Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Mathew A. Mathews 1,2   
         Census name: Matthew Matthews 3
                Born: Oct-28-1907          in Pennsylvania  2,4
                Died: Oct-21-1979           1,2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  5
             Resided:                      in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  6
             Resided: 1928                 at Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Snowden Twp, Allegheny Co, PA  
              Father: Thomas Matthews   (1878 -     ) 
              Mother: Caroline ___   (1871 -     ) 
                Wife: Ruby Cary Cox 7  1,8  
       Also known as: Cara Ruby Cox 4
             Married: Jan- 5-1928          in Doddridge Co, WV  9,1
                Born: May-16-1904          in Doddridge Co, WV  10,2 (see note 1)
                Died: May- 2-1983           7,2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  5
             Resided:                      at Long Run, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1981                 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV  11
             Resided: 1964, 67             in Vienna, Wood Co, WV  12
              Census: 1910                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Father: Claude Fillmore Cox   (1877 - 1973) 
              Mother: Sallie Catherine Freeman   (1882 - 1973) 
           F Child 1: Hannah K. Mathews      
                Born: Apr- 8-1933          in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV  7
                Died: Aug-24-2004           7
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  7
             Resided:                      in Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  7
             Resided: 1983                 in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  13
          Occupation:                      owner/operator of Moore's Superette (20 yrs), postal clerk in Smithburg (20 yrs)  14,7
           Education:                      Doddridge Co H.S. (1950, valedictorian)  7
             Husband: Darrell A. Moore  b. Apr-30-1931  
             Married: Jan-26-1951          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  14,1
           M Child 2: Thomas Richard Mathews      
       Also known as: T. R. Mathews 2
                Born: Jul-20-1934           2
                Died: Oct-12-1989           1,2
              Buried:                      in Mt. Olive Baptist Cemetery, Patterson Rd, Salem (Doddridge Co), WV  15
             Resided: 1983                 at Long Run, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  13
                Wife: Winona Lou Simpson  b. Jun-14-1935  d. Dec-16-2013  
             Married: Jan-17-1953          at Industrial, Harrison Co, WV  16
           M Child 3: Living      
                Wife: Living  
                Wife: Living  

Sources:
(1) Obituary of wife. 
(2) Social Security Death Index. 
(3) 1910 Census. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. 
(5) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(6) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. 
(7) Obituary. 
(8) Obituary of daughter. 
(9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), 
Identified as Mathew A. Mathews, 22, b.  Pennsylvania, res. Doddridge Co; and Cara Ruby Cox, 23, of Doddridge Co.  
Married Jan 5 1928. 
(10) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 289. 
(11) Obituary of brother. 
(12) Newspaper anniversary announcement of parents. 
(13) Obituary of mother. 
(14) Newspaper anniversary announcement. 
(15) Headstone. 
(16) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 

Event Notes
Note (1) Obituary states age as 78 and birth date as May 16 1905, but SSDI shows birth
date as May 16 1904.  Age 23 given at time of Jan 1928 marriage would support
the 1904 date.







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