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Matthews Genealogy
       
Ancestors of George Milton Matthews of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
       
Alternate surname spellings discovered in records: Matthews, Mathews.
       
       
Generation No. 1
       

George Milton MATTHEWS was born on 5 May 1851 in Leesburg, Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died on 30 June 1921 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Robert M. MATTHEWS and Sarah Jane EARLEY. George Milton MATTHEWS married Clara Bell WHISLER on 28 December 1886. She was born on 30 January 1861 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died on 11 July 1916 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Clara Bell WHISLER was the daughter of Solomon WHISLER and Rebecca Jane COVER.

       
       
Generation No. 2
       

Robert M. MATTHEWS was born on 29 May 1817 and died on 10 August 1876 in Leesburg, Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of George MATHEWS and Jane LEE. Robert M. MATTHEWS married Sarah Jane EARLEY in 1842. Sarah Jane EARLEY was born in December 1811 and died on 19 April 1882.

       

Children of Robert M. MATTHEWS and Sarah Jane EARLEY are:

       
  Josephine MATTHEWS was born on 27 May 1848 and died on 8 January 1940. She married James A. McGRAIL on 24 October 1882 in Leesburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. James A. McGRAIL was born in 1843 and died on 10 February 1899.
       
  George Milton MATTHEWS was born on 5 May 1851 in Leesburg, Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and died on 30 June 1921 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He married Clara Bell WHISLER on 28 December 1886.
       
       
Generation No. 3
       
George MATHEWS was born on 5 March 1786 and died 16 December 1863. He married Jane LEE on 5 April 1810 in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Jane LEE was born about 1790 and died about 1830.
       
Children of George MATHEWS and Jane LEE are:
       
  Thomas MATHEWS was born about 1811 and died on 15 April 1853 in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He married Margaret who was born about 1811.
       
  James MATHEWS was born about 1812. He married Eliza EARLEY on 18 January 1838.
       
  Jane MATHEWS was born about 1813 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. She married first George Nelson SMITH and married second George A. STEWART.
       
  Rachel MATHEWS was born on 14 January 1814 and died on 7 January 1900 in Grant City, Worth County, Missouri. She married John TRUMP on 5 June 1832 in Middle Spring, Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. John TRUMP was born on 31 March 1805 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died on 4 July 1877 in Grant City, Worth County, Missouri.
       
  Margaret MATHEWS was born about 1816 and died sometime before 1864. She married Jacob BECHTEL who died after 1864.
       
  Robert M. MATTHEWS was born on 29 May 1817 and died on 10 August 1876 in Leesburg, Southampton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He married Sarah Jane EARLEY in 1842.
       
       
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