Re: Samuel R Matthews Information
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Samuel R Matthews Information
sandra fink 1/28/06
Hey Sandy!
I've posted here before, but this is the first time I've come across your posting.I'm adding what I have to date, so if anyone else comes across this they can see more detailed information about our family and maybe be able to point us both in the right direction for more information.
Samuel R. Mathews, b. 03/08/1971, married Eva G. Chilcote, b. 6/27/1900, on 11/8/1916 in Orbisonia according to their Application for Marriage License filed in Huntingdon County.This was Samuel's second marriage.
Children born of this marriage were:
Charles D. Mathews, b. 11/10/1919 d. 1967
Gerald Luther Mathews, b. 1920
Augusta Mathews Chaney, b. 07/16/1921
Berlin J. Mathews, b. 11/09/1922 d. 11/12/1990
Myrtle Mathews Sommers
Maxine Mathews Balko, b. 06/06/1927 d. 06/22/2007
Agnes A. Mathews, b. 1933
Four died in infancy: Freda, Dorothy, Arlene & Josephine (I do not have their birth/death dates yet)
These children were enrolled in the Meadow Gap school in Springfield Township in the 1930's.
Samuel's first marriage was to Ida Belle Swartz, b. March 1874.They were married in Meadow Gap, Huntingdon County, on 10/25/1893 and divorced on 04/13/1909.Two children born of that marriage were: Ethel Mathews, b. 1894 and Lloyd D. Mathews, b. 1900.
Samuel R. Mathews' parents are listed on his marriage applications as Isaiah & Eliza/Jane Campbell Mathews, but his obituary states Isaac & Margaret Campbell Mathews.The 1880 Census of Springfield, Huntingdon County, PA shows Isaiah & Margaret Matthews with children: Mary A., Jemiatha/Jeanatta, Eliza J., Samuel R., Catherine B., Thomas B. and grandson, Charles W. ~ The 1870 Census shows them with children: Sarah, Lucinda, Isaiah B., Mary, Jemiatha/Jeanatta, Eliaza J. and Elizabeth.
I have not yet found this family in 1860 Census although I did find the 1850 Census for Springfield with an Isaiah & Sarah Mathews with children: Isaiah (same age as our Isaiah above), William, George, Eliza E. and James!
Sandy and I both have photograph of Samuel & Eva, as well as more information and photos for the more recent generations.If anyone out there has more information about this lines' ancestry, we would both love to hear from you!
Nancy Elizabeth Mathews
1495 Gray Street SE
Palm Bay, FL 32909
321-722-2304
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