier in the revolutionary war and was captured by the British, but made his escape. For sixty years the deceased had been a member of the United Bretheren Church. His funeral occurs today.'

      In another column:

      'Mathias Killion, an old and respected citizen, died at his home, three miles south of this place on Wednesday morning. Mr Killion was born in North Carolina in 1804, moved to Indiana in 1812 and to McLean county in 1865. He was the father of twenty-one children, thirteen of whom are living.

      Burial [at] Hopewell Cemetery.'"

      ECW, p. 9 indicated that "John & Lucinda had fourteen more children" besides eleven that he fathered with his first wife, I0924 Nancy A. Barnett. If accurate, that would mean that Mathias John Killion fathered twenty-five children instead of the twenty-one acknowledged the obituary quoted above.

    • http://www.archive.org/details/historyofmcleanc00lebarich

      The History of McLean County, Illinois: containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, general statistics, map of McLean County, history of Illinois, illustrated, history of the Northwest, illustrated, constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, &c., (Chicago: W. LeBaron Jr. & Co., 1879), p. 970:

      "JAMES E. KILLION, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 14; P. 0. Downs; b. 3 Mar 1828 in Clay County, Indiana.

      His grandfather, Adam Killion, was a Revolutionary patriot, and served in the American army during the Revolutionary struggle, until he was captured by the British, from whom he, with two others made their escape. He died in Indiana, about the year 1821.

      The father of James E. Killion was Matthias J. Killion, who was b. 26 Apr 1804; he m. 18 Mar 1824 Nancy A. Barnett; she was b. 21 Jan 1805 in Indiana and d. 13 Nov 1843, leaving nine children, of whom six are now living.

      Mr. K. [Matthias J. Killion] married a second time, and has by his second wife twelve children, making twenty-one in all; he now lives near his son James E. [Killian], at the advanced age of 75 years, and in possession of all his faculties."
    Person ID I0489  Complete
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2011 

    Family 1 Nancy Ann Barnett,   b. 21 Jan 1805, Harrison County, Indiana Territory, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Nov 1843, Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 13 Mar 1824  Harrison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941: "Mathias Killion & Nancy Barnett, 18 Mar 1824, Harrison, IN."
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Killion,   b. 16 Mar 1825, Bowling Green, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 1886, Washington Township, Putnam County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     2. Mary A. Killion,   b. 12 Oct 1826, Jackson, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. James E. Killion,   b. 03 Mar 1828, Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Sarah Ann Killion,   b. 21 Sep 1831, Jackson, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. John N. Killion,   b. 30 Jun 1833, Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Adam J. Killion,   b. 05 Feb 1835, Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. William Jasper Killion,   b. 14 Nov 1836, Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1868, Downs, Mclean, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
     8. Henry N. Killion,   b. 15 Dec 1838, Jackson, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Melinda Killion,   b. 1842, Bowling Green, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2011 
    Family ID F36  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lucinda Sales,   b. 17 Mar 1827, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Oct 1903, McLean, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 09 Mar 1845  Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Enos Killion,   b. 11 Aug 1846, Washington Township, Putnam County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mathias J. Killion,   b. 07 Sep 1848, Washington Township, Putnam County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. David E. Killion,   b. 27 Oct 1851, Jackson, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Martha June Killion,   b. 14 Oct 1852, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Nancy Caroline Killion,   b. 19 Oct 1854, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Isaac Killion,   b. 01 Mar 1858, Jackson, Clay, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Eli H. Killion,   b. 14 Apr 1861, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Samuel Killion,   b. 09 Feb 1863, Clay City, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Lucinda E. Killion,   b. 02 Apr 1867, Downs, McLean, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Lovina M. Killion,   b. 29 Nov 1870, Downs, Mclean, IL Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Arthur Peck,   b. 11 May 1907, Fairview Park, Vermillion, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1977, Clinton, Parke County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2009 
    Family ID F42  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Apr 1804 - Lincoln County, North Carolina, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Mar 1824 - Harrison County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 09 Mar 1845 - Putnam County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 22 Feb 1888 - McLean County, Illinois, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hopewell Cemetery, McLean County, Illinois, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Census Records
    U.S. Census Washington, Putnam County, IN 1850:  Deal, Barnett, and Killion Families
    U.S. Census Washington, Putnam County, IN 1850: Deal, Barnett, and Killion Families

    Adjacent households:

    "William H. Deal, age 30 b. Abt. 1820 Indiana, farmer no real estate owned, wife Lavina, age 24 b. Abt. 1826 North Carolina; two children b. Indiana: John L.D. 3, Rebecca C. age one.

    Isaac Barnett, age 23 b. Abt. 1827 Indiana, farmer, wife Mary age 24 b. Indiana.

    Mary [Barnett, widow of Andrew] Deal, age 42 b. Abt. 1808 Indiana; eight children b. Indiana: Lucinda J. 22, Mary A. 20, Solomon J. 14, Isaac W. 10, Lucretia J. 8, Nancy A. 6, James A.L. 4, John E. one.

    [In November 1850 at age 50, Andrew died in Washington, Putnam, IN 'of congestion/chills that he had had for 35 years' (1850 Indiana Mortality Index, Vol III) and before being enumerated in U.S. Census for 1850.]

    Daniel Deal, age 25 b. Indiana, farmer, real estate owned $1000, wife Marinda, age 27 b. Abt. 1823 Indiana; [step-son] Columbus P. Deal [sic], age 5 b. Indiana.

    John Deal, age 51 b. About 1799 North Carolina, farmer real estate owned $8000, wife Sarah, age 49 b. Abt. 1801 Kentucky; six children b. Indiana: Rachel 20, Sarah 18, Eliza 16, Joseph A. 14, John B. 12, Elias F. 8

    Peter Deal, age 24 b. Abt. 1826 Indiana, farmer no real estate owned, wife Melinda, age 20 b. Abt. 1830 Indiana.

    Mathias Killion, age 46 b. Abt. 1804 North Carolina, farmer real estate owned $1500, wife Lucinda, age 22 b. Tennessee; eight children b. Indiana: James 22, Sarah A. 19, John 17, Adam 15, William 13, Henry 10, Enos 4, Mathias 2."