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Subject: [M-H:] wonderful story!!!
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:00:16 EST

Goodness, a wonderful story about Acril. Where did THAT name come from? My
husband, Dr. Robert D. Matthews, descends from Hugh thusly: Hugh
Matthews-->Joseph Matthews--->Jacob Matthews--->Simon Matthews---->James
Henderson Matthews--->William Parker Matthews---->Dewey Bagley Matthews (son
of William and his second wife, Annie Elizabeth Harton)----->Marshall Dewey
Matthews--->my husband, Robert D. Matthews----our boys, Colby P. and Devin W.
Matthews.
At one time I corresponded with Alice and Dr. William (Bill) Matthews of near
Chapel Hill NC. Bill was the son of Robert Carl Matthews, the oldest son of
William Parker Matthews and his first wife, Almira Matthews. We also have
sporadic contact with Harold Matthews, a cousin of my father-in-law. Harold
has some lovely old photos of the William Parker Matthews clan in the Raleigh
area, and knows more about our Matthews than anyone else with whom I've
spoken.
I know very little about our Matthews. My husband's father was not close to
his family. His father and mother, Dewey B. and Eva (really, Era) Belle
Ebron Matthews, divorced when he was about 13. My father-in-law was an only
son, and next-to-baby of the family. The few times I've gotten him to tell
me about the Matthews, I've learned that they were a very large, loving and
demonstative clan. He remembered aloud to me once about the family reunions
in Raleigh in a public park that they went to yearly. He esp. remembered the
strawberry shortcake deserts. His father, Dewey, was a large man (my
father-in-law is very small--took after his tiny mother), served in WWI in
Europe and was gassed (this caused health probs. later in life). Dewey was
involved in mechanics early on in his life....worked on Plymouths---which he
drove until the end. It was said of him that he could lift an engine out of
a Plymouth chasis all by himself. I have a picture of him (not good, very
dark) standing in front of an early automobile shop with a line-up of other
mechanics. He was also an excellent woodworker. This mechanical thing and
talent with wood he passed on to his son, Marshall (my father-in-law), who
was an airplane mechanic in his early years and whose woodworking hobby shows
in practically everything in his home--cabinets, furniture, carpentry, etc.
We are curious to know if anyone has any information on the war service of
James Henderson Matthews? We have not found anything, but can guess that he
must have served during the Civil War. I am from Pennsylvania and documented
the movement of many of my Union kin throughout their war service, and would
like to do the same for my husband's family.......but, as you might have
heard, his side lost and they didn't talk about it much, so I can't find out
the details (!) Yours, Vicki Ishler Matthews

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