History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. p. 250.  [Golden Pond Precinct]

A. D. MATHENY was born May 25, 1823, in East Tennessee.  He is the son of
James and Elizabeth (Deatherage) Matheny.  Subject was reared on his
father's farm.  In 1845 he tramped to Trigg County, and settled in Golden
Pond Precinct, where he remainted till [sic] his marriage in 1850.  He
then lived in the Canton District seven years, then returned to the Golden
Pond District where he still lives on the farm he first purchased.  He has
since added other lands, and now owns 600 acres of poor land, all of which
he has acquired by strict attention to business and hard work.  Mr. Matheny
was married in 1850 to Miss L.A.C. Ross, of Trigg County, born in Stewart
County, Tenn., May 25, 1826.  To them have been born seven children, of
whom six are living--four boys and two girls.

Matheny Deatherage Ross
=
Stewart-TN

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