The surname Matheny was first found in Champagne, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Ardennes/Marne and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Descendant Chart
-Elizabeth GILL b. 1825
s-Ansel MATHENY b. 1829 m. 6 Nov 1849 d. 1872
|-Eliza C. MATHENY b. 1850 d. 1881
| s-Jason T. Scott UZZLE b. 1847 m. 26 Dec 1870 d. 1880
| |-Felix M. UZZLE b. 1872
| |-Dallas M. UZZLE b. 17 Oct 1874 d. 2 Mar 1946
| | s-Lucy HALEY m. 4 Jan 1894
| |-Scott UZZLE b. 1878
| | s-Minnie D. BOURLAND m. 10 Sep 1899
| | s-Rachel OLIVER m. 30 Nov 1893
| |-Thomas H. UZZLE b. 1880
| |-Wiley UZZLE b. 14 Feb 1880 d. 30 May 1953
| | s-Alma BOURLAND m. Dec 1902
|-Jonathan G. T. MATHENY b. 27 Dec 1852
|-John B. MATHENY b. 1853 d. 24 Jun 1854
|-Melissa Ann MATHENY b. 13 Nov 1854 d. 13 Apr 1928
| s-Shadrach Mercer UZZLE b. 25 Jan 1854 m. 21 Dec 1871 d. 4 Jun 1894
| |-Pallas C. UZZLE b. 1873 d. 22 Dec 1952
| | s-Elizabeth STEWART b. 29 Jan 1874 m. 9 May 1889 d. 1956
| |-Eliza A. UZZLE b. 1875
|-Mary Jane MATHENY b. 14 Dec 1856 d. 21 Jun 1861
|-William Eli MATHENY b. 22 Feb 1859 d. 6 Jun 1915
| s-Mariah LONEY b. 1858 m. 19 Oct 1882
| s-Blanche FORRESTER m. 11 Feb 1897
|-James Austin MATHENY b. 21 Mar 1861
|-Elizabeth MATHENY b. Feb 1866 d. 1908
| s-William Henry UZZLE b. 1849 m. 4 Jan 1883
| |-Garfield UZZLE b. Mar 1883 d. 11 Apr 1907
| | s-Mittie STEWART m. 6 Aug 1901
| | s-Willie BOURLAND m. 14 Dec 1904
| | |-Alice UZZLE
| | |-Myrtle UZZLE
| |-James Blaine UZZLE b. 23 Sep 1884 d. 10 Jun 1956
| | s-Nina RANDOLPH m. 17 Sep 1904
| | s-Jessie UZZLE m. 16 Jul 1910
| |-Pratt UZZLE b. 1887 d. 6 Jan 1947
| | s-Maude FORRESTER m. 16 Mar 1904
| |-William Jackson UZZLE b. 1890 d. 18 Feb 1915
| | s-Verlie BOWMAN m. 11 Jul 1912
| s-Thomas LONEY b. 1856 m. 5 Jan 1893
|-David Ansel MATHENY b. 21 Jan 1867 d. 12 Mar 1952
| s-Drucilla MERCER m. 1890

Database maintained by Jeff Murphy
Report generated 16 NOV 1999

Descendants of Roland Gooch Tyson

Generation 3

1. ROLAND GOOCH³ TYSON^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8} (William², Ezekiel¹) was born on February 20, 1864⁹ in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He died on February 18, 1943 in Mortons Gap, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Greene Cemetery, Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky^{9, 10}). He married Della Cash, daughter of Reason C. Cash and Eliza Jane Spinks on June 16, 1889 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was born on February 11, 1871 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky⁹. She died on September 21, 1936 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greene Cemetery, Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky^{9, 11}).

