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1. | Mary Jane Walker was born on 31 Mar 1851 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 2 Feb 1890 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary married William H Mathews on 9 Mar 1869 in Dale, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA. William (son of Edward Mathews, I and Annie Elanore Gantt) was born on 4 Aug 1849 in Arendtsville, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 25 Sep 1891 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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2. | Lewis M Mathews (1.Mary1) was born on 31 May 1872 in Menallen, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 31 May 1907 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Lewis married Margaret Maggie Brown on 14 Apr 1898 in Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. Margaret (daughter of Mary Brown) was born in Apr 1873 in Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Nettie Edna Mathews (1.Mary1) was born on 21 Jul 1873 in Menallen, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 11 Aug 1964 in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: William E. Reed. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
4. | George Mathews (1.Mary1) was born in 1875 in Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 3 Jan 1916. |
5. | Cora B. Mathews (1.Mary1) was born in Nov 1873 in Menallen, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; died in in Menallen, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA. |
6. | Jessie Ellen Mathews (1.Mary1) was born on 23 Feb 1885 in Flora Dale, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 7 Jun 1967 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. Family/Spouse: Robert Lee Vann. Robert was born on 29 Aug 1879 in Ahoskie, Hertford, North Carolina, USA; died on 24 Oct 1940 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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