Biography
Mahalia Ann Rebecca Matthews Holladay was born 30 April 1833 in Neshaba, Noxubee County, Mississippi, United States to Joseph Lazarus Matthews (1809-1886) and Rhoda Carroll (1818-1896) and died 14 March 1916 Santaquin, Utah County, Utah, United States of unspecified causes. She married John Daniel Holladay (1826-1909) 2 November 1848 in Holladay, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Willard Richards 1848 Pioneer Company
Numbered amoung the participants in the Willard Richards 1848 Pioneer Company, a early Mormon pioneer wagon train that left with about 526 individuals when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. This company was divided into two sections, Willard Richards (1804-1854) section and Amasa Lyman Section. The Lyman section left the outfitting post on 1 July and the Richards section left on 3 July. Members of the company arrived in Salt Lake City from 10-19 October 1848.
The Matthews family followed John Brown (1820-1896) and William Crosby (1808-1880) and a small group of Mississippi Saints upto Winters Quarters where they joined this caravan.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mahalia Ann Rebecca Holladay (1849-1937) | |||
| John Daniel Holladay (1850-1926) | |||
| Lenora McCray Holladay (1854-1872) | |||
| Rhoda Catherine Holladay (1856-1920) | |||
| Isaiah Holladay (1859-1953) | |||
| Joseph Augustus Holladay (1861-1936) | |||
| Julia Antonette Holladay (1863-1897) | |||
| Lunia Agnes Holladay (1866-1953) | |||
| David Thomas Holladay (1868-1873) | |||
| Archibald Franklin Holladay (1871-1905) | |||
| Eva Nellie Holladay (1873-1939) | |||
| Minnie Maybell Holladay (1865-1959) | |||
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| David Henry Matthews (1851-1919) | 28 December 1851 San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States | 22 December 1919 Matthewsville, Graham County, Arizona, United States | Clara Amelia Wall (1858-1939) |
| Solomon Franklin Matthews (1854-1898) | 23 February 1854 San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California, United States | 5 May 1898 Glenbar, Graham County, Arizona, United States | Eliza Ann Cloward (1863-1940) |
| Ella Olive Matthews (1856-1857) | |||
| William Matthews (1857-1857) | |||
| Rhoda Jane Matthews (1858-1901) | |||
| John Daniel Matthews (1861-1906) | |||
| Charles Amasa Matthews (1863-1932) | |||
| Polly Ann Matthews (1866-1939) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Simon Carroll Matthews (1869-1937) | |||
| Jacob Eugene Matthews (1884-1913) | |||