Mathias Blum

1833 - 1909  (75 years)

• Name	Mathias Blum
  Birth	24 Feb 1833	Baden-Württemberg, Germany   [1]
  	Date confirmed in translation of obit from Germany-language newspaper from Columbus, Ohio. In Mathias Blum file.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	From 1853 to 1890	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [1]
  	a laborer
  Marriage Groom	30 Jul 1859	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [2]
  	Address: St. Paul's Lutheran Church
  	Witness Role: Principal: [F380] ...of Mathias BLUM and Anna Barbara FEILNER Witness Role: Bride: [I1803] Anna Barbara FEILNER Witness Role: Groom: [I478] Mathias BLUM Witness Role: Judge: Name: W. B. Albery Witness Role: Not completely sure of spelling of judge's name, could be Allery, and first initial could be "N" or another letter, but I made my best guess. Also, he was a witness to the issue of the marriage license, not necessarily the wedding itself. Witness Role: Deputy Clerk: Name: R. J. Neiswender Witness Role: Witness to marriage license, not necessarily wedding. Witness Role: Minister: Name: K. Mees Witness Role: Bob Velke helped me decipher the name, and found a link a burial in Franklin County reported by what appears to be the same minister.
  		MC Barbara Feilner & Mathias B Keywords: Picture
  Military-Begin	9 Feb 1865	185th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Co. F, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Military-End	26 Sep 1865	185th Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Co. F, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, USA   [1]
  Will	Abt 1905	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA
  	Attached is an undated copy of Mathias Blum's will, presumably his final will and testimony.
  		Mathias Blum Will Keywords: Will
  Residence	1908	827 S. 3rd Street, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [3]
  	Witness Role: Resident: [I478] Mathias BLUM
  Death	13 Jan 1909	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [4]
  	Date and other details from translation of German-language newspaper obit and death certificate, which indicates that cause of death was "peritonitis following infection of gall bladder during passage of calculus."
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Johann Bluhm,   b. 1807  (Father)  Hannah Weldi,   b. 1811  (Mother)
  Person ID	I478	Hillbillies & Vikings
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Johann Bluhm,   b. 1807
  Mother	Hannah Weldi,   b. 1811
  Marriage	1820
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I4501] Hannah WELDI Witness Role: Groom: [I459] Johann BLUHM
  Family ID	F461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anna Barbara Feilner,   b. 25 Nov 1833, Hermersdorf, Erlangen-Hochstadt, Bavaria, Germany d. 9 Feb 1904, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	30 Jul 1859	Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA   [2]
  	Address: St. Paul's Lutheran Church
  	Witness Role: Bride: [I1803] Anna Barbara FEILNER Witness Role: Groom: [I478] Mathias BLUM Witness Role: Judge: Name: W. B. Albery Witness Role: Not completely sure of spelling of judge's name, could be Allery, and first initial could be "N" or another letter, but I made my best guess. Also, he was a witness to the issue of the marriage license, not necessarily the wedding itself. Witness Role: Deputy Clerk: Name: R. J. Neiswender Witness Role: Witness to marriage license, not necessarily wedding. Witness Role: Minister: Name: K. Mees Witness Role: Bob Velke helped me decipher the name, and found a link a burial in Franklin County reported by what appears to be the same minister.
  		MC Barbara Feilner & Mathias B Keywords: Picture
  Children	1. George F. Blum,   b. 5 Apr 1860, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 29 Dec 1879, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 19 years) + 2. Jacob Blum,   b. 10 Jun 1862, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 7 Apr 1954, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 91 years) ▻ Lena Dora Link  m. 1 Jan 1883 + 3. Anna Marie Blum,   b. 30 Jul 1864, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 27 Aug 1952, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 88 years) ▻ Herman Jacob Kinnel  m. 1884   4. Sophia Blum, I,   b. 11 Aug 1866, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 2 Feb 1869 (Age 2 years) + 5. Magdelena Blum,   b. 13 Dec 1868, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 3 Oct 1945, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 76 years) ▻ Peter Paul Trott  m. 1887   6. Sophia Blum, II,   b. 12 Dec 1870, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 16 Aug 1875, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 4 years) + 7. Ida Barbara Blum,   b. 24 Jan 1873, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 14 Mar 1938, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 65 years) ▻ John W. Miller  m. Abt 1893 + 8. Mary Barbara Blum,   b. 11 Feb 1875, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 23 Nov 1935, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 60 years) ▻ Edward Charles Hibbler  m. 1895 + 9. Heinrich Mathias Blum,   b. 7 Jun 1877, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 30 Nov 1942, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 65 years) ▻ Unknown 1st Wife  m. 1896;   Margaret Rodgers  m. 16 Sep 1902 + 10. George Louis Blum,   b. 8 Oct 1879, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA d. 8 Oct 1913, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, USA (Age 34 years) ▻ Theresa Wagner  m. 29 Mar 1900
  Family ID	F380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2025

  
  

• Photos		Mathias Blum (circa 1899) Keywords: Picture
  		Barbara & Mathias Blum (circa 1899) Keywords: Picture

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Mathias Blum CW Pension Application Caption Note: Pension file application for Mathias Blum
  		1880 U.S. Census, Franklin County, Ohio Keywords: Picture
  		Blum -- Translation #1 of obit Caption Note: Mathias Blum obit, translation from German-language newspaper, Columbus, Ohio Keywords: Picture
  		Blum -- Translation #2 of deat Caption Note: Death notices and Obits for Mathias and Anna Blum, translated from German-language newspaper, Columbus, Ohio Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Reference

  Carl Jón Denbow. "Mathias Blum". Hillbillies & Vikings. https://jonandjohn.org/getperson.php?personID=I478&tree=tree1 (accessed June 22, 2025).