Family Group Sheet

Name: Matthias Maston Mount
--------------------------------------------------
Birth: 27 Jul 1839
Death: 25 Feb 1885 Scott County, IN
Father: John Mount (1802-1840)
Mother: Nancy Applegate (1802-1885)

Misc. Notes
1. Probably born in Scott Co. as his parents were early members of Old Ox Primitive Baptist Church.
2. Granted license to teach in Scott Co. in 1865.
3. Owned property at south-west corner of Finley Crossroads.
4. Ran small grocery store.
5. When anyone went into Vienna, they would pick up the mail for everyone in the general area and leave it at Mount's store to be picked up. Becoming concerned about this procedure, Mount made an application to become postmaster. Officials informed him that a post office couldn't be established unless the town had an official name. He named the town after his daughter, Leota, who had died of diptheria in 1876 at the age of two. On August 8, 1884 the post office was established with that name. The post office was moved to the county seat of Scottsburg in 1901.


Marriage: 16 Jun 1871 Scott County, IN
--------------------------------------------------
Spouse: Ruth Crowe
--------------------------------------------------
Birth: 15 Oct 1852
Death: 28 Apr 1919 Scott County, IN
Father: James Crowe (1819-1901)
Mother: Susan T. Hornaday (1826-1878)

Misc. Notes
1. Supposedly lived in Kansas for a while, where her sisters and families had moved. Her brother Millard and father James located near Toronto, KS. May have had a store there.


Children
--------------------------------------------------
1 M: James Stephenson Mount
Birth: 10 Apr 1873 Scott County, IN
Death: 12 Apr 1958 Noblesville, IN
Spouse: Anna (Annie) Jane Murphy
Marriage: 27 Oct 1895 Scott County, IN, home of S.H. Murphy by Rev. Amos H. Collin
--------------------------------------------------
2 F: Leota Mount
Birth: 28 Nov 1874 Leota, Scott County, IN
Death: 7 Nov 1876
--------------------------------------------------
3 M: Thomas Edgar Mount
Birth: 26 Feb 1877 Leota, Scott County, IN
Spouse: Zella Sigmon
--------------------------------------------------
4 M: Harlan F. Mount
Birth: 25 Oct 1879 Leota, Scott ounty, IN
Death: 1974
Spouse: Rosa Petus
--------------------------------------------------
5 F: Berta Mount
Birth: 8 Aug 1881 Leota, Scott County, IN
Spouse: William Hibner

--------------------------------------------------
Last Modified: 24 Apr 1999
Created: 14 Oct 1999

Page #