MOUNT SIDE-SADDLE


Pictured is a side saddle that is in the collection of the Scott County Museum. This saddle was passed down through the family of Matthias Sherman Mount and Amanda Belle Bartle.

Saddle


Saddle


Saddle


My thanks to Bob Rhude for taking the photographs for me! pjm


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1. Matthias Sherman Mount, son of the Rev. Thomas Jefferson Mount and Deliah Susannah Elizabeth Applegate (sometimes known as Betty) was born on 24 Mar 1866 in Leota, Scott Co., IN. Matthias Sherman died in Scottsburg , Scott Co., IN, on 30 Apr 1954; he was 88. Buried in Scottsburg Cemetery, Scott Co., IN.

1. 1910 Finley, Scott Co., IN ED#138, 75/76
Apparently living next to Elza Miskell and Matthias�s sister Elyza
Mount, Matthias , 45
Amanda D., wife, 43
Bertha, 18
Charles F, 16
Edna L, 12
Gladys G, 5

Mount, Madison S (head) age 64 born IN
Mount, Amanda B (wife) age 61
Mount, Luther E (son) age 19

2. Side saddle in the museum in Scottsburg came from this family to son Luther to Mountie

On 24 Oct 1886 when Matthias Sherman was 20, he married Amanda Belle Bartle, daughter of Rev. Charles Henry Bartle, 3171, M (21 Mar 1850-7 Jan 1918) & Eliza Frances Shields, 3172, F (10 Mar 1848-18 Aug 1920), in Scott Co., IN. Born on 7 Nov 1868 in Leota, Scott Co., IN. Amanda Belle died in Washington Co, IN, on 26 Apr 1956; she was 87. Buried in Scottsburg Cemetery, Scott Co., IN.

1. Marriage record at Ancestry.com from Index of Brides compiled by Ruth M. Slevin 1974 lists Manda Bartle/Matt Mount 24 Oct 1886, Book 6, pg. 119

They had the following children:
2 i. Eliza Belle "Belle", 3162, F (1887-1979)
3 ii. Maud Mae, 3161, F (1889-1985)
4 iii. Flora Gertrude, 3163, F (1890-1892)
5 iv. Bertha Olive, 3165, F (1891-1986)
6 v. Charles Franklin, 3164, M (1895-1962)
7 vi. Edna Leah, 3166, F (1898-1981)
8 vii. Gladys Gertrude, 7266, F (1904-)
9 viii. Luther Elmo, 3167, M (1910-1935)