Matthew Hale Hively is the son of John Hively and Elizabeth Gradeless. He was born in 1849 in Thorncreek, Whitley, Indiana. He may have died about 1897 at about age 48 or 25 Jun 1932 at age 83 in Ft. Wayne, Allen, Indiana. He may be buried at Blue River Cemetery, Whitley County, Indiana.

Child of Matthew Hale Hively and Anne Cordelia Widup:

1. Floyd Alon Hively was born 5 June 1880 in Indiana.

Notes

Facts relating to this family are somewhat uncertain.

Matthew:

• In all the census records I have located he is listed as Matthew or M. H. But in the 1897 city directory for Fort Wayne, there is a Hale H. Hively and a Floyd A. Hively living together. In 1898, Floyd Hively is living with Anna C. Hively who is listed as the widow of Hale H. Hively. Finally, there is grave marker for a Hale F. Hively who is reported to have died in 1932. One would be inclined to assume that Matthew H., Hale H. and Hale F. are three different people, but I can not find them each listed in the census records -- only Matthew is listed which may mean that they are the same person.
• A death date for Matthew is difficult. If he is the same as Hale H. Hively, he seems to have died about 1897 since Anna is listed as a widow in the 1898 Fort Wayne city directory. On the other hand, there is a grave marker for Hale F. Hively that gives the death date as 1932.

Anne:

• The only certain information we have about Anne is the marriage index from Whitley county that refers to the marriage of "Matthew H. Hively" and "Cora Widup". In the 1880 census, she is listed as Cora. But I can not find any references to a Cora Widup prior to their marriage, though there are census entries for an Anna Widup. If Matthew H. Hively and Hale H. Hively are the same person, then Cora must be the person referred to as Anna C. Hively in the Fort Wayne directory.

Floyd:

• If Matthew H. Hively and Hale H. Hively are the same person, then this seems to be his son. But if Matthew and Hale are not the same person, then Floyd is probably not Matthew's son.

Sources

Matthew:

• Birth from Whitley County Births [1849; Hively, Matthew Hale].
• Birth (1848), Death (1932) and Burial from the headstone of Hale F. Hively.
• Marriage from Whitley County, Indiana Marriages 1860-1884 [Hively, Matthew H.; Widup, Cora; 07 Nov 18787 R. Tobey, M.E. Minister].
• Marriage from Indiana Marriages [Name: Matthew H Hively; Event Type: Marriage; Event Date: 07 Nov 1878; Event Place: , Whitley, Indiana; Registration Place: Whitley, Indiana; Marriage License Date: 06 Nov 1878; Gender: Male; Spouse's Name: Cora Widup; Spouse's Gender: Female; Officiator's Name: R Tobey; Page: 150; Number of Images: 1 GS Film number: 001710720 , Digital Folder Number: 007030211 , Image Number: 00923].
• Divorce from two newspaper articles:
• Fort Wayne Gazette, Fort Wayne, IN, 12 Mar 1897: "Cora A. Hively also asks for a divorce from Hale M. Hively, the complaint alleging abandonment."
• Fort Wayne News, Fort Wayne, IN, 27 Mar 1897: "This morning two matrimonial mismates had their domestic affairs aired in the courts. In Judge Dawson's court, Cora A. Hively was granted a divorce from Hale Hively, a farmer who lives near Churubusco, on sensational grounds. The inhuman charges were not disputed, and the court granted a decree of divorce, with $300 alimony."

Anne:

• Death and Burial from the Illinois Statewide Death Index [Name: Cora Stewart; Event Date: 10 Jul 1932; Event Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Gender: Female; Age: 76; Birth Year (Estimated): 1856; Birthplace: Ohio; Father's Name: William Hidup; Father's Birthplace: Ohio; Mother's Name: Mary Knight; Mother's Birthplace: Ohio; Occupation: housewife; Residence Place: Columbia, Indiana; Spouse's Name: James W.; Burial Date: 13 Jul 1932; Burial Place: Columbia City, Whitley, Indiana; Cemetery: Green Hill Digital Folder Number: 4153873 , Image Number: 1727 , GS Film number: 1893254 , Reference ID: rn 18978].

Census Listings

The individuals in this family appear in the following census listings.

• Matthew: 1850 census. Whitley County, Indiana. p. 454.
• Matthew: 1860 census. Thorncreek, Whitley, Indiana. p. 270.
• 1880 census. Eel River, Allen, IN. p. 170.