Re: Lorena O Mattews
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In reply to:
Lorena O Mattews
10/16/01
Cynthia,
Hopefully you've received notification of my responses to some of your other postings.
See: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~matthews/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~matthews/ for lots more detail.
Lorena Ophelia Matthews was the third child of Erastus Allen Matthews and Ophelia Emily Garrett.Her mother died when she was a childand she was raised (on her mother's request) by her grandparents (Garrett).After both of the Garretts had died, she lived for a while with an Aunt and Uncle - Nellie and Robert Bolling before she married.
The Matthews line has been traced back as follows:
Lorena-> Erastus Allen Matthews -> Loderick Matthews -> Benjamin Matthews -> Benjamin Matthews - Hugh Matthews (1600s, Isle of Wight, VA).
I also have several generations back on the Garretts but only have the parents of Theresa Guidry.
Which one of Lorena's children is your line?I also have e-mail addresses for two more Jordan descendants, one in Texas and one in LA.
I also have a mailing list for descendants of Hugh and Martha Johnson Matthews.
I connect to Lorena's oldest brother John Garrett Matthews and Mary Agnes Hurley.
The second brother was William Allen (Willie) Matthews - he had one child before dying in 1864.
The fourth child born to EA and Ophelia was a little girl, whoe died as a baby, a few months before her mother.
On my web page are copies of EA's Bible where he records his thoughts at the deaths of the baby and his wife.After Ophelia died, Lorena's middle name was changed from Luander to Ophelia.Also, the Bible has many records for the Jordans since it was given to Lorena by her father.
Is this enough information?I look forward to hearing from you.
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