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Jesse Lee Mathews

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Jesse Lee Mathews Veteran

Birth
Woodruff, Marshall County, West Virginia, USA
Death
26 May 1956 (aged 77)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
Plot
10, 20, 41
Memorial ID
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Jesse was a son of Andrew J & Elizabeth E Stricklin Mathews, both born in Marshall County, West Virginia.

Birth Record Reference

Jesse enlisted as a Private in the 1st West Virginia Infantry Volunteers, Company M on June 20, 1898 by Lieut. Charles W. Conner of the 3rd Battalion for service in the Spanish-American War under the command of Capt. R.N. Humphreys. His dedication to our country was cut short due to illness and injury that resulted in an honorable discharge on February 4, 1899, the same day the regiment mustered out of service at Columbus, Georgia.

Spanish American War Reference

He married Alice Garrison on January 31, 1910 in Wetzel County at the home of his bride. They resided and raised their children in Wheeling.

Marriage Record Reference

Jesse became a resident of the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Dayton, Ohio on August 5 1930. He was still there at the time of the 1940 census.

Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

He was 64 on his World War II draft card, still living at Dayton Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. While still there in 1949, his wife of 39 years died in Wheeling.

World War II Draft Card Reference

Jesse died in Dayton at the age of 77. Services were held at the Hoyne Funeral Home and interment at the Dayton National Cemetery.

Other children of Jesse & Alice that are not linked below.

Elizabeth Mae "Snookie" Mathews-Healy
27 Aug 1910 Beaver County, Pennsylvania
26 Feb 2003 Hollywood, Broward, Florida

Clarence David "Pinky" Mathews
22 May 1926 Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia
26 Dec 2006 Athens, Greene, New York

And, one other daughter still living.


Military Information: PVT, US ARMY
Jesse was a son of Andrew J & Elizabeth E Stricklin Mathews, both born in Marshall County, West Virginia.

Birth Record Reference

Jesse enlisted as a Private in the 1st West Virginia Infantry Volunteers, Company M on June 20, 1898 by Lieut. Charles W. Conner of the 3rd Battalion for service in the Spanish-American War under the command of Capt. R.N. Humphreys. His dedication to our country was cut short due to illness and injury that resulted in an honorable discharge on February 4, 1899, the same day the regiment mustered out of service at Columbus, Georgia.

Spanish American War Reference

He married Alice Garrison on January 31, 1910 in Wetzel County at the home of his bride. They resided and raised their children in Wheeling.

Marriage Record Reference

Jesse became a resident of the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Dayton, Ohio on August 5 1930. He was still there at the time of the 1940 census.

Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

He was 64 on his World War II draft card, still living at Dayton Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. While still there in 1949, his wife of 39 years died in Wheeling.

World War II Draft Card Reference

Jesse died in Dayton at the age of 77. Services were held at the Hoyne Funeral Home and interment at the Dayton National Cemetery.

Other children of Jesse & Alice that are not linked below.

Elizabeth Mae "Snookie" Mathews-Healy
27 Aug 1910 Beaver County, Pennsylvania
26 Feb 2003 Hollywood, Broward, Florida

Clarence David "Pinky" Mathews
22 May 1926 Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia
26 Dec 2006 Athens, Greene, New York

And, one other daughter still living.


Military Information: PVT, US ARMY


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