Matthew Strickland was born in 1812 in Knox County, Kentucky. He died in 1851 in Alexander County, Illinois.
Matthew married Jane Crouch in 1835 in Kentucky. Jane was born in 1813 in Kentucky. She died on 14 Mar 1850 in Alexander County, Illinois.
They had the following children:
Sophia Strickland was born in 1838 in Kentucky. She died in 1893 in Illinois.
Betty Harriet Strickland was born on 4 Oct 1840 in Kentucky. She died on 6 Nov 1893 in Tennessee.
Amanda Christina Strickland was born about 1843 in Washington County, Kentucky. She died in 1905 in Saginaw County, Michigan.
Lucy R. Strickland was born in 1846 in Kentucky. She died in 1919 in Indiana.
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