Person Page 194

Mathew Lyon Gracey^1,2,3

Parents

Key Events:

• Mathew Lyon Gracey was born on 13 Dec 1809 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^4,5,6
• Mathew married Maria A. Tilford, daughter of John Tilford and Elizabeth Crumbaugh, on 6 May 1830 in Caldwell Co., Kentucky.^7,8,9
• Mathew died on 2 Jan 1850 at age 40, according to transcriptions from his tombstone, but since he appears in the Jun 1850 census, it appears that either the month or year are wrong.^4,6,10
• He was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky.¹¹

Citations

1. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Matthew Gracey and Meridith Acker, 6 May 1830, shows given name spelled with double "t" where written my clerk, but with one in his signiture.
2. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for Matthew Gracey and Maria Tilford, 6 May 1830.
3. Hardin, Bayless, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238, shows name as Matthew Lyon Gracey.
4. Hardin, Bayless, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238, shows date.
5. Mathew Gracy household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 40, county, and state.
6. Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 281, shows date.
7. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Matthew Gracey and Meridith Acker, 6 May 1830, shows intended to be married shortly.
8. Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for Matthew Gracey and Maria Tilford, 6 May 1830, return shows "the day of May 1830," omitting the date. Many other records in the county for this period show the ceremony the same day as the license, so I am assuming that in this case.
9. Hardin, Bayless, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238, shows married about 1829-30.
10. Varkus, Frederick A., Compendium of American Genealogy, 5:164, shows year.
11. Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 281.