Roland Gooch Tyson and Della Cash had the following children:

i. JENNIE ETHEL⁴ TYSON^{4, 6, 7, 8, 12} was born on February 02, 1891 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on May 23, 1954 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greene Cemetery, Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky). (Never married).

ii. PEARL EULA TYSON^{12, 13, 14, 15} was born on November 03, 1892 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on January 17, 1978 in Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky^{16, 17}). She married Edgar Harrison Matheny, son of William Eli Matheny and Anne Mariah Loney on March 04, 1910 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He was born on February 21, 1889 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky¹⁸. He died on August 16, 1973 in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky^{19, 20}).

iii. JAMES HANSON TYSON^{4, 7, 21} was born on November 17, 1901 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He died on August 25, 1949 in Christian, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky²²). He married Gala Leora Matheny, daughter of William Eli Matheny and Anne Mariah Loney on May 19, 1919/? in Greenville County, Kentucky²³. She was born on August 16, 1891 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on November 05, 1951 in Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky²⁴).

Sources

1. Tyson, William, 1880 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census.), Ancestry.com, NA Roll Number: T9_435; Page: 63A; ED.: 134.
2. Tyson, William C., 1870 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Ninth Census.), Ancestry.com, NA Roll: M593_490; Page: 533; Post Office: Earles
3. TYSON-hca.GED, Date of Import: Nov 13, 2002.
4. Tyson, Gooch, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg, West Court House, (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, NA Roll No. T625_593; Page: 2B; ED: 97.
5. Tyson, Elizabeth; and Gooch; Steward, James E., 1900 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 545; Page: 9B; ED: 0071; FHL Film: 1240545.
6. Tyson, Gooch, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027; Image: 209.0; FHL Film: 2340507.
7. Tyson, Gooch, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 9B; ED: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
8. Tyson, Gooch, 1940 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Roll: T627_1344; Page: 30A; ED: 89-25.
9. TYSON-hca.GED, Date of Import: Nov 13, 2002.
10. Muhlenberg GEDCOM.
11. Cash, Della (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 25562; Registration No.: 2D, Image.
12. Tyson, Elizabeth; and Gooch; Steward, James E., 1900 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census.), Ancestry.com, NA Roll Number: T623 545; Page: 9B; ED: 71.
13. Matheny, Edgar, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
14. Matheny, Edgar, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 3A; ED: 97
15. Matheny, Edgar, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027; FHL Film: 2340507.
16. Matheny, Eula Pearl Tyson, SSDI.
17. Matheny, Pearl Eula Tyson (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy, Death Certificate: #07312.
18. Melanie McDowell Sookey, Family Group Sheet, supplied by Sookey, 1998.
19. Matheny, Edgar Harrison – Death Date, SSDI.
20. Matheny, Edgar Harrison (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy, Death Certificate: #21317.
21. Tyson, Hanson, 1940 – Kentucky, Hopkins County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Roll: T627_1318; Page: 13A; ED: 54-32.
22. Tyson, James Hanson (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 17970; Registration No.: 506, Image.
23. Patty Tyson Willson, Tysons of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greenacres Publishing Company, 2003), Family History, Page 58.
24. Tyson, Gala Matheny (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 51 –343; Registration No.: 312, Image.

He who always plows a straight furrow is in a rut!

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Generation 2

1. ANNE MARIAH² LONEY^{1, 2, 3} was born on August 22, 1858 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on October 15, 1895 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mercer Cemetery, Earles, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky⁴). She married William Eli Matheny, son of Ansel Matheny and Elizabeth Gill on October 19, 1882 in Greenville, Muhlenburg County, Kentucky^{5, 6, 7}. He was born on February 22, 1859 in Christian County, Kentucky. He died on June 06, 1915 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mercer Cemetery, Earles, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky^{4, 8}).

