Alfred Mateer

1840 - 1915  (75 years)

• Name	Alfred Mateer
  Born	29 Jul 1840	Carlisle, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Sep 1915
  Person ID	I7718	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Henry Wilson Mateer,   b. Abt 1816, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania ,   d. 15 Jan 1888, , Marshall, Illinois  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Davidson,   b. Abt 1817,   d. 21 Mar 1846  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Married	17 Oct 1839
  Family ID	F2899	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Susanna Bishop,   b. Abt 1840, , Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Aug 1903, Tiffin, Iowa  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	9 Sep 1868	Wenona, Illinois
  Children	1. Eliza Mateer,   b. 7 Jul 1869, , Illinois   2. Thomas Wilson Mateer,   b. 10 Mar 1871, , Illinois   3. John Finley Mateer,   b. 5 Sep 1872, , Illinois ,   d. 3 Oct 1900  (Age 28 years)   4. Fannie May Mateer,   b. 6 May 1875   5. Alfred Thornton Mateer,   b. 17 Apr 1879, , Illinois
  Family ID	F3113	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Clara Swicher,   b. 25 Jun 1856, Sparton, Illinois ,   d. 28 Aug 1934, Dalton, Nebraska  (Age 78 years)
  Married	17 Jul 1910	Bloomington, Illinois
  Family ID	F3116	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  According to the 1860 census of Henry, Marshall County, Illinois, A. Mateer aged 17 years born in Pennsylvania, was then living in the household of G. B. Slack, where he was listed as a blacksmith's apprentice. Since Henry Wilson Mateer had moved from Pennsylvania to Henry about 1857, it seems probable that this unidentified apprentice was his son Alfred who came west with his father but at his age was not disposed to remain at home with an assortment of small step-sisters. During the Civil War Alfred Mateer was 1st Sergeant in Company A 47th Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers. He enlisted at Peoria, Illinois, on 16 August 1861, when he was described as of Henry, Illinois, 5 feet 10 inches in height, of dark complexion with dark hair and gray eyes. He fought in Mississippi, Louisiana, was wounded in action at Lake Chicot, Arkansas, and was discharged at Selma, Alabama, on 13 November 1865. After the war he farmed for five years near Wenona, Illinois, then moved into the town of Rutland. According to the 1880 census he was then living in Groveland Township, Rutland, LaSalle County, Illinois. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 115.