Husband James Mathers 1
Born: 8 Jul 1810 - Lawrence Co, PA 2
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Died: 14 Feb 1888 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 2
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Father: Thomas Mathers ( -Abt 1816) 2
Mother: Margaret Baird ( - ) 2
Marriage: 23 Dec 1841 2
Wife Sarah Welch 1
Born: - Hickory Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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Father: William G. Welch ( - ) 3
Mother: Elizabeth Flenniken ( - ) 3
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1 F Sarah J. Mathers 4
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2 M William W. Mathers 4
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3 M James F. Mathers 4
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4 M John G. Mathers 4
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5 F Elizabeth Mathers 4
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6 M Mead P. Mathers 4
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General Notes: Husband - James Mathers
He worked on the home farm till eighteen years of age, and then went out in the world to begin the battle of life. Soon after reaching manhood he engaged in contracting on the Sandy & Beaver Canal, which public work subsequently proved a failure. When the State began the construction of the Beaver & Erie Canal Mr. Mathers obtained a contract to build Lock No. 16, and afterward Dams Nos. 2 and 5. In 1842 the State refused to appropriate any more money toward completing the canal, and subsequently turned over the work to a private company. Mr. Mathers took a contract from that company to finish eighteen miles of the canal, which he carried to a successful completion. In partnership with James C. Brown, of Greenville, he afterward assisted in building two bridges over the Shenango, at Greenville and Sharpsville, respectively. Mr. Mathers was also a contractor in the construction of the Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad; built two short coal lines, and was interested in the abandoned Air Line road. He was quite successful in these several enterprises, and made considerable money during their prosecution. In January, 1842, he and his wife located in Greenville, where he had previously purchased an interest in a flouring mill. With the exception of two intervals, when he disposed of his mill interest and engaged in contracting, he was prominently and successfully connected with the milling business in Greenville up to the illness which closed with his death. In August, 1880, the frame mill was burned, and Mr. Mathers immediately began the erection of the large, substantial brick mill, on the site of the old structure, which his sons, J. F. and M. P., would later manage. Politically Mr. Mathers was a Republican, and a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church. [HMC 1888, 815]