Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Mathias, John 1839 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

John Mathias, saloon, Braceville, was born in 1839, in Wales, is a son of 
James and Mary (Lewis) Mathias. The parents came to this country, the father 
in 1862, and the mother in 1863. They were the parents of four children, viz., 
Ann, John, Margaret and Martha. Our subject attended school until thirteen 
years old, when he began mining, which he followed the greater portion of his 
life since. He came to Youngstown, Ohio, in 1860, where he mined for one year, 
and then came to Morris, Ill., and there engaged with Steel in a mine. He 
worked at the same business at Braceville for some time. He settled here when 
there were but three houses to be seen on the present site of the village. He 
took an interest in mines in Kankakee County. In 1868, he closed his mining 
career at Gardner, Ill. Was married January 31, 1869, to Elizabeth Williams, a 
native of Wales, which union resulted in five children - John, Mary, Thomas, 
Lottie and Elizabeth. The latter two only survive. He was Police Magistrate of 
this village for two years, and is now in his second term as Tax Collector. He 
is a member of Braceville Lodges, I. O. O. F. and K. of P., and A., F. & A. 
M., of Gardner. He is holding office in the first-named lodge.

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Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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