Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Conrad Matheny    
                Born: Oct-28-1847          in Pendleton Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Feb-11-1930          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Moyers (James) Cemetery, Dog Run (E of CR 17/9, S of jct w/ CR 31/9), Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father: Reuben Matheny   (1809 - 1877) 
              Mother: Nancy A. Killingsworth   (1819 - 1905) 
                Wife: Florella Parker   2,3  
       Also known as: Ella Parker 3
                Born: Jan- 1-1853           1 (see note 1)
                Died: Apr-11-1940          in Smithville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Moyers (James) Cemetery, Dog Run (E of CR 17/9, S of jct w/ CR 31/9), Ritchie Co, WV  1
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  3
              Census: 1870, 1910           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: George Washington Parker   (1832 - 1885) 
              Mother: Mary Boone   (1832 - 1909) 
           M Child 1: Wilbur Rymer Matheny      
                Born: Jul- 7-1889          in Ritchie Co, WV  4,5,6
                Died: Nov-18-1943          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  5
              Buried:                      in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1,7,5
             Resided:                      in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  5,6
              Census: 1910                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      Hope Natural Gas Co oil field work  5
          Occupation: 1910                 carpenter  8
            Military: Apr-26-1918 - Feb-21-1919 Pfc, Co A, 314th Inf, 79th Div, World War I  7
                Wife: Metta C. Wilson  b. Jun-20-1894  d. Feb-17-1989  
             Married: Jun-10-1917          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  6

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Death record of son. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 344. 
(4) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(7) U.S. Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Office of Quartermaster 
General, and National Archives & Records Administration. 
(8) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birthplace given in son's death record as Ritchie County, but Findagrave
reports it as Marion County.







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