This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Man Who Cut All the Stone for Central College
Frederick C. Mathes, born in Capelle Germany in 1835, came to Pella in 1854 to carve stone for Central University. He and his brothers established a stone shop, supplied stone for many buildings including the courthouse at Knoxville, and built a life around farming, milling, and beekeeping, shaping Pella’s early development before dying at 60 after a long illness likely from stone dust.
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Central University
Germany
Frederick C. Mathes
Central College
Frederick
Capelle
Pella
Valentine
Phillip
Mathes Bros
Beintema Bros. Pottery Works
B. Buerkens
F. C. Mathes
2Nd Reformed Church
Marion County
Knoxville
Mathes
Consulta
Johannes Nicholas Mathes
Jacob
Annie Marie
Margaretta
Frederick C
Katharina
America
United States
New York
Mary Hoening
Elberfeld
Henry
Martha Ter Louw
Frederick Valentine
Johanna Mary Visser
Mathilda
Otto
Frederick William
Wilhelmina A. Hoening
David
Wilhelmina Ryke
Frederick Mathes
Hoening
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
St. Louis
G. H. Hoening
Amana
Henry Haas
Leonard Maasdam
Lawence Maasdam
Sully
Grandpa Mathes
Philip
Valentine Mathes
Agnes Kuiper
Holland
Agnes Kuyper Mathes
Franiska