Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Mathews, Thomas 1896 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 17, 2010, 12:01 pm Portland Observer, 8 Jan 1896 Thomas Mathews died at his home in Orange township on Tuesday night last, of consumption, aged 41 years. He had been sick for about four years and during his last sickness he was confined to the bed upward of nine weeks. He was an honorary member of the K. O. T. M. of this village, but carried no insurance in the order. The funeral was held on Friday last and burial made in Portland cemetery, a number of the knights from Portland tent accompanying the remains from his home to the grave. Mr. Mathews carried $1,000 insurance in the “Star of Bethlehem,” a mutual benefit association. A widow and one daughter survive him. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/m/mathews5786nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb