REVEREND EBENEZER MATHERS

    Rev. Ebenezer Mathers, one of the early pioneers of Union Township, became a resident of this township about 1834, settled on land now owned by B. Hanawalt, and died where Jefferson L. Richey now resides.  He was a preacher and an earnest worker in the Methodist Church for many years.  The first class of the Mount Herman Church was organized at his house about 1838.  He became one of its first members, and remained a faithful member and worker as well as an earnest and eloquent preacher until his death, December 20, 1852, aged sixty-three years.