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Rev George Shupeman Matthews

Birth: 31 Dec 1849
Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 7 Apr 1938 (aged 88)
Rossville, Walker County, Georgia, USA
Burial: Tennessee Georgia Memorial Park

Rossville, Walker County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 64507547 View Source

Baptist Minister-Okalone Church George was a prominent minister elder in original Stockton Baptist Association. Churches coming under his ministry at various times included Spring Creek, Hanging Limb, Twelve Corners, Winesap, and Okalonia. At one time he Owned and operated a Grist Mill on Spring Creek. Preacher & farmer, independent salesman-said to have sold such things as eye glasses, Bibles & apple trees "Start Bros". Inventor of numerous inventions-one was an apple peeler.

Wife Martha Copeland 1848-1945.
Chidren:
Dora ELLER MATTHEWS (1873-1960)
Walter Esew MATTHEWS (1875-1960)
Joseph C MATTHEWS (1876-1957)
Lilly Ann MATTHEWS (1877-1917)
Ova Armelda MATTHEWS (1879-1961)
Wade Cadwell MATTHEWS (1881-1889)
James B M MATTHEWS (1883-1889)
Ollie Ethel MATTHEWS (1885-1889)
MERTLE H MATTHEWS (1887-1969)
Josephine L MATTHEWS (1890-1978)
Lelah A MATTHEWS (1894-1963)

Baptist Minister-Okalone Church George was a prominent minister elder in original Stockton Baptist Association. Churches coming under his ministry at various times included Spring Creek, Hanging Limb, Twelve Corners, Winesap, and Okalonia. At one time he Owned and operated a Grist Mill on Spring Creek. Preacher & farmer, independent salesman-said to have sold such things as eye glasses, Bibles & apple trees "Start Bros". Inventor of numerous inventions-one was an apple peeler.

Wife Martha Copeland 1848-1945.
Chidren:
Dora ELLER MATTHEWS (1873-1960)
Walter Esew MATTHEWS (1875-1960)
Joseph C MATTHEWS (1876-1957)
Lilly Ann MATTHEWS (1877-1917)
Ova Armelda MATTHEWS (1879-1961)
Wade Cadwell MATTHEWS (1881-1889)
James B M MATTHEWS (1883-1889)
Ollie Ethel MATTHEWS (1885-1889)
MERTLE H MATTHEWS (1887-1969)
Josephine L MATTHEWS (1890-1978)
Lelah A MATTHEWS (1894-1963)

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Martha E Copeland Matthews

1848–1945 (m. 1872)

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Maintained by: George L. Matthews
Originally Created by: Sandra Bloomer
Added: Jan 21, 2011
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64507547/george_shupeman-matthews: accessed ), memorial page for Rev George Shupeman Matthews (31 Dec 1849–7 Apr 1938), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64507547, citing Tennessee Georgia Memorial Park, Rossville, Walker County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by George L. Matthews (contributor 48931273).

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