| 1. | Robert McCheyne Mateer was born 8 Feb 1853, , Adams, Pennsylvania; died 5 Sep 1921, Wei Hsien, China. Notes:
Robert M. Mateer attended college at Monmouth, Illinois, before transferring to
Princeton, where he graduated from the University in 1878, and from the
Theological Seminary in 1881. That same year he went to China, where, except
for one brief furlough in the States for reasons of health, he spent the
remainder of his life as a missionary evangelist in southern Shantung province
based at Wei Hsien.
"Of the varied and eminently successful labors of Dr. Mateer, it is impossible
to do more than indicate briefly the apparently more important factors, such as
the founding of the Boys' High School at Wei Hsien; his efficient aid in
securing the funds for the Girls' High School ... together with his active
interest in promoting other forms of educational work for the women and girls
of this large field; his energy and zeal in devising plans for the support of
the Chinese pastorate ...; the founding of numerous churches, and his continual
efforts to secure pastors for them; his untiring efforts toward securing a
properly educated, competent Chinese ministry; ... and the establishment of The
Cities Evangelization Project ..., where some of the ablest Chinese in our
midst, the finest product of our education, secular and religious, have been
put in charge of extensive evangelistic and educational work, and given a free
hand in its development.
"Dr. Mateer was particularly loved and trusted by the Chinese ... between him
and them, lines east and west were obliterated - all were simply servants of
one Master ... His highest honor was the regard in which he was held by our
large body of Chinese pastors and church-workers."
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 112-113.
Robert married Sarah Archibald 29 Mar 1882. Sarah was born 6 Mar 1851; died 8 Apr 1886, Wei Hsien, China. [Group Sheet]
Robert married Madge Dickson 20 Jan 1891, , China. Madge was born 4 Apr 1860, Shiremanstown, Pennsylvania; died 12 Sep 1939, Tsingtao, China. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 4. William Dickson Mateer
 was born 21 Jul 1892, Wei Hsien, China; died 21 Mar 1898, Wei Hsien, China.
- 5. Julia Kathleen Mateer was born 3 Nov 1896, Wei Hsien, China; died 25 Apr 1898, Wei Hsien, China.
- 6. Robert Adair Mateer was born 1899, Wei Hsien, China; died 31 Mar 1900, Wei Hsien, China.
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1853 - 1921 (68 years)