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(IV) Joseph Mathewson, son of Othniel
and Sarah (Winson) Mathewson,
was born December 20, 1748. He married,
April 8, 1773, Betty Brown, daughter
of Nicholas Brown. Among their chil-
dren was Samuel, of whom further.
(V) Samuel Mathewson, son of Joseph
and Betty (Brown) Mathewson, was born
about 1780. He married Candace Ballou,
descendant in the sixth generation of Maturin
Ballou, and they moved to Connec-
ticut, from Burrillville, Rhode Island.
Children: Ada, born May 11, 1802; Susanna,
born Oct. 15, 1803; Charlotte, born
August 17, 1805 ; Julia Ann, born July 27,
1807; Polly M., born May 7, 1809; Dear-
born, of whom further; Phebe, born June
22, 1813 ; Sessions, born May 5, 1815
Laura, born March 15, 1817; Esther, born
November 20, 1822.
(VI) Dearborn Mathewson, son of
Samuel and Candace (Ballou) Mathew-
son, was born in Burrillville, Rhode Is-
land, March 27, 181 1. When he was a
lad of eleven years his parents went to
Connecticut and settled in North Coven-
try, Tolland county, where he grew to
manhood. Mr. Mathewson was reared on
a farm, and when he arrived at years of
manhood, purchased a tract of land near
that owned by his father. He remained
upon it a few years, then removed to
Manchester, and purchased a half inter-
est in a stone quarry, which he retained
possession of for one year. He then disposed
of his interest in this and removed
to Windsor, where he rented a farm and
remained until 1855, then decided to go
West. He proceeded to Rock Island, Il-
linois, and thence to Henry county, Illinois,
where he bought one hundred and
sixty acres of wild land, situated a mile
from Oxford, upon which he settled and
lived for eight years. There were great
improvements to be made, all of which
he accomplished. He erected a dwelling-
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house, and after he had brought much of
the farm land to a good state of cultivation,
he sold out to good advantage, and
purchased a tract of fifty acres in Winnebago
county. This land he also greatly
improved, and erected a house upon it.
Here he remained until 1870, when he determined
upon removal to Iowa. He accordingly
came into Linn county, and
purchased a tract of land on Section 21,
Maine township. Here he established a
permanent home, and remained until his
death, which occurred April 30, 1885. He
was a man of industry, energy and gen-
erous impulses, and made substantial contributions
to the welfare of his commu-
nity.
Mr. Mathewson married (first) Maria
W. Whiton, a native of Connecticut, who
died in Tolland, that State. He married
(second), March 24, 1840, Martha Savan-
tia Kimball, born in Bozrah, Connecticut,
September 23, 1818, daughter of John and
Nancy (Turner) Kimball, descendant in
the seventh generation of Richard Kimball.
Children : Albert, born February
14, 1841, died October 29, 1841 ; Harriet
Maria, born October 20,
Watson, of whom further ;
1842 ; Albert
Martha Louisa,
born March 27, 1846, died November
27, 1846; Martha Janet, born November
24, 1850; George Dearborn, born August
II, 1853-
(VII) Albert Watson Mathewson, son
of Dearborn and Martha S. (Kimball)
Mathewson, was born in New Britain.
Connecticut, March 8, 1844, and died
February 8, 1920. When he was a boy of
six years of age his parents moved to
Iowa City, Iowa, later settling at Morse,
in the same State, and there he was educated
in such schools as existed in what
was then a frontier State. In early young
manhood he entered business indepen-
dently, establishing a creamery, and de-
veloped a large wholesale trade, which he