Third Generation

27. Matthias [Harmon] HERMAN¹¹³ was born about 1806 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.^3,114,115 In 1850 he was a farmer in Newton Twp., Catawba County, NC.¹¹⁶ Occupation #2: farmer in 1860 in Hickory Tavern Twp., Catawba County, North Carolina.¹¹⁷ Property 250/90 He died after 1860 at the age of 54.
Mathias Herman was born in 1808 in Catawba County, the son of Peter Herman and Barbra Bowman. On 29 January 1839 he married Anna Peterson, who was born in Catawba County in 1810. He was a farmer and moved his family to Watauga County and settled in Valle Crucis, North Carolina sometime between 1860 and 1870, where he changed his name to Harmon.

Some of his sons moved to the south side of the mountain and lived at what is now called Fosco, N.C. Some of his grandsons helped build the Holy Cross Episcopal Church at Banner Elk, N.C. where they were members and some of the family are buried. Mathias and Anna lived out their lives and are presumed buried in St. John's Episcopal Church Cemetery in the valley of Valle Crucis.

Their nine children are: Anna (no record in 1850 census); Peter, b. 1839; Fanny, b. 1843 became Franny; Joseph b. 1845; Hiram b. 15 June 1847 -- d. 18 Jan 1929 rod. 1869 to Polly Selene Deitz, b. 12 May 1852 (see Hiram Herman Story); Abel b. 1849 married Nancy Townsend; Emaline, b. 1842 married a Farthing; E.lizabeth b. 1844 married Timothy Jackson Townsend. Elizabeth and Jackson's two oldest children are: Lawson E. age 4 and Cornelia, nine months, at the time of this record. Their family sometimes spoke their native Dutch language among themselves and spoke English to others.

Matthias [Harmon] HERMAN and Anna/Anne PETERSON were married on 29 June 1839 in Lincoln County, North Carolina.^3,75 Herman, Matthias; Peterson, Anna; Peter Herman Sr (Ger: Peter Herman) ; 29 Jan 1839 ; Wm Herman JP [Bynum] 29 June 1839
Peter Herman, Sr., bondsman; William Herman, J.P. Anna/Anne PETERSON was born about 1810 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.^{114,115,116,117} She died after 1860 at the age of 50.

Matthias [Harmon] HERMAN and Anna/Anne PETERSON had the following children:

169	i.	Fanny HERMAN was born about 1839 in Lincoln (Catawba County), North Carolina.^116,117 She died after 1860 at the age of 21.
170	ii.	Joseph HERMAN was born about 1845 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^72,114 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Not listed with family at 1860 Census..¹¹⁵ His record in the War Between the States is as follows:⁶¹ HERMAN, JOSEPH, Private, Company C, 28nd Regiment, NC Troops - Born in Catawba County where he enlisted on March 24, 1864, for the war. Died "at home" on August 27, 1864, of disease. He died on 27 August 1864 at the age of 19 in Catawba County, North Carolina.¹¹⁸
+171	iii.	Hiram "David" HERMAN.
+172	iv.	Abel HERMAN.
+173	v.	Emeline HERMAN.
+174	vi.	Elizabeth E. HERMAN.
+175	vii.	James Ellis HARMON.