Mathew W. House, Company H, 6th (Monroe’s) Cavalry, was the son of John and Mary “Polly” Inge House. Mathew was born 16 June 1823 near Galaton, Sumner County, Tennessee. His father, John, was born about 1777 in Edgecombe County, NC, and Polly was born about 1779, possibly in Edgecombe County.

As his service record synopsis and subsequent census records reveal, Mathew survived the war and lived in Saline County until his death on 06 March 1908. He is buried in Lee Cemetery, Saline County.

Sources:

Household of Matthew House, 1850 U.S. Census, District 1, Carroll County, Tennessee; Roll: M432_873; Page: 2; Image: 6, line 16.
Household of Matthew W. House, 1860 U.S. Census, Saline TWP, Saline County, Arkansas; Roll: M653_50; Page: 677; Image: 126, Line 12.
Household of Matthew House, 1870 U.S. Census: Hurricane TWP, Saline County, Arkansas; Roll: M593_63; Page: 523; Image: 215, line 17.
Household of Mathew House, 1880 U.S. Census: Benton TWP, Saline County, Arkansas; Roll: T9_56; Family History Film: 1254056; Page: 296.3000; Enumeration District: 164; Image: 0275, line 35.
Ingmire, Francis T., Arkansas – C.S.A. Pension Applications , Mountain Press, P.O. Box 400 Signal Mountain, Tennessee, 27277-0-400
Mills, Betsy, contributed tree, Ancesty.com.
Tombstone Inscription, Lee Cemetery, Saline County, Arkansas, Online, available
http://www.rootsweb.com/~arsaline/lee.html