Joseph Matthews and Elizabeth McElroy

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Husband Joseph Matthews ¹

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           Born: 16 Jun 1820 - St. Clair Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Mathews (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Snodgrass (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1 Nov 1848 1

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Wife Elizabeth McElroy ¹

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         Father: John D. McElroy (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Menoher (      -      ) 3 4

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Children

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1 M William H. Matthews ^{1 5}

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           Born: 15 May 1851 - St. Clair Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Spouse: Rebecca Elizabeth "Lizzie" Moore (1854-      ) 1 5
           Marr: 11 Jun 1884 1

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2 F Maggie S. Matthews ¹

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         Spouse: S. J. E. Hudson (      -      ) 1

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3 F Sarah J. Matthews ¹

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4 M John Matthews ¹

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5 M James Matthews ¹

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6 F Mary A. Matthews ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Matthews

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He received his education in the subscription schools of the day and always followed farming as his occupation. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church of Fairfield, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

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

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 462.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 247.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 16.

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