Anthony Mateer: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

Anthony Mateer was born 3 Aug 1834, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania; died Aft 1884.

Notes:

Anthony Mateer came to Wayne County, Illinois with his father in 1855; he was a
member of the Seceder Church, a conservative branch of the Church of Scotland.

In 1880 Anthony and his family were listed as residents of Four Mile Township,
Wayne County, Illinois.

Living in Wayne County in 1884.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 96.

Anthony married Rebecca A. Scudamore , Hamilton, Illinois. Rebecca (daughter of J. B. Scudamore and Rebecca Buck) was born 20 Oct 1840, , Illinois; died Aft 1884. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Minnie F. Mateer was born Abt 1871, , Illinois.
3. Samuel M. Mateer was born Abt 1873, , Illinois.
4. Joseph Franklin (Frankie) Mateer was born 28 Jan 1876, Long Prairie, Illinois; died 13 Jun 1964, Fairfield, Illinois.
5. Jeanette E. Mateer was born Abt 1878, , Illinois.
6. Nellie B. Mateer was born Abt 1880, , Illinois; died Bef 1884.

Generation: 2

2. Minnie F. Mateer (1.Anthony¹) was born Abt 1871, , Illinois.
Notes:
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 96.
3. Samuel M. Mateer (1.Anthony¹) was born Abt 1873, , Illinois.
Notes:
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 96.

Joseph Franklin (Frankie) Mateer

(1.Anthony¹) was born 28 Jan 1876, Long Prairie, Illinois; died 13 Jun 1964, Fairfield, Illinois.

Notes:

During the Spanish-American War Joseph F. Mateer enlisted at Springfield,
Illinois, on 28 June 1898, as a sergeant in Company L 9th Regiment Illinois
Infantry Volunteers; he was discharged at Augusta, Georgia, on 20 May 1899. At
the time of enlistment he was a farmer, 5 feet 6 inches tall, of fair
complexion with blue eyes and dark hair. After the war he was employed in 1906
in a grain elevator in Harness, Logan County, Illinois; in 1921 he was in the
seed and grain business in Wayne City, Wayne County, Illinois; he had also
lived in Long Prairie and Canton Illinois. Fannie M. Mateer's estate was
administered in 1966 by Coyn Mateer.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 97.

Joseph married Fannie Mae Gurley 19 May 1920, , Clayton, Missouri. Fannie was born 10 Jun 1888, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 10 Jun 1966. [Group Sheet]

5. Jeanette E. Mateer (1.Anthony¹) was born Abt 1878, , Illinois.
Notes:
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 97.

6.	Nellie B. Mateer (1.Anthony¹) was born Abt 1880, , Illinois; died Bef 1884. Notes: ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 97.