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Mathew Lyon Gracey1,2,3

ID# 1940, (1809 - 1850)
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Parents:

FatherGeorge Gracey (1774 - 5 Feb 1828)
MotherMary Patton (1773 - 26 Nov 1838)
Family IndexesThe Cobbs of Pawlet Vermont
The Linah Mims/Rebeccah Davis Family

Key Events:

Birth: 13 Dec 1809, Caldwell Co., Kentucky,4,5,6
Marriage: 6 May 1830, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, Maria A. Tilford (b. 15 Jun 1813, d. 16 Nov 1847)7,8,9
Death: 2 Jan 1850,4,6,10
Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Eddyville, Kentucky,11
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Narrative:

Mathew Lyon Gracey was born on 13 Dec 1809 in Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.4,5,6
     He was probably the male age 10 to 16 listed in the household of his father, George Gracey, in the 1820 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.12
     Mathew married Maria A. Tilford, daughter of John Tilford and Elizabeth Crumbaugh, on 6 May 1830 in Caldwell Co., KentuckyG.7,8,9
     Mathew appeared on the 1830 Federal Census of Eddyville, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG, with a household consisting of one white male between age 15 and 20 (himself) and one white female in the same age bracket (wife Maria.)13
     Mathew appeared on the 1840 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., KentuckyG, with a household consisting of one white male under age 5 (son William), two between 5 and 10 (George and Francis), and one between 20 and 30 (himself), and two females under 5 (daughters Mary and Lucy), one between 10 and 15 (seems too old to be their daughter, perhaps a servant), and one between 20 and 30 (wife Maria.)14
     Mathew was a merchant.15,16
     His wife died on 16 Nov 1847.4,6,17
     Mathew bought lot no. 71 in EddyvilleG from John Hallick on 4 Sep 1848, for $205.18
     Mathew appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of District No. 1, Caldwell Co., KentuckyG, enumerated 14 Sep 1850, reporting $3,100 in real estate, and four slaves, two adults and two children. His children George, Francis, William, Mary, Lucy, Ellen, Maria, Elizabeth, and Matthew were listed as living with him, as was Elizabeth Archer, age 63, from Maryland, relationship unknown. She reported real estate valued at $500 and a male and female slave. They apparently lived near his sister Martha, as she and her children are listed as the next household.16,19
     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, KentuckyG.11

Children:
     Children with Maria A. Tilford:

  1. George Tilford Gracey (1832 - )
  2. Francis Patten Gracey+ (30 Jun 1834 - 27 Apr 1895)
  3. William Robert Gracey (28 Feb 1836 - 11 Jan 1889)
  4. Mary A. Gracey (3 May 1838 - 14 Nov 1899)
  5. Lucy A. Gracey (12 Mar 1840 - )
  6. Ellen C. Gracey (19 Mar 1842 - Apr 1865)
  7. Maria Tilford Gracey (16 Dec 1843 - 18 Jan 1910)
  8. Elizabeth Gracey (13 Jan 1845 - 15 Aug 1914)
  9. Matthew Gracey Jr.+ (4 Mar 1847 - 1907)

Citations

  1. [S732] 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. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, license for Matthew Gracey and Maria Tilford, 6 May 1830.
  3. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238, shows name as Matthew Lyon Gracey.
  4. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238, shows date.
  5. [S1821] Mathew Gracy household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows age 40, county, and state.
  6. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 281, shows date.
  7. [S732] Caldwell Co. Marriage Records, loose papers, bond of Matthew Gracey and Meridith Acker, 6 May 1830, shows intended to be married shortly.
  8. [S732] 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. [S1003] Hardin, "Captain James Patton, Ancestors and Descendants," pg 238, shows married about 1829-30.
  10. [S729] Varkus, Compendium of American Genealogy, 5:164, shows year.
  11. [S2309] Lyon County Historical Society, Cemeteries of Lyon County, pg 281.
  12. [S4523] John Cobb household, 1820 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  13. [S1785] Mathew Gracey household, 1830 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  14. [S786] Matthew Gracy household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  15. [S786] Matthew Gracy household, 1840 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows the only person employed, apparently Mathew, as employed in commerce.
  16. [S1821] Mathew Gracy household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky.
  17. [S1821] Mathew Gracy household, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, shows him with nine children rangeing in age from 3 to 17, but not her.
  18. [S1975] Deeds, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, O:11, John Hallick to Mathew Gracey, 23 Oct 1848.
  19. [S1746] Mathew Gracey, owner, 1850 U.S. Census, Caldwell Co., Kentucky, slave schedule.

 

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