William H Matthews

1815 - 1894  (79 years)

• Name	William H Matthews
  Birth	09 Dec 1815	Accomac, Accomack, VA
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	558
  Death	17 Dec 1894	Modestown, Accomack, VA   [1]
  	"Sunday night last, Mr. Wm. Matthews, one of our best known citizens died, aged 79 years and 8 days. He was the father of Mr. Julius Matthews and Mrs. O.J. Lucas, of Pocomoke City, MD, and had been married fifty years. His venerable widow, children and grand children have our sympathy. The funeral occurred Tuesday in our Baptist Church, and the burial at Conquest Chapel. Rev Henry S. Dulany, of Wilmington, DE, his former pastor at Ebenezer M.E. Church, preached an instructive and eloquent sermon on the Christian's hope of Heaven, saying may comforting things to the bereaved. Mr. Dulany's old friends were delighted to see and hear him again. He is a real brother and courteous gentleman, daring to denounce liquor and preach temperance. We need and honor such men."
  Burial	19 Dec 1894	Conquest Chapel, Accomack, VA   [1]
  	Sunday night last, Mr. Wm. Matthews, one of our best known citizens died, aged 79 years and 8 days. He was the father of Mr. Julius Matthews and Mrs. O.J. Lucas, of Pocomoke City, MD, and had been married fifty years. His venerable widow, children and grand children have our sympathy. The funeral occured Tuesday in our Baptist Church, and the burial at Conquest Chapel. Rev Henry S. Dulany, of Wilmington, DE, his former pastor at Ebenezer M.E. Church, preached an instructive and eloquent sermon on the christian's hope of Heaven, saying many comforting things to the bereaved. Mr. Dulany's old friends were delighted to see and hear him again. He is a real brother and courteous gentleman, daring to denounce liquor and preach temperance. We need and honor such men. Sometime after the Conquest Chapel was moved to Temperanceville to what is now the Temperanceville Methodist Church the graves of William H. Matthews and Margaret Ewell Matthews were moved to the Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery in Pocomoke City, MD.
  Person ID	I558	ESVA Connections
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2014

  
  

  Father	Matthews
  Mother	Nancy Tunnell,   b. Abt 1790
  Marriage	1814  [2]
  Family ID	F283	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret R Ewell,   b. 13 Dec 1819, Virginia d. 21 Aug 1910, Pocomoke City, Worcester County, MD (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	Y  [3]
  Children	1. Julius Gilette Matthews,   b. 09 Sep 1845, Accomack, VA d. 17 Aug 1932, Accomack, VA (Age 86 years)   2. Emma W. Matthews,   b. 28 Jan 1855, Davenport, Scott County, IA d. 31 Jan 1941, Pocomoke City, Worcester, MD (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	11 May 2022
  Family ID	F282	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S83] Peninsula Enterprise, (22 Dec 1894), PE Sat. 22 Dec 1894, Page 3. Sunday night last, Mr. Wm. Matthews, one of our best known citizens died, aged 79 years and 8 days. He was the father of Mr. Julius Matthews and Mrs. O.J. Lucas, of Pocomoke City, MD, and had been married fifty years. His venerable widow, children and grand children have our sympathy. The funeral occured Tuesday in our Baptist Church, and the burial at Conquest Chapel. Rev Henry S. Dulany, of Wilmington, DE, his former pastor at Ebenezer M.E. Church, preached an instructive and eloquent sermon on the christian's hope of Heaven, saying may comforting things to the bereaved. Mr/ Dulany's old friends were delighted to see and hear him again. He is a real brother and courteous gentleman, daring to denounce liquor and preach temperance. We need and honor such men. [S50] Moody Kellem Miles II, M.K. Miles, (1983 to 2011), Jimmy Matthews - Pedigree Chart. [S193] Margaret R. (Ewell) Matthews Grave Marker, (28 Oct 2011).