Person

James H. Matheny (Mercer County, Ky, merchant)

b. 1831-05-18 d. 1912-11-21

Mercer County, Kentucky, merchant. Son of Felix G. Matheny and Mary Elvina MacCoun Matheny. Married to Sarah T. Broaddus Matheny in Mercer County, Kentucky, in May 1855. Father of Mollie J. Matheny and Eddie A. Matheny. Merchant in Mercer County in 1850. Household owned one enslaved person in Mercer County in 1850. Merchant in Mercer County in 1860. Owned two enslaved persons in Mercer County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 259A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer County, District 1, p. 835.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer, Salvisa, p. 807.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Mercer, Salvisa, p. 61A.

Find A Grave, “James H. Matheny (1831-1913),” Memorial #131383718, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131383718 (accessed June 4, 2017).

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994038, Mercer County, p. 1.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Mercer County Marriages, Film #000191862.

Citation

Matheny, James H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32201388 (November 12, 2026).

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