U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bohon, Mathias (1834-1916) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 367-368 Mathias Bohon, son of William Bohon, was born 1834, married, 1860, Delia A. Dumire, and after her death he married Sarah J., daughter of Daniel Gower. Children: Sarah Jane, Susana C., Dona C., Daniel C., and Zora Wade. By occupation he is a farmer, mechanic and mill-wright; he lives 3 miles from St. George, on Location Ridge; he has a farm of 172 acres, with one-third improved. For seven or eight years he was a member of the board of education, and also has held the office of constable: was in the Union array, operated along the Potomac, and was taken prisoner at Keyser by General Rosser, and remained a captive only a few days, when he was exchanged. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Marriages, Tucker County, WV (Page 9, Line No. 22) Marriage-Date: June 20, 1868 Husband: Matthias Bohan, age 30, widower, born in Preston Co., (W)Va. son of Wm. & Athaliah Bohon occupation is Mechanic Wife: Sarah J. Gower, age 21, single, born in Randolph Co., (W)Va. daughter of Dan'l & Rachel Gower ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Page 8) FULL-NAME: Mathias Bohon (his name in on the first 2 lines on the page) DEATH-DATE: June 23, 1916 -- and next line has: June 24, 1916 AGE-AT-DEATH: 78y-1m-17d -- and next line has: 77 years DEATH-PLACE: Location Road -- and next line has: St. George MARITAL-STATUS: Married (both lines) OCCUPATION: Farmer (both lines) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old age -- and next line has: Diabetes (2nd wife of Mathias Bohon) From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #1326 FULL-NAME: Sarah J. Bohon BIRTH-DATE: May 9, 1847 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: January 24, 1928 (at age 80y-8m-16d) DEATH-PLACE: St. George, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Daniel Gower (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Rachel Goff (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old age INFORMANT: Ed Thomas (of St. George, W.Va.) BURIAL: Fairview Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a shared tombstone in Fairview Cemetery, Tucker Co., WV Sarah J. Bohon Mathias Bohon May 18, 1847 May 6, 1838 -- June 23, 1916 (no death date) Company L. 6 Regiment of W. Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------