Rev. Mathias Hathaway Ambrose 
Mathias was born on January 24th, 1847 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio. Mathias' father was Rev. Lewis Duckwall Ambrose and his mother was Nancy Lieb. His paternal grandparents were Rev. William Hanby Ambrose and Susanna B. Crum. He had seven brothers and three sisters, named Daniel, William, Samuel, Jacob, David, George, Hugh, Catherine, Susanna and Mary. He was the fifth oldest of the eleven children. He died at the age of 78 on January 11th, 1926 in Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois.Death Notes
At the home of his daughter, Inez.
General Notes
By 1872, Mathias had graduated from Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio, with a B.A. degree. Later, he took an M.A. degree at the same university. He taught school for a time after graduation. At the time of his marriage in 1872, he was Principal of the High School in Knoxville, Illinois.
In 1873, Mathias and his bride went to Avalon, Missouri, to take the position of Principal of Avalon Academy. His father, Lewis Duckwall, sold his farm in Logan Co., Illinois, and also moved to Avalon at this time.
Mathias entered the Ministry and held Pastorates in Ohio, Iowa, and Illinois, before going to Palestine, Illinois, in 1895, as Pastor of the old Presbyterian Church on Main Street. After retiring from the ministry, he and his wife lived in Chicago until her death in 1918. After that, he spent much time in travel. He lived in Puerto Rico for two years where he became especially interested in the Mission School and the Spanish Language.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1740 d.01 Nov 1811 in Berkeley County, Virginia
- b.30 Nov 1770 in Maryland or Berkeley Springs, West Virginia d.23 Aug 1850 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio
- b.23 May 1817 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio d.19 Mar 1892 in Avalon, Livingston County, Missouri
- b.~ 1752 in Chester, Pennsylvania d.> 1831 in Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio
- b.15 Nov 1776 in Winchester, Virginia d.18 Feb 1855 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio
- b.~ 1713 in probably Lower Rhineland, Germany
- b.~ 1748 in probably Lower Rhineland, Germany d.30 Sep 1820 in Frederick County, Virginia
<Unknown>- b.~ 1717 in Virginia
- b.24 Jan 1847 in Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio d.11 Jan 1926 in Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
- b.08 Apr 1819 d.30 Oct 1896 in Avalon, Livingston County, Missouri
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Source/Citation
Ruth Ambrose Stennett, Ambrose, Kapp, and branch lines dating from their 1770s immigrations to 1990
Ruth Ambrose Stennett, Ambrose, Kapp, and branch lines dating from their 1770s immigrations to 1990