FRANKLIN COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: MATHENEY, Daniel (published 1880)
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History of Franklin and Pickaway Counties,  Ohio
Pub by Williams Bros.,  1880

DANIEL MATHENEY

The subject of this sketch has an ancestry of the old pioneer stock.  He
was born September 9,  1823,  in Pickaway County,  Ohio,  and was left
an orphan,  at the age of eight years,  by the death of his father,  and
about the only inheritance left him was a sound constitution and a
strong physical development.  The education he acquired was of the most
practical and useful kind,  and he soon became the mainstay of his
widowed mother.  His early life was spent in agricultural pursuits, 
with its variety of sunshine and shadow,  from all of which he took his
practical lessons.  Subsequently he became engaged in dealing in stock, 
and it soon became apparent that "Uncle Dan" as he was familiarly
called,  was as good a judge of horses,  cattle and hogs as any man in
the country.  After locating in Franklin County,  he was connected with
the blacksmithing business for about three years,  at the town of
dublin,  but dealing in stock was his principle business,  and many have
been the droves of cattle he has taken over the mountains,  when from
sixty to sixty-five days were considered good time from here to New York
City.  He also shipped stock,  by the more modern transportation,  when
five or six days are regarded as moderate time,  over the same route. 
For many years during the war,  he was engaged in furnishing horses and
other supplies to the army,  and in all his transactions he was regarded
as a man of good judgment and strict integrity.  During his life he has
held many positions of trust,  and has always discharged his duty with
fidelity and credit to himself.  In 1875,  he was elected to the office
of county commissioner,  and at the expiration of his term of office, 
in 1878,  he was re-elected to the same office for a second term,  which
was a public approval of his previous course in the office.  He has been
twice married,  first to martha Hutcheson,  May 12,  1843,  who died
February 14, 1873;  he was again married to Ruth Hutcheson,  March 25, 
1875,  with whom he is now living,  at their comfortable home,  near
Columbus.  During his whole life,  good faith and fair dealing has been
his guiding star,  and he is so regarded in this community,  that his
word is as good as his bond.  He never engaged in wild or visionary
speculations,  in which there was great risk,  but preferred the natural
growth and legitimate profits of his business;  and thus,  by
perseverance and industry,  he has accumulated,  not great wealth,  but
a handsome competency.  He is widely known in this and adjoining
counties,  and is highly esteemed as one of the substantial men of
Franklin County.


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