John Decatur Matthews^[1]

1874 - 1944  (69 years)

• Name	John Decatur Matthews
  Born	30 Aug 1874
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Feb 1944  [2]
  Buried	Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I60298	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	Jesse "Bathurst" Matthews,   b. 1841, North Carolina ,   d. 1896  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Jemima Floyd,   b. 1845, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1922  (Age 77 years)
  Married	24 Aug 1870	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F21677	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Rhoda Elzena Helton,   b. 24 Jan 1885, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Mar 1955  (Age 70 years)
  Children	+ 1. Jennie Matthews,   b. 4 Apr 1905, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Nov 1972  (Age 67 years) + 2. Gladys Hazel Matthews,   b. 6 Jun 1906, Tennessee ,   d. 10 Jun 1964  (Age 58 years) + 3. Samuel Isham "Sam" Matthews,   b. 11 Jul 1908, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Aug 1994  (Age 86 years) + 4. Arlie Homer Matthews,   b. 19 Mar 1911, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jun 1998  (Age 87 years) + 5. Dorothy Matthews,   b. 6 Jun 1913, Tennessee ,   d. 4 May 1974  (Age 60 years) + 6. William Oliver "Bill" Matthews,   b. 5 May 1917, Tennessee ,   d. 26 Nov 1980  (Age 63 years) + 7. John D. Matthews, Jr.,   b. 9 Sep 1921, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Mar 2007  (Age 85 years)   8. Matthews,   d. Bef 10 Mar 2007
  Family ID	F22207	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - - Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 272.

  
  

• Sources

  [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 10 Jun 1964. Gladys Hazel Lewelling obituary [S78] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume I, 1930-1954, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 9 Feb 1944. [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 616.