1. | Elizabeth Orpha Gaston was born 2 Mar 1866, East Liverpool, Ohio (daughter of George Gaston and Rachel Montgomery); died Oct 1961, Wooster, Ohio. Notes:
In a will written in March 1949, Elizabeth Gaston Mateer of Wooster, Ohio,
bequeathed $1000 each to three grandchildren, Mary Mateer Randal, Richard M.
Douglas and Samuel N. Douglas: "Inasmuch as my grandson William Gaston Mateer
to whom I would have bequeathed $1000, predeceased me", that sum is now to go
to his nephew, "my great-grandson", William Randall Jr., this legacy to be paid
in U. S. Government bonds, for which either or both of his parents may receipt
without the appointment of a guardian; to granddaughter Nancy Hole Schaack,
$5000 in U. S. Government bonds; to daughter Dorothy Mateer, all stock in the
First National Bank of East Liverpool, Ohio, "which stock I consider a family
heirloom"; all remaining estate, share and share alike to son John G. Mateer
and daughters, Mary Mateer Douglas and Dorothy Mateer, these three to be
Executors.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 113.
Elizabeth married Horace Nelson Mateer 25 Oct 1888, East Liverpool, Ohio. Horace (son of John Mateer and Mary Nelson Diven) was born 12 Dec 1855, , Adams, Pennsylvania; died 10 Jun 1939, Wooster, Ohio. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- John Gaston Mateer was born 14 Feb 1890, Wooster, Ohio; died 2 Sep 1966, Detroit, Michigan.
- Mary Nelson Mateer was born 2 Sep 1891, Wooster, Ohio; died 17 Dec 1971, Harwich, Massachusetts.
- Elizabeth Montgomery Mateer was born 31 Jul 1894, Wooster, Ohio; died 29 Oct 1930, Cleveland, Ohio.
- Dorothy Mateer was born 1 Nov 1901, Wooster, Ohio; died 2 May 1972, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona.
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