In Search of Ansel Matheny’s Parents. . .
- John S. Matheny and Lucinda Deatherage – November 19, 1813 in Roane County, Tennessee.
- James Matheny and Elizabeth Deatherage – April 09, 1819 in Green County, Tennessee.
- Job Matheny and Nancy Cook(e) – September 08, 1822 in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
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A. D. Metheny was born May 25, 1823 in East Tennessee. He was the son of James and Elizabeth Deatherage Metheny. Subject was reared on his father’s farm. In 1845 he tramped to Trigg County and settled in the Golden Pond precinct, where he remained until his marriage in 1850. He then lived in Canton District seven years, then returned to Golden Pond District where he still lives on the farm he first purchased. He has since added other lands and now owns 600 acres of poor land all of which he has acquired by strict attention to business and hard work. Mr. Metheny was married to Miss. L. A. C. Ross of Trigg County born in Stewart County Tennessee, March 25, 1823. To them have been born seven children, of whom six still living four boys and two girls.
Abner Metheny and Lydia Ann Ross
Taken from Wiliford and Wiliford Book, Illinois, 1884.