Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Decatur Commodore Matheny    
                Born: Mar- 7-1852          in Highland Co, VA  1
                Died: Apr-19-1927          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  2
              Buried:                      in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV  2
              Census: 1910                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1883                 in Ritchie Co, WV  1
          Occupation: 1910                 farm laborer  3
          Occupation: 1900                 farmer  4
              Father: Reuben Matheny   (1809 - 1877) 
              Mother: Nancy A. Killingsworth   (1819 - 1905) 
                Wife: Jerusha Jane "Jennie" Phillips     
         Census name: Jane Phillips 
             Married: May-10-1883          in Ritchie Co, WV  5
                Born: Oct- 9-1866          in Greene Co, PA  1,6,7
                Died: Jan- 7-1933          in Wood Co, WV  8
              Buried:                      in Parkersburg Memorial Gardens (aka IOOF Cem, 24th St), Wood Co, WV  2
              Census: 1910                 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Meade District, Tyler Co, WV  
             Resided: 1883                 in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Father: David Phillips   (1835 - 1894) 
              Mother: Rebecca Phillips   (1845 - 1925) 
Notes 

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(2) Findagrave.com. 
(3) 1910 Census, Wood County, WV. 
(4) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(5) 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. 
(6) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV. 
(7) 1870 Census, Tyler County, WV. 
(8) Wood County Death Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as Jennie Matheny, white female, b. Greene Co Pa, widowed; died 
Jan 7 1933, age 66y 2m 29d, cause of death chronic nephritis.  Informant:  M. A. Matheny. DR p. 136 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=3616718&Type=Death. 







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