William Eli Matheny and Anne Mariah Loney had the following children:

i. WALTER ROBINSON³ MATHENY^{9, 10, 11, 12} was born on May 28, 1883 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky^{4, 13}. He died on February 28, 1979 in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky^{4, 14}). He married Elizabeth Jane Stewart in 1903 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky¹⁵. She was born on November 26, 1887 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky⁴. She died on December 29, 1963 in Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky⁴).

ii. WILLIAM WESLEY MATHENY^{10, 16, 17, 18, 19} was born on December 16, 1886 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He died on October 10, 1960 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greenville Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky^{4, 20}). He married Anna Louise Bennett about Abt. 1907 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She was born on November 28, 1887 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on November 10, 1951 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greenville Cemetery, Greenville, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky).

iii. EVERETTE AUSTIN “BLACKIE” MATHENY⁵ was born on March 09, 1888 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He died in 1898 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mercer Cemetery, Earles, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky^{4, 5}).

iv. EDGAR HARRISON MATHENY^{10, 21, 22, 23} was born on February 21, 1889 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky⁵. He died on August 16, 1973 in Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky^{4, 24, 25}). He married Eula Pearl Tyson, daughter of Roland Gooch Tyson and Della Cash on March 04, 1910 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky²⁶. She was born on November 03, 1892 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on January 17, 1978 in Graham, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky^{4, 27, 28}).

v. GALA LEORA MATHENY^{10, 29, 30, 31, 32}<s/mall> was born on August 16, 1891 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died on November 05, 1951 in Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky³³). She met GEORGE WILLIAM MERCER. He was born on February 05, 1894 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She married James Hanson Tyson, son of Roland Gooch Tyson and Della Cash on (May 19) 1920 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky34, 35. He was born on November 17, 1901 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. He died on August 25, 1949 in Christian, Hopkins County, Kentucky (Bethlehem Christian Church Cemetery, Anton, Hopkins County, Kentucky^{36, 37}).

vi. JULIE MATHENY⁵ was born on June 16, 1895 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. She died in October 1895 in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Mercer Cemetery, Earles, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky).

Sources

1. Loney, Hugh, 1860 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 1 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census), Ancestry.com, NA Roll: M432_214; Page: 175.
2. Loney, Hugh, 1870 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Ninth Census), Ancestry.com, Roll: M593_490; Page: 535A; FHL Film: 545989.
3. Loney, America Tyson, 1880 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census), Roll: 435; FHL Film: 1254435; Page: 63A; District: 134.
4. Shirley (Coomes) Burkhart, #47058816, FindAGrave.com.
5. Melanie McDowell Sookey, Family Group Sheet, hardcopy, supplied by Sookey, 1998.
6. Matheny, William E.; Forister, Blanch (White Grooms Index M 1799 – 1967), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1897; Book: 21; Page: 229.
7. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Ancestry.com.
8. Matheny, Wm. Eli, (Kentucky, Death Records, 1911-2000), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, Filed June 19, 1915. Cert No.: 15447; Registered No.: 10.
9. Matheny, Walter, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 2B; Enumeration Dist.: 97.
10. Matheny, William E., 1900 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 545; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL Film: 1240545.
11. Matheny, Walter, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
12. Matheny, Walter, 1940 – Kentucky, Hopkins County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T627_1318; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 54-19.
13. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com.
14. Matheny, Walter Robinson, SSDI, Death date and Location.
15. Matheny, Walter A. & Steward, Elizabeth Jane (White Grooms Index M 1799 – 1967), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1903; Book: 25; Page:129.
16. Matheny, Wesley, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
17. Matheny, Wesley, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 97.
18. Matheny, Wesley W., 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL Film: 2340507.
19. Matheny, W. W., 1940 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T627_1344; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 89-25.
20. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000, Ancestry.com.
21. Matheny, Edgar, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
22. Matheny, Edgar, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 3A; ED: 97.
23. Matheny, Edgar, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027; FHL Film: 2340507.
24. Matheny, Edgar Harrison – Death Date, SSDI.
25. Matheny, Edgar Harrison (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy, Death Certificate: #21317.
26. Matheny, Edgar H.; Tyson, Ula P. (White Grooms Index M 1799 – 1967), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1910; Book: 31; Page: 349.
27. Matheny, Eula Pearl Tyson, SSDI.
28. Matheny, Pearl Eula Tyson (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy, Death Certificate: #07312.
29. Matheny, Walter, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com.
30. Matheny, Eli, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
31. Tyson, Gooch, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027; Image: 209.0; FHL Film: 2340507.
32. Tyson, Hanson, 1940 – Kentucky, Hopkins County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T627_1318; Page: 13A; ED: 54-32.
33. Tyson, Gala Matheny, (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 51 -343; Registration No.: 312, Image.
34. Patty Tyson Willson, Tysons of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greenacres Publishing Company, 2003), Family History.
35. Tyson, Hanson; Matheny, Gala (White Marriages Index 1798 – 1967), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1920; Book: 47; Page: 85.
36. Tyson, James Hanson (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy.
37. Tyson, James Hanson, (Kentucky, Death Records, 1911-2000), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 17970; Registration No.: 506, Image.

