Lemuel Hallman Mattern
Lemuel Hallman Mattern was born on September 27, 1841, in Pennsylvania to Andrew and Sophia Mattern. His father was a waggoner who owned $700 of real estate in 1850. He grew up and attended school in West, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Martin in the 1860s, and they had at least three children: Carrie, born around 1870; Lilly, born around 1873; and William, born around 1879.
They lived in Huston, Pennsylvania, and Mattern worked as a dry goods merchant. By 1870, he owned $5,000 of real estate and $1,400 of personal property. They moved to North Woodbury, Pennsylvania, in the 1870s. His wife died in the early 1880s, and he married a woman named Addie around 1883. Their daughter Louise was born around 1886. They moved to Indiana in the 1880s. By 1910, they were living in Whiting, Indiana, and Mattern owned a drug store. He died there of pneumonia on November 3, 1920.
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| (1965) | Mattern, Lemuel Hallman | 1841-09-27 | 1920-11-03 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Civilian
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (6269) [writer] ~ Lemuel H. Mattern to James H. Gwin, 20 March 1862
People - Records: 3
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2011, available from Ancestry.com.
