- James William Mathis (28 KB)
This is a young adult picture of Grandpa Mathis. He taught school in his early adulthood. On his farm, he grew and shipped apples and peaches, then later converted to crop and hog farming.
- James William & Allie (Watkins) home (16 KB)
The original one story house was built in early 1900's and expanded to two stories about 1914. Their eight children were raised here. It is located on the America Road between Olmsted and Mound City, IL.It was sold in 1975. It still stands today and its current owners have done much renovation.
- Alice (Leidigh) Mathis (13 KB)
Alice's favorite early life memory was of the good times she had riding her horse, Dixie. She had a talent for painting and writing poetry and also excelled in crafts, sewing, and quilting. She was a devoted mother to her seven children.
- John and Alice Mathis (180 KB)
Taken about 1945/46.John and Alice were married in 1932. They had 7 children-Joan,Bill,Jim,Marilyn,Helen,John Dee,Betsy.
- Homer and Elizabeth Prindle Home (13 KB)
This is a painting that Alice (Leidigh)Mathis did of her grandparent's home in Villa Ridge where she lived as a child.The farm was located west of Rt. 51 in Villa Ridge, Ill. Three of their children-Herman,Florence,and Solon moved to Chicago where they worked. Homer died in 1896 and Elizabeth died in 1902. Alice (Prindle)Leidigh and Harry Leidigh lived here with their four children-Homer,Fred,Florence,and Alice. The house was destroyed in a fire and nothing remains of the farm today.
- Ephraim B. Watkins (39 KB)
Father of Allie (Watkins)Mathis.Grandma Mathis' father died at age 46 when Grandma was 4 years of age. Her mother died when Grandma was only 9 years of age.
- Alice Maud (Prindle) Leidigh (210 KB)
This picture of Grandma Leidigh was taken in the early 1920's. She was a devoted mother to her four children-Homer,Fred,Florence, and Alice. She died in 1924 when Mama (Alice) was 13 years of age.
- Mary Susan (Mason) Mathis (82 KB)
Great Grandma Mathis is pictured here with her five sons-standing left to right is Maurice Patrick,Robert Dudley,Archie W.,sitting left is James William (Grandpa),and right is John Brown,Jr. There were three sisters-Synthia, Mary, and Nellie. Synthia died when she was about 6 years of age and Mary died as a baby. John Brown and Mary Mason were married in 1865 in Vienna, Il.They were originally from Trigg County, Kentucky.
- Elizabeth (Morse) Prindle (50 KB)
Great Grandma Prindle died in 1902 at the age of 52.She was born in Deer Creek,Iowa and married Homer Willis Prindle about 1870.
- Alice Maud (Prindle) Leidigh (37 KB)
This picture of Grandma Leidigh was taken when she was about 16.She moved with her family from Deer Creek,Iowa near Fort Dodge to Villa Ridge, Ill.
- William Henry and Elizabeth (Hogendobler) Leidigh (274 KB)
Included in this photo of Great Grandpa/Grandma Leidigh are their children-left to right- Charlie,Minnie, Dee, Harry (Grandpa), Walter, Fred, Maggie and Lizzie.
- Homer Willis Prindle (106 KB)
Great Grandpa Prindle died in 1896 at the age of 60 from a broken neck he suffered from falling from a roof. He was a carpenter and a farmer. He was born in Sandgate, Vermont and eventually moved to Iowa where he met Elizabeth Morse. They had five children, Alice Maud,Frank,Herman,Florence,and Solon.Frank died at the age of 4 in Iowa. The family moved to Villa Ridge in the late 1880's. Homer's ancestry roots are from Scotland.
- Alice Maud (Prindle) Leidigh (10 KB)
This is a young adult picture of Grandma Leidigh.Before she was married, she taught school.
- Mary Elizabeth (Davidge) Watkins (25 KB)
Great Grandma Watkins died in 1884 at the age of 43.
She and Ephraim Watkins had 9 children-Desmond,James,Mamie,Nannie,Boanerga,Glenn,Allie,Edith,and Bell. Allie,Edith, and Bell lived to be 78,69,and 89 respectively and were the only ones that lived past the age of 38.
- William Harry Leidigh (189 KB)
This picture of Grandpa Leidigh was taken in the early 1920's. He ran a saw mill business in Villa Ridge and farmed. He was the first to grow cotton in Illinois.After the death of his first wife, Alice (Prindle) Leidigh, he married Alice Sarber Waldschmidt who had two daughters,Frances and Dorothy Waldschmidt. Alice later died. In the early 1930's, Harry moved to southern Mississippi where he managed a Tung nut farm. Homer and Florence who were still single at the time and Dorothy moved to Mississippi with Harry. All of Homer and Florence's children still live there as do many of their later generations.
- William Harry Leidigh (10 KB)
This is a young adult picture of Grandpa Leidigh.He married Alice (Prindle) Leidgh in 1903. They had four children-Homer,Fred,Florence, and Alice.
- William Henry Leidigh (44 KB)
Great Grandpa Leidgh was an officer in the Union army during the Civil War.His family is from Cumberland County,Penn.His ancester's are from the Nederlands.He married Elizabeth Hogendobler in 1865 in Ohio. They later moved to Villa Ridge, Ill.
- James William and Allie (Watkins) Mathis (36 KB)
This picture of Grandpa and Grandma Mathis was probable taken in the 1930's. They had eight children-Mary, John, Nancy,Neva,India,Edith,Helen,and Glenn.
- John and Alice Mathis' home (31 KB)
Built in 1936, John and Alice raised their 7 children here. It is located on old Rt. 37 between Olmsted and Mound City, IL.It was sold in 1975 after John died.
- Allie (Watkins) Mathis (27 KB)
This is a young adult picture of Grandma Mathis.
- Henry and Elizabeth Leidgh's home (22 KB)
This home was built in the 1870's on the Meridian Road in Villa Ridge, IL. Grandpa Leidgh (William Harry)and his 9 siblings were raised here. It has always been occupied by descendants of the Leidgh family. Tommy Clancy, a great grandson, currently lives there and has renovated it.
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