His birthplace may have been Pendleton, Poca-hontas, or Braxton County, West Virginia. He probably died on his farm on Keeners Ridge.
Family History Section of Journal of The Braxton Historical Society, Vo. 3, No. 3, 1975. May have been printed in Hardesty. This article states: "James Matheny enlisted in 1861 in the 10th Virginia Cavalry, and was in the engage-ments of Birch River, Hawks Nest, Coal River, Guyandott, the seven days fight before Richmond, and was discharged from service at Richmond, 17 Aug 1862. He came to Braxton county at the age of 18, and has since that time been farmer and mechanic here, with the exception of 18 months in Cass County, Missouri. When the salt works at Otter were begun he added stone mason work to his farming, working on the jail house at Sutton, the Chesapeake & Ohio R.R., the iron furnace at Strange Creek, railroad bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, etc., carrying on his farming all the time. He has 307 acres in Birch district, between the waters of Birch and Strange creeks, 197 acres in one tract, and 110 in the other." Bio by Ronald Decker, his second great-grandson.
Family History Section of Journal of The Braxton Historical Society, Vo. 3, No. 3, 1975. May have been printed in Hardesty. This article states: "James Matheny enlisted in 1861 in the 10th Virginia Cavalry, and was in the engage-ments of Birch River, Hawks Nest, Coal River, Guyandott, the seven days fight before Richmond, and was discharged from service at Richmond, 17 Aug 1862. He came to Braxton county at the age of 18, and has since that time been farmer and mechanic here, with the exception of 18 months in Cass County, Missouri. When the salt works at Otter were begun he added stone mason work to his farming, working on the jail house at Sutton, the Chesapeake & Ohio R.R., the iron furnace at Strange Creek, railroad bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, etc., carrying on his farming all the time. He has 307 acres in Birch district, between the waters of Birch and Strange creeks, 197 acres in one tract, and 110 in the other." Bio by Ronald Decker, his second great-grandson.
His birthplace may have been Pendleton, Poca-hontas, or Braxton County, West Virginia. He probably died on his farm on Keeners Ridge.
Family History Section of Journal of The Braxton Historical Society, Vo. 3, No. 3, 1975. May have been printed in Hardesty. This article states: "James Matheny enlisted in 1861 in the 10th Virginia Cavalry, and was in the engage-ments of Birch River, Hawks Nest, Coal River, Guyandott, the seven days fight before Richmond, and was discharged from service at Richmond, 17 Aug 1862. He came to Braxton county at the age of 18, and has since that time been farmer and mechanic here, with the exception of 18 months in Cass County, Missouri. When the salt works at Otter were begun he added stone mason work to his farming, working on the jail house at Sutton, the Chesapeake & Ohio R.R., the iron furnace at Strange Creek, railroad bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, etc., carrying on his farming all the time. He has 307 acres in Birch district, between the waters of Birch and Strange creeks, 197 acres in one tract, and 110 in the other." Bio by Ronald Decker, his second great-grandson.
Family History Section of Journal of The Braxton Historical Society, Vo. 3, No. 3, 1975. May have been printed in Hardesty. This article states: "James Matheny enlisted in 1861 in the 10th Virginia Cavalry, and was in the engage-ments of Birch River, Hawks Nest, Coal River, Guyandott, the seven days fight before Richmond, and was discharged from service at Richmond, 17 Aug 1862. He came to Braxton county at the age of 18, and has since that time been farmer and mechanic here, with the exception of 18 months in Cass County, Missouri. When the salt works at Otter were begun he added stone mason work to his farming, working on the jail house at Sutton, the Chesapeake & Ohio R.R., the iron furnace at Strange Creek, railroad bridge at Point Pleasant, West Virginia, etc., carrying on his farming all the time. He has 307 acres in Birch district, between the waters of Birch and Strange creeks, 197 acres in one tract, and 110 in the other." Bio by Ronald Decker, his second great-grandson.
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