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| Notes for Matthias Uriah ("Mat") Myers | ||||||||||
| His gravestone lists the year of Mat Myers' birth as 1848. Both his death certificate and personal information from Sarah Ivah Kingrey indicate that he was born in 1854. From a newspaper clipping obtained from Donna Olinger Fourman, 1994: (The date of the article is January 1, probably of 1940): BRADFORD.-- Bradford's oldest citizen probably is the village's most active one. Now 85, M.U. Myers, better known as "Mat," walks 25 miles several days each week working for various stores in the section. Whenever anyone wants someone to do a job "right," Mat is called on and he always delivers the goods. Bradford was only a "large woods" when Mat moved to a farm north of here in 1855 with his parents from Lancaster, Pa., where he was born. Mat remembers the assassination of President Lincoln, since he was serving in the Union ranks at that time. A member of the state militia, he was among the troops send to Cincinnati to settle a riot during which the courthouse was burned. One of the biggest faults with present day educational methods is the lack of training in mental arithmetic given boys and girls, he believes. Mat says he can "stump" many professors of math to this day with mental arithmetic. Clean, Christian living has kept him in good health, Mat explains. Mr. and Mrs. Myers have five children: Edward of Dayton, George of Troy, Mrs. Iva Kingery of Bradford, Mrs. Floyd Ollinger of Bradford and William of Columbus. Another clippling from Donna Fourman, dated May 1945: M.U. MYERS DIES Bradford has lost another of her oldest citizens in the passing of M. U. (Mat) Myers, 90, who died Sunday evening in the home of his daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Kingrey, residing north of Bradford, with whom he had made his home since the death of his wife. Mr. Myers was a life-long resident of this vicinity and a retired farmer, former president of the old No. 2, the Little Red School House. He was a devout member of the Methodist Church. Services under the direction of Chester Stocker are being conducted this afternoon (Wednesday) at 2 p.m. in the Methodist Church, with Rev. E. A. Leeson officiating. Burial in Harris Creek cemetery. Surviving are, two daughters, Mrs. Ivah Kingrey of Bradford and Mrs. Christina Ollinger of Dayton; 3 sons, Edward, George of Dayton and William of Columbus; two sisters, Miss Mary Myers of Nebraska and Mrs. Elizabeth Divine of Gettysburg and one brother, Henry of Nebraska. | ||||||||||
| Notes for Dollie (Spouse 1) | ||||||||||
| Dollie Miller died in childbirth. The child, their first, died as well. | ||||||||||
| Notes for Christina (Spouse 2) | ||||||||||
| I was told by my grandmother, Sarah Ivah Kingrey, that Christina Bashore died in childbirth, and that the child died with her. | ||||||||||
| Notes for Rosa (Spouse 3) | ||||||||||
| From a local newspaper obituary given to me by Ina Kingrey Apple: MRS. M. U. MYERS DIES THURSDAY Mrs. M. U. Myers, step-mother of Mrs. Roy Kingery of Bradford R. 2, died at the Kingery home Thursday evening at 9:00. She was 78 years of age. Along with her husband, she had made her home this summer with the Kingerys. Previous to that, Mr. and Mrs. Myers had lived in Bradford for many years. Mrs. Myers was born in Lancaster, O. and will be interred in the cemetery there. Mrs. Myers is survived by her husband, a daughter in New York, a son, Henry Kiger of Virginia, two stepdaughters, Mrs. Iva Kingery of near Bradford, Mrs. Floyd Ollinger of Dayton, three stepsons, Geo. Myers of Dayton, Ed Myers of Dayton and Will Myers of Columbus and two sisters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time, awaiting word from the son and daughter. | ||||||||||
| Last Modified New | Created 30 Apr 2001 by Alan J. Kimmerling |