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January 10 – 1917

On this day I’m Here at Home just little Hallie and myself and am so lonely I pray that There is a brighter future for The past yr. my Troubles Have Been so great I couldn’t Hardly Endure Them. But by The Help of the Lord I’m Trying to be Happy. But all The while there are some people trying to drag me down beneath any one’s notice. There are others who sympathise altho I’ve no Protection Here I no Jesus is a friend To all and He being my only Helper, with him I’ll endure all.

Gala Matheny

 Aug 30, 1950

Sitting alone in this wonderful Smog of Calif would rather be in my Native Land the Blue Grass State just this side of the Big Rock Candy Mt. Lord keep me well & in good faith that some sweet day not so far away I’ll be there.

Lonesome Girl From the Hills of Ky G.L.T

Personal notes written on blank pages inside of her bible.

A History of Muhlenberg County
by Otto Arthur Rothert

X, The Pond River Country

7. The first wife of Major Jesse Oates was, according to a vague family tradition, a Miss Caraway, sister of a Captain John Caraway. His second wife was Zilpah Mason, to whom he was married April 13, 1798, and who died October 1, 1849. Major Jesse Oates was the father of (1) William, (2) Jethro, (3) Mrs. Nancy (Charles) Campbell; (4) David; (5) Bryant; (6) John Mason; (7) Mrs. Betsy (V. L.) Dillingham; (8) Jesse; (9) Richard M.; (10) Rachael (Mrs. Lemuel Boggess, later Mrs. Wickliffe); (11) Mariah; (12) Mrs. Zilpah (Edmond) Dunn, (13) Matthew Mason; (14) Harriet (Mrs. Gough, Mrs. Robert Wickliffe, jr., Mrs. Williams); (15) Oliver Hayes (bachelor); (16) Wyatt, (17) Charles Campbell Oates.

8. William Oates and his wife Elizabeth Earl Oates were the parents of nine children: Bayless Earle, Mrs. Geraldine M. (Ashford D. Randolph, Thomas, Charles, Jethro, William W., Martha, Jesse, and James Wilson Oates.

Photos — Tysons of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky by Patty Tyson Wilson, (Greenacres Publishing Company, 2003).

On Oct 24, 1884, Eli purchased his home place, 50 Acres from Reason Cash, for $150.00. In 1907 he purchased another 60 acres. This land was located near Pond River.

Mercer Cemetery, Earles, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Grave-marker images: Shirley (Coomes) Burkhart (#47058816) –http://www.findagrave.com

