Rev. Mathias Ambrose 
Mathias was born on April 5th, 1810 in Berkeley County, Virginia.1 Mathias' father was Rev. William Hanby Ambrose and his mother was Susanna B. Crum. His paternal grandfather was William Henry Ambrose and his paternal grandmother is Sarah; his maternal grandparents were Christiana Schmidt and Rev. Christian Crum Sr. He had five brothers and four sisters, named Jacob, George, William, Christian, Lewis, Elizabeth, Christena, Susan and Catherine. He was the fourth youngest of the ten children. He died at the age of 73 on November 9th, 1883 in Logan County, Illinois.General Notes
He was an United Brethren Minister. According to the Methodist archives, Mathias served during the Civil War in the same unit (113th OVI) as his son, John.
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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.05 Apr 1810 in Berkeley County, Virginia d.09 Nov 1883 in Logan County, Illinois
- 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
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Details of Mathias' family with Sarah M. Perkins
1 Harold K. Byrd, Descendants of William Hanby AMBROSE (27 Mar 1999)
Further sources/citations:
Religious Telescope, Obituary for William Hanby Ambrose (Circleville, Ohio: United Brethern Church: 8 Jan 1851), U.S. Federal Census
Further sources/citations:
Religious Telescope, Obituary for William Hanby Ambrose (Circleville, Ohio: United Brethern Church: 8 Jan 1851), U.S. Federal Census