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Rev. Hiram Mattison was born in Norway, Herkimer County, New York, to Solomon and Lydia Mattison. In 1814, the family relocated to Oswego County, New York. Hiram's family were Methodist-Episcopalian and he formally converted at the age of 23. Soon thereafter, he was called to the ministry and traveled throughout Oswego and the surrounding counties as an itinerant minister. Frances "Fanny" Seward references him in her 1858-1859 diary in attendance at the Methodist Oneida Conference being held in Auburn in April 1859. Rev. Mattison fell ill during the conference and stayed in the Seward home.

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Rev. Hiram Mattison was born in Norway, Herkimer County, New York, to Solomon and Lydia Mattison. In 1814, the family relocated to Oswego County, New York. Hiram's family were Methodist-Episcopalian and he formally converted at the age of 23. Soon thereafter, he was called to the ministry and traveled throughout Oswego and the surrounding counties as an itinerant minister. Frances "Fanny" Seward references him in her 1858-1859 diary in attendance at the Methodist Oneida Conference being held in Auburn in April 1859. Rev. Mattison fell ill during the conference and stayed in the Seward home.

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Book or Book Chapter
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Work here, rest hereafter : or, The life and character of Rev. Hiram Mattison, D.D.
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Nicholas Vansant
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
N. Tibbals
Year: 
1870
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https://archive.org/details/cu31924006738714/page/n27/mode/2up
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Book or Book Chapter
Book or Monograph Title: 
Work here, rest hereafter : or, The life and character of Rev. Hiram Mattison, D.D.
Author(s) or Editor(s): 
Nicholas Vansant
Publisher Location: 
New York
Publisher Name: 
N. Tibbals
Year: 
1870
Start Page: 
1
Citation Notes: 
https://archive.org/details/cu31924006738714/page/n27/mode/2up
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Ancestry.com
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Ancestry.com
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Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts.