William H. Matthews and Rebecca Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moore

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Husband William H. Matthews ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 May 1851 - St. Clair Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Joseph Matthews (1820-Aft 1890) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth McElroy (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 11 Jun 1884 1

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Wife Rebecca Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moore ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Dec 1854 2
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         Father: Matthew McLaren Moore (1819-1895) 1 3
         Mother: Margery Latimer (      -1856) 2 4

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Children

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1 M Greason McClarran Matthews ¹

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2 F Mary Luella Matthews ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William H. Matthews

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He received his education in Waterford schools and Fairfield academy. At twenty years of age he began teaching, which profession he followed for nine years. Seven years of this time was spent in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. During his period of teaching he studied surveying with J. A. Paige, a noted civil engineer, and after 1880 devoted his time to surveying and the management of his farm. As a surveyor he was very successful. As a farmer and stock-raiser he was among the foremost of his section. He was a republican in political opinion, and a member of the Fairfield United Presbyterian church.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 543.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 141.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 140.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 837.