Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Reuben Matheny    
                Born: Dec-13-1809           1
                Died: Oct-22-1877           1
              Buried:                      in Riddles Chapel Cemetery, Co Rd 16/10, near Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Nancy A. Killingsworth     
                Born: 1819                  2
                Died: 1905                  2
              Buried:                      in Pleasant View Cemetery, Pettyville, Wood Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Conrad Matheny 1     
                Born: Oct-28-1847          in Pendleton Co, (W)VA  1,3
                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
                Wife: Florella Parker  b. Jan- 1-1853  d. Apr-11-1940  
       Also known as: Ella Parker 4
           F Child 2: Mary Jane Matheny      
                Born: ca 1848              in Barbour Co, (W)VA  5
              Census: 1880                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1878                 in Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Husband: Festus W. Parker  b. Dec-26-1856  d. Aug-30-1934  
             Married: Mar-28-1878          in Ritchie Co, WV  6
           M Child 3: Decatur Commodore Matheny      
                Born: Mar- 7-1852          in Highland Co, VA  7
                Died: Apr-19-1927          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV  1
              Census: 1910                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1883                 in Ritchie Co, WV  7
          Occupation: 1910                 farm laborer  8
          Occupation: 1900                 farmer  9
                Wife: Jerusha Jane "Jennie" Phillips  b. Oct- 9-1866  d. Jan- 7-1933  
         Census name: Jane Phillips 
             Married: May-10-1883          in Ritchie Co, WV  10

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Headstone (year only) 
(3) Death record of son. 
(4) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 344. 
(5) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 37, Line 24 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539391&Type=Marriage. 
(6) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Festus Parker, single, farmer, 23, b. Marion Co, res. 
Ritchie Co, son of Washington & Mary; and Mary Jane Mathena (sic), single, 30, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of 
Rueben & Nancy.  Married Mar 28 1878 in Ritchie County, officiated by Philip A. Wood. MR p. 37, Line 24 : 
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11539391&Type=Marriage. 
(7) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(8) 1910 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(9) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(10) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, Identified as Decature C. Matheny, 28, b. Highland Co Va, res. Ritchie 
Co; and Jerusha J. Phillips, 17, b. Greene Co Pa, res. Ritchie Co.  Married May 10 1883 in Ritchie County. MR p. 51 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11538791&Type=Marriage. 







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