Horace Nelson Mateer

1855 - 1939  (83 years)

• Name	Horace Nelson Mateer
  Born	12 Dec 1855	, Adams, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jun 1939	Wooster, Ohio
  Person ID	I7723	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	John Mateer,   b. 17 Nov 1807, Allen Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania ,   d. 29 Jan 1875, Monmouth, Illinois  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Mary Nelson Diven,   b. 9 Aug 1816, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania ,   d. 13 Mar 1896, Wooster, Ohio  (Age 79 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1835	Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F2890	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Orpha Gaston,   b. 2 Mar 1866, East Liverpool, Ohio ,   d. Oct 1961, Wooster, Ohio  (Age 95 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1888	East Liverpool, Ohio
  Children	+ 1. John Gaston Mateer,   b. 14 Feb 1890, Wooster, Ohio ,   d. 2 Sep 1966, Detroit, Michigan  (Age 76 years) + 2. Mary Nelson Mateer,   b. 2 Sep 1891, Wooster, Ohio ,   d. 17 Dec 1971, Harwich, Massachusetts  (Age 80 years) + 3. Elizabeth Montgomery Mateer,   b. 31 Jul 1894, Wooster, Ohio ,   d. 29 Oct 1930, Cleveland, Ohio  (Age 36 years)   4. Dorothy Mateer,   b. 1 Nov 1901, Wooster, Ohio ,   d. 2 May 1972, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F3101	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Dec 1855 - , Adams, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Horace N. Mateer graduated from Princeton College in 1877 and went on to get his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1883. In 1884 he moved to Wooster, Ohio, where he was engaged in private practice and was instrumental in the founding of the town's hospital. In addition he was professor and head of the department of Biological Science at Wooster College, where he established the first pre-medical course in any American college. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 113.