Samuel Mateer

1818 - 1900  (81 years)

• Name	Samuel Mateer
  Born	2 Feb 1818	Franklin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	1900	Boggs Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
  Person ID	I6883	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	John Mateer,   b. Abt 1782, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1866, Wayne County, Illinois  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Mary Montgomery,   b. Abt 1792, Ireland
  Family ID	F2563	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ambrose,   b. 2 Apr 1823,   d. 7 Aug 1903  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Aug 1843
  Children	+ 1. James Eaton Mateer,   b. 24 May 1844, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1926/1929  (Age 84 years) + 2. John Harvey Mateer,   b. 31 Jul 1846, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania + 3. Dr. Robert M. Mateer,   b. 5 Oct 1848, Pine Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Jun 1900, Shelocta, Indiana, Pennsylvania  (Age 51 years) + 4. Benjamin Franklin Mateer,   b. 5 Dec 1850, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania ,   d. Aft 1914  (Age > 65 years) + 5. Samuel S. Mateer,   b. 1 May 1853, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania   6. Annie Jane Mateer,   b. 25 Oct 1855, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania + 7. Margaret Eaton Mateer,   b. 18 Mar 1858, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania ,   d. 28 Jun 1910  (Age 52 years)   8. Mary Elizabeth Mateer,   b. 10 Dec 1860, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania + 9. Ambrose M. Mateer,   b. 16 Jul 1863, Pine Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania ,   d. 25 Jun 1931, Pine Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania  (Age 67 years) + 10. Alexander Montgomery Mateer,   b. 26 Oct 1867, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania ,   d. Nov 1930, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania  (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F2972	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Mateer was engaged in farming and cattle raising in Boggs Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. On 10 April 1855 when John Mateer was preparing to move to Illinois, Samuel Mateer for $3100 bought up his father's farm in East Franklin Township, Armstrong County; the following year on 18 August 1856 he sold this property to Jonathan Quigley for $3800. The will of Samuel Mateer of Boggs Township, written 11 April 1895, probated 28 April 1900, bequeathed to sons Samuel S. Mateer and Alexander M. Mateer, all property both real and personal excepting the house to wife Elizabeth for her lifetime; these sons to pay the following legacies: to son Ambrose M. Mateer, $1000; to daughters Ann Jane Calhoun and Margaret Wolff, $500 each; to daughter Elizabeth Banks, $200; sons J. E. B. Mateer, John H. Mateer, B. F. Mateer and R. M. Mateer have already been provided for. Executor: Robert M. Mateer. Witnesses: Robert Thompson and Robert A. Thompson. A codicil dated 27 June 1895 with the same witnesses provided a cash payment of $50.00 annually to the testator's widow and specified that son Samuel's wife, "formerly Mary Houser shall have no claim on my estate." In addition to their large family Samuel and Elizabeth Mateer raised an orphan boy, Daniel Cogley born 7 September 1839. During the Civil War Daniel served three years in Company K 155th Pennsylvania with the Army of the Potomac. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 95.