Sources

1. Matheny, Ansel, 1870 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Ninth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: M593_490; Page: 529; Post Office: Earles.
2. Melanie McDowell Sookey, Family Group Sheet, hardcopy, supplied by Sookey, 1998.
3. Matheny, Ansel Mathena, 1860 – Kentucky, Christian County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: M653_362; Page: 591; FHL Film: 803362.
4. Matheny, Elizabeth (Gill), 1880 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 435; FHL Film: 1254435; Page: 62C; Enumeration District: 134.
5. Matheny, William E., 1900 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 545; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0071; FHL Film: 1240545.
6. Matheny, Eli, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
7. Shirley (Coomes) Burkhart, #47058816, FindAGrave.com.
8. Matheny, Wm. Eli, (Kentucky, Death Records, 1911-2000), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, Filed June 19, 1915. Cert No.: 15447; Registered No.: 10.
9. Matheny, William E.; Forister, Blanch (White Grooms Index M 1799 – 1967), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1897; Book: 21; Page: 229.
10. Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900, Ancestry.com.
11. Stewart, Blanche Forrester Bowman Matheny, (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953) Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, Filed: April 30, 1952; Cert No.: 53 7329; Registered No.: 117.
12. Matheny, Walter, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 2B; Enumeration Dist.: 97.
13. Matheny, Walter, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
14. Matheny, Walter, 1940 – Kentucky, Hopkins County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T627_1318; Page: 19B; Enumeration District: 54-19.
15. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
16. Matheny, Walter Robinson, SSDI, Death date and Location.
17. Matheny, Walter A. & Steward, Elizabeth Jane (White Grooms Index M 1799 – 1967), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1903; Book: 25; Page:129.
18. Matheny, Wesley, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
19. Matheny, Wesley, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 97.
20. Matheny, Wesley W., 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL Film: 2340507.
21. Matheny, W. W., 1940 – Kentucky, MuhlenbergCounty (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T627_1344; Page: 28B; Enumeration District: 89-25.
22. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000, Ancestry.com.
23. Matheny, Edgar, 1910 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, Summers (United States. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T624_496; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0088; FHL Film: 1374509.
24. Matheny, Edgar, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 3A; ED: 97.
25. Matheny, Edgar, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027; FHL Film: 2340507.
26. Matheny, Edgar Harrison – Death Date, SSDI.
27. Matheny, Edgar Harrison (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy, Death Certificate: #21317.
28. Matheny, Edgar H.; Tyson, Ula P. (White Grooms Index M 1799 – 1967), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1910; Book: 31; Page: 349.
29. Matheny, Eula Pearl Tyson, SSDI.
30. Matheny, Pearl Eula Tyson (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy, Death Certificate: #07312.
31. Matheny, Walter, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com.
32. Tyson, Gooch, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027; Image: 209.0; FHL Film: 2340507.
33. Tyson, Hanson, 1940 – Kentucky, Hopkins County (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T627_1318; Page: 13A; ED: 54-32.
34. Tyson, Gala Matheny, (Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 51 -343; Registration No.: 312, Image.
35. Patty Tyson Willson, Tysons of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (Greenacres Publishing Company, 2003), Family History, Page 58.
36. Tyson, Hanson; Matheny, Gala (White Marriages Index 1798 – 1967 ), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1920; Book: 47; Page: 85.
37. Tyson, James Hanson (Mother Murphy’s Textware, 1996.), Jeff Murphy.
38. Tyson, James Hanson, (Kentucky, Death Records, 1911-2000), Ancestry.com, Certificate of Death, File No.: 17970; Registration No.: 506, Image.
39. Birth date/location for Hernie M. Matheny, US Census 1900, Summers Dist., Muhlenberg County, Kentucky (see Matheny, William Eli).
40. Stewart, James, 1920 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, West Court House (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T625_593; Page: 1B; ED: 97.
41. Lutz, Omer, 1940 – Michigan, Wayne County, Romulus (United States. Bureau of the Census. Sixth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: T627_1836; Page: 5B; ED: 82-217D.
42. Brenda White Broadway #47175704, FindAGrave.com.
43. Stewart, Jimmy, 1930 – Kentucky, Muhlenberg County, District 5 (United States. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census.), Ancestry.com, Roll: 772; Page: 10A; ED: 0027.
44. Matheny, Ancil; Jarvis, Gracie (White Grooms Index M 1799 – 1967), KYGenWeb Project, Year: 1929; Book: 69; Page: 75.

Extended Family History Research By:  Harriet C. Anderson