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Aaron Alonzo Mather

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Name Aaron Alonzo Mather Born 13 May 1878 Union Co., OH Gender Male _COLOR 1 Died 28 May 1927 Kittitas Co., WA Notes - Aaron Alonzo Mather fathered a child out of wedlock in 1878. The mother of the child was Flora Johnson also of Jackson, Union County, Ohio. Her parents were Arthur P. Johnson (stepfather and uncle, her birth father, Frederick having died when Flora was between age 5 - 12) and Mary Johnson.
Flora and Aaron were not married. Aaron may not have known about the baby until after he was born. Flora lived with her brother, Newton Johnson at the time of the baby's birth. She named him after his birth father, Aaron Alonzo. He was nicknamed "Lonzo" and was registered at school with the last name of Johnson, but later he took the name Mather.
Alonzo Mather left Ohio in 1905 to go to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was hired to work for the Great Northern Railroad. He married Amelia (Crawford)Waite, a divorcee with a daughter. They had four more daughters, Marion, Mildred (my mother), Frances Jean, and Shirley.
Alonzo was killed in a tragic accident while working as a breakman on a train in Cle Elum, Washington in 1930. He is buried in a mausoleum in Sumner, Washington. His marker says Aaron Alonzo Mather.
Flora Johnson never married. She saw her granddaughters when they visited her in Ohio.
(Patricia Casey gntpat@comcast.net)
Person ID I13215 Mather Schaffner Davis Henke | Mather Last Modified 19 Jul 2020
Father Aaron Alonzo Mather, b. 11 Aug 1852, Union Co., OH , d. 22 Jul 1914, Union Co., OH
(Age 61 years)
Mother Flora Johnson, b. 16 Aug 1856, Marion Co., OH , d. 31 Dec 1934, Union Co., OH
(Age 78 years)
Family ID F4724 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Amelia Crawford, b. 15 Feb 1879, Iowa , d. 29 Mar 1957, Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA
(Age 78 years)
Married Abt 1905 Children 1. Marion Maxine Mather, b. 1906, North Dakota , d. 7 Apr 1968, Pierce Co., WA
(Age 62 years)
2. Mildred Janette Mather, b. 17 May 1909, Pope Co., MN , d. 26 Jun 1953, Seattle, King Co., WA
(Age 44 years)
3. Frances Jean Mather, b. 4 Mar 1917, North Dakota , d. 11 Nov 1984, Seattle, King Co., WA
(Age 67 years)
4. Shirley A. Mather, b. 18 Nov 1922, Snohomish Co., WA , d. 22 Oct 1987, Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA
(Age 64 years)
Last Modified 20 Apr 2022 Family ID F4725 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Aaron Alonzo Mather fathered a child out of wedlock in 1878. The mother of the child was Flora Johnson also of Jackson, Union County, Ohio. Her parents were Arthur P. Johnson (stepfather and uncle, her birth father, Frederick having died when Flora was between age 5 - 12) and Mary Johnson.
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