Elijah Gad Matheny and Sarah Ann Nye

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Husband Elijah Gad Matheny ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Elijah G. Matheney 3
           Born: 30 Mar 1821 - Wayne Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 9 Feb 1904 2
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         Father: Moses Matheny (1780-1841/1845) 1 4
         Mother: Hannah Nye (1787-1854) 4 5

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       Marriage: 12 Feb 1846 2 6

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Wife Sarah Ann Nye ^{2 6}

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           Born: 24 Jun 1824 2 6
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           Died: Aft 1908
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         Father: Col. Jerdon M. Nye (1789-1867) 6
         Mother: Hannah Plant (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Calista Isaphenia Matheny ^{2 6}

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           Born: 12 Nov 1846 2 6
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           Died: Aft 1908
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2 F Melissa Jane Matheny ²

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            AKA: Lizzie Jane Matheny 6
           Born: 30 Oct 1848 2
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           Died: 11 Oct 1850 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Albert Tobias Matheny ^{2 6}

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           Born: 24 Jan 1851 2
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           Died: Feb 1872 2
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4 F Alice Arazina Matheny ^{2 6 7}

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            AKA: Alice A. Matheney 3
           Born: 15 Oct 1852 or 5 Nov 1852 - Lawrence Co, PA 2 6
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         Spouse: Francis Marion Davis (1856/1857-      ) 6 7 8 9
           Marr: 22 Mar 1883 7 10

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5 F Alma Diadema Matheny ^{2 11}

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           Born: 25 Dec 1854 2 11
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6 M Jordan Nye Matheny ¹²

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            AKA: Jerdon Nye Matheny 6
           Born: 13 Jun 1857 - Wayne Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 12
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         Spouse: Anna Mary Gillespie (1860-      ) 2 11
           Marr: 30 Nov 1882 2

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7 M Sherman Marshall Matheny ^{2 13}

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           Born: 22 Mar 1862 or 22 Jul 1862 2 11
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         Spouse: Nettie C. Grove (      -      ) 2 13 14
           Marr: 9 Jun 1896 2

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General Notes: Husband - Elijah Gad Matheny

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He had few educational advantages. When he was seventeen years old, his father died and left a burden on his to help carry on the farm, and care for the others of the household. He stayed with his mother until her death, and he came to own the family homestead, which was managed by his son, Jerdon Nye Matheny.
He lived on his own farm until 1874, when he removed to the old family farm, that belonged to Mrs. Matheny, and ran the old Matheny mill on the creek. He built a comfortable farm-house in 1883, and was engaged in the various industries of farm life until he sold his land to the Pittsburg Manufacturing Co., retaining ten acres as a homestead, and retired to enjoy the sunset years of his life. Mr. Matheny was always a Republican until his last few years, when he transferred his allegiance to the Prohibitionists. He was overseer of the poor in Ellwood City, and served as justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Matheny were Presbyterians in their religious faith.

1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 285.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 814.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 651.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 813, 357.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 285, 293.

6 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 286.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 183.

8 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 650, 814.

9 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 190.

10 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 651, 814.

11 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 289.

12 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 813.

13 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 289, 415.

14 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1087.