Bailey Mateer: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Bailey Mateer was born 1 Jun 1813, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 11 Jul 1877, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; was buried , Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

Notes:

On 26 August 1832 Baily Mateer and Eliza Jane Mateer, son and daughter of James
Mateer late of Allen Township deceased, both minors over 14 years, petitioned
to have Levi Markel appointed their guardian; the court so agreed.

The 1850 census lists a Bayley Mateer, preacher, living in Lower Allen
Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; his houshold included his wife Mary
A. and three children: Sarah J. aged 10, Albert aged 7, and James A. aged two
years. Bayley's age is given as 27, and his wife's age as 25. This man was
almost certainly Bailey, but with a very considerable discrepancy for his and
his wife's ages.

In 1860 in Lower Allen Township, B. Mateer, laborer, aged 48 was listed with
wife M. aged 47, and children S. F. (female) aged 20 and J. D. (male) aged 12.

Buried in St. Johns "Peach Church", near Shiremanstown, Hampden Township.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 52, 78.

Bailey married Mary A. Steigleman 20 Dec 1839. Mary was born Abt 1813; died 16 Jan 1889; was buried Hampden Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Sarah Mateer was born Abt 1840.
3. Albert W. Mateer was born 7 Jun 1842, Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 23 Aug 1917, Cromwell, Iowa.
4. James Dunlap Mateer was born 15 Mar 1848, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 11 May 1914, Alliance, Stark, Ohio; was buried North Jackson, Ohio.

Generation: 2

2.	Sarah Mateer (1.Bailey¹) was born Abt 1840. Notes: Living in 1880, unmarried. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 78.

Albert W. Mateer

(1.Bailey¹) was born 7 Jun 1842, Shiremanstown, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 23 Aug 1917, Cromwell, Iowa.

Notes:

During the Civil War Albert W. Mateer served as a private soldier in Company H
130th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry from 9 August 1862 until 17
November 1865. When he enlisted at Harrisburg he was described as 5 feet 6
inches tall with light complexion, light hair and gray eyes. He was wounded in
the left arm at the Battle of Antietam and then transferred to the Veterans
Reserve Corps.

On 27 March 1874 Albert W. Mateer and wife Elizabeth of Swatain Township,
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania for $600, sold to Mathias Eschelman of Lower Allen
Township, a house and lot in White Hill, East Pennsboro Township, on the road
to Gettysburg, the property bought on 1 April 1872 from James and Lydia Davis.

In 1876 Albert moved to Putnam County, Illinois, and thence to Union Township,
Adams County, Iowa in 1883; about 1907 he moved again to Cromwell, Union
County, Iowa. The 1880 census lists this family in Crispie Township, Bureau
County, Illinois.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 78, 108-109.

Albert married Elizabeth Hoffman 28 Nov 1871, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth (daughter of George Hoffman) was born 13 Sep 1851, , Pennsylvania; died 6 Sep 1935, Cromwell, Iowa. [Group Sheet]

Children:

5. Charles H. Mateer was born 13 Sep 1872, , Pennsylvania.
6. Nada Emma Mateer was born 20 Jan 1875, , Pennsylvania.
7. George B. Mateer was born 18 Apr 1877, , Pennsylvania; died 17 Jul 1877.
8. Joseph W. Mateer was born 18 Jun 1878, , Illinois.
9. Anna Mae Mateer was born 18 Dec 1885, , Iowa.

James Dunlap Mateer

(1.Bailey¹) was born 15 Mar 1848, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 11 May 1914, Alliance, Stark, Ohio; was buried North Jackson, Ohio.

Notes:

During the Civil War James D. Mateer served as a private soldier in Company D
78th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers; when he enlisted at Harrisburg on 2
February 1865 he was a farmer aged 17 years, 5 feet 3 inches tall, with fair
complexion, light hair and gray eyes. After his discharge on 22 September
1865, he reenlisted at Harrisburg on 24 April 1866 for three years in the
regular army, Company I 22nd U. S. Infantry; his final discharge was given on
24 April 1869 at Fort Rice in Dakota Territory.

After the war James D. Mateer lived in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania for one
year, in Belfonte, Pennsylvania for four years, and in Youngstown, Ohio,
Chicago, Illinois (where he worked as a printer), as well as North Jackson,
Warren, West Austintown and Alliance, Ohio.

His estate comprised a house and lot on Rice Street in Alliance, Ohio, valued
at $2000 with a mortgage of $550, and approximately $200 in personal effects;
this property went to his daughter Mary Mateer, "the only surviving heir."
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 78, 109.

James married Nannie McClure 27 Sep 1883, Poland, Ohio. Nannie died 30 Apr 1912. [Group Sheet]

Children:

10. Mary Mateer was born 19 Dec 1884.

Generation: 3

5.	Charles H. Mateer (3.Albert², 1.Bailey¹) was born 13 Sep 1872, , Pennsylvania. Notes: Living in Cromwell, Iowa in 1935. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 109.

6.	Nada Emma Mateer (3.Albert², 1.Bailey¹) was born 20 Jan 1875, , Pennsylvania. Notes: ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 109.

7.	George B. Mateer (3.Albert², 1.Bailey¹) was born 18 Apr 1877, , Pennsylvania; died 17 Jul 1877. Notes: ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 109.

8.	Joseph W. Mateer (3.Albert², 1.Bailey¹) was born 18 Jun 1878, , Illinois. Notes: ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 109.

9.	Anna Mae Mateer (3.Albert², 1.Bailey¹) was born 18 Dec 1885, , Iowa. Notes: ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 109.

10.	Mary Mateer (4.James², 1.Bailey¹) was born 19 Dec 1884. Notes: Living and unmarried on 22 Jun 1914. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 109.