James Eaton Brown Mateer and Esther S. Lowry

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Husband James Eaton Brown Mateer ¹

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           Born: 24 May 1844 - Boggs Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel Mateer (1818-1900) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Ambrose (1823-1903/1904) 3

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       Marriage: Nov 1864 4

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Wife Esther S. Lowry ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1843
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           Died: 16 Dec 1906 4
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         Father: William Lowry (1799-1872) 6
         Mother: Esther Miller (1812-1881) 6

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Children

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1 F Ida May Mateer ⁷

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           Born: 27 Mar 1866 4
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         Spouse: William M. Martin (1864-      ) 8
           Marr: 28 Sep 1887 8

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2 F Lizzie Mateer ⁴

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           Born: 20 Oct 1868 4
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         Spouse: Isaac Darbaker (      -      ) 4

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3 M Samuel J. Mateer ⁴

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           Born: 23 Jan 1874 4
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         Spouse: Mattie Skinner (      -      ) 4

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4 M William Lowry Mateer ⁴

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           Born: 6 Jul 1877 4
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         Spouse: Jennie Miller (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - James Eaton Brown Mateer

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He was born on the old family homestead in Boggs township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, and there grew to manhood. After his marriage he continued to live at that place for two years, and then bought property one and a half miles north, 150 acres, at that time all in the woods. He put up a frame barn and the shell of a house in which he lived for five years before completing the substantial frame dwelling. He met with marked success in his agricultural operations, being one of the most prosperous farmers in the county. He first added 100 acres to his initial purchase, later a tract of thirty-seven acres to that, and then seventy more, by the old homestead. Subsequently he purchased 192 acres of William Cochran, the holdings of himself and his sons amounting to 562 acres-all valuable land. In addition to general farming he became heavily interested in stock raising, in which line he met with the same success which attended all his other enterprises. He held various local offices. In politics he was a Democrat, adhering to the principles of the party his family had supported for many years. Most of the Mateers were associated with the Presbyterian Church.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 354, 795.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 795.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 355, 795.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 356.

5 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 356, 458, 795.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 356, 458.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 356, 565.

8 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 565.