William Ferguson Matson, M.D. and Floranna Shields

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Husband William Ferguson Matson, M.D. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Sep 1855 - near Brookville, Jefferson Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: James Clarke Matson (      -Bef 1917) 3 4 5
         Mother: Harriet Potter (      -      ) 3 5

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       Marriage: 18 Aug 1886 1 6

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Wife Floranna Shields ⁶

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            AKA: Fannie Z. Shields 1
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         Father: Joseph Shields, M.D. (1827-      ) 7 8
         Mother: Margaret Lewis (      -      ) 9

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Children

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1 F Ethel Matson ⁶

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2 M Joseph Wilmont Matson ⁶

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General Notes: Husband - William Ferguson Matson, M.D.

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He began his literary education in the district schools near his boyhood home, and subsequently pursued his studies in Brookville, Pennsylvania. In 1868, he accompanied his parents on their removal to Tennessee, where they made their home until 1872, when they returned to Brookville. The Doctor then accepted a clerkship in his brother's grocery store, and also established a photograph gallery in Brookville, having learned something of that art in Tennessee.
In 1873, under his brother, Dr. C. M. Matson, he began the study of medicine, and in February, 1877, graduated from the Cleveland (Ohio) Medical College. On the 1st of the following April, he entered into partnership with his brother, and together they successfully engaged in practice in Brookville until 1886, when the connection was discontinued, and Dr. W. F. Matson was alone in practice in that city until 1891. In that year he came to Punxsutawney and established a drug store in connection with Joseph L. Shields, which they conducted for five years, when the Doctor withdrew and then gave his exclusive attention to the practice of his profession. In 1889 he was appointed a member of the pension examining board, which position he filled for four years.

1 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 389.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1346.

3 Kate M. Scott, History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 381.

4 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 22.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1092, 1346.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1347.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 478.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1234.

9 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 447, 478.