Benjamin Franklin Mateer

1850 - Aft 1914  (> 65 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin Mateer
  Born	5 Dec 1850	Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1914
  Person ID	I8030	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Samuel Mateer,   b. 2 Feb 1818, Franklin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1900, Boggs Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Ambrose,   b. 2 Apr 1823,   d. 7 Aug 1903  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Aug 1843
  Family ID	F2972	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Margaret E. Adams,   b. Abt 1850, , Pennsylvania
  Married	1876
  Children	1. Anna Florence Mateer,   b. Abt 1877, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania + 2. Samuel Warren Mateer,   b. 1880, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania + 3. Eliza May Mateer,   b. Abt 1882, , Armstrong, Pennsylvania   4. Margaret Agnes Mateer,   b. , Armstrong, Pennsylvania ,   d. 18 Jun 1910
  Family ID	F3315	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin Franklin Mateer was a farmer in Boggs Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania and also a school teacher. He was living in Kittanning, Pennsylvania as a retired farmer in 1914. The will of B. F. Mateer of Kittanning, written 22 June 1915, probated 17 March 1917, bequeathed his whole estate to his wife Margaret E. Mateer her lifetime, then all to be sold to pay the following legacies: $50 in trust until lawful age for each grandchild (unnamed); remainder in four equal shares, one to daughter Florence A. Robinson, wife of G. W. Robinson, but at her death this share to revert to daughter Eliza May Elwinger forever. Executrix: wife Margaret E. Mateer. Witnesses: F. E. Hays, N. J. Hays. ---------- Reference: McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis McTeer, 1975, p 95, 133.