Mathiot of Lancaster, PA and Baltimore, MD
Augustus Mathiot, born in the 1700's (possibly in PA), manufactured, and sold cabinets & chairs for a living, and was the original founder of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Baltimore, MD. He married Mary Ann Hodges of Kent Co., MD and they had 10 children:Octavian, Augustus, Jr., Susan Matilda (born 1831), Annie, Robert (don't know the 5 others).The family belonged to the First German Reformed Church.Augustus Mathiot's first cousin was John Mathiot, Mayor of Lancaster, PA.John had a daughter Louise, whose married name was Carpenter.If any of these might relate to you, please read "A Book of Thoughts: The Diary of Susan Mathiot Gale, West River, Maryland, 1859" by Jennie A. Levine, "Maryland Historical Magazine," Journal of the Maryland Historical Society, Vol. 102, No. 2 (Summer, 2007).