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Catherine Saenger Hix Matheny was born in Floyd County, Virginia in 1813 of German parentage and she had 5 brothers, no sisters. Her father was employed by Governor Floyd and had charge of his farm, mill and distillery in Floyd County.
Her parents being opposed to her marrying Hix, in 1831 they ran away and married, establishing their home near Zanesville, Muskingham County, Ohio, but not long after moved to Noble Co., Ohio, thence about 1850 to Vinton Co., when after being widowed, she married Benjamin Matheny in 1860. Following his death in 1875, she was married a 3rd time to John Swackhammer in 1878 who died in 1880
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