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Mary Ellen Brashares Matthews

Birth: 13 Mar 1853
Farmington, Coles County, Illinois, USA
Death: 17 Dec 1945 (aged 92)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery

Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 187727673 View Source

Age: 92 yrs, 9 mos & 3 days

Died at her home of 29 years:
501 East 61st Street
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA

Married: Madison "Matt" Matthews

Father: Perry Brashares
Born: Illinois

Mother: Eliza Phipps
Born: Illinois

Place of Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery

Death Certificate Informant:
Granddaughter: Hilda Swartout

1860 U.S. Federal Census
Pleasant Grove, Coles Co., Illlinois:
Eliza Brashears 37 Ohio
Eliza Brashears 22 Ohio
Elizabeth Brashears 19 Ohio
Marion Brashears 16 Ohio
Napoleon Brashears 12 Illinois
Mary E. Brashears 7 Illinois

1880 U.S. Federal Census
Farmington, Coles County, Illinois
Madison Matthews 47 Indiana
Wife: Mary E. 27 Illinois
Daughter: Lillie M. 12 Kansas
Daughter: Nory J. 8 Missouri
Son: John C. 4 Wisconsin

1940 U.S. Federal Census
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
May Wiles [widowed] 70 Kansas
Mother: Mary E. Matthews [widowed] 87 IL
Brother: John Matthews [married] 64 WI
Brother-in-law: John Boyce 72 N.Y.
Sister: Nora Boyce 67 Missouri

Sources:
1860-1880-1940 U.S. Federal Census
1945 California Death Certificate #1830
List: 18030/20400 Los Angeles City D.C.

Age: 92 yrs, 9 mos & 3 days

Died at her home of 29 years:
501 East 61st Street
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA

Married: Madison "Matt" Matthews

Father: Perry Brashares
Born: Illinois

Mother: Eliza Phipps
Born: Illinois

Place of Burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery

Death Certificate Informant:
Granddaughter: Hilda Swartout

1860 U.S. Federal Census
Pleasant Grove, Coles Co., Illlinois:
Eliza Brashears 37 Ohio
Eliza Brashears 22 Ohio
Elizabeth Brashears 19 Ohio
Marion Brashears 16 Ohio
Napoleon Brashears 12 Illinois
Mary E. Brashears 7 Illinois

1880 U.S. Federal Census
Farmington, Coles County, Illinois
Madison Matthews 47 Indiana
Wife: Mary E. 27 Illinois
Daughter: Lillie M. 12 Kansas
Daughter: Nory J. 8 Missouri
Son: John C. 4 Wisconsin

1940 U.S. Federal Census
Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California
May Wiles [widowed] 70 Kansas
Mother: Mary E. Matthews [widowed] 87 IL
Brother: John Matthews [married] 64 WI
Brother-in-law: John Boyce 72 N.Y.
Sister: Nora Boyce 67 Missouri

Sources:
1860-1880-1940 U.S. Federal Census
1945 California Death Certificate #1830
List: 18030/20400 Los Angeles City D.C.

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Sgt Matison "Matt" Matthews

1833–1918 (m. 1890)

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Calvin Neil Matthews

1867–1938

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