Abram Mathews and Hannah Jane Cowen

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Husband Abram Mathews ¹

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           Born: 1821 - Glasgow, Cambria Co, PA 2
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         Father: Samuel Mathews (1798-      ) 2
         Mother: Katherine Andrews (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 1842 2

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   Other Spouse: Eliza Younkin (      -Abt 1884) 3 - 1877 3

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Wife Hannah Jane Cowen ¹

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         Father: Stewart Cowen (      -1863) 4
         Mother: Margaret Tate (      -1867) 5

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Children

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1 F Eliza Ann Mathews ⁶

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         Spouse: Isaiah Gates (      -      ) 4

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2 M John Mathews ⁷

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           Born:  - Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
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         Spouse: Philenia Ricketts (1857-      ) 8

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3 F Sarah Ann Mathews ³

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            AKA: Catharine Mathews 4
           Born:  - Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
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         Spouse: George Herdman (      -      ) 9

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General Notes: Husband - Abram Mathews

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He was from Cambria County, Pennsylvania, and bought a tract of timberland near Whitmer run, in Becaria township, Clearfield County, and developed a farm. [CBRCP-CCJC, 746]

He was born on the home farm at Glasgow, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, on which he worked until attaining his majority, during which time he was only able to attend school for about three months in an old log school house near that place. After his marriage for three years they resided on the Glasgow farm, near Utahville. He then purchased of Josiah Smith 252 acres of timber and coal land in Becaria township, about one and one-half miles from Coalport, where he built a log shanty, and at once commenced clearing and improving his land. During this time, which was from spring till fall, he built the house, and made a place to sleep on (having no bed at this time), made of spruce and poles, to keep the wolves from devouring him. He says: "They came around the log hut many a night, and howled so that I could not sleep, and bear and other wild animals were very numerous. Many a time have I taken the dogs out in the wheat field and driven the deer off the wheat, for they destroyed a very large percentage of the grain. I have also trapped different kinds of animals, such as bear, wolves and wildcats, also wild turkeys in various ways. Deer have even come into my barn-yard, and fed with the cattle, and once I captured two fawns for which a party offered me a team of oxen, and I accepted his offer." As time advanced Mr. Mathews erected a good two-story house, a large barn, seventy-two feet long, cleared one hundred acres, and transformed the place into one of the most desirable farms of Becaria township.
Besides his agricultural pursuits, Mr. Mathews was also interested in lumbering, having erected a steam saw-mill below his farm, where he was extensively engaged in the manufacture of lumber for a number of years. In 1891 he purchased six lots south of Coalport and erected a comfortable residence on the banks of Clearfield creek, where he later resided. He did not altogether laid aside business cares, as in 1896 he purchased the Walters gristmill on Beaver dam, in Cambria County, where he did a large and profitable business in the manufacture of flour and feed.
In politics he was an ardent Republican, and usually refused office, though he served as supervisor for one term. He was a Protestant, having been reared in the Methodist Episcopal faith, and gave liberally of his means to Church and educational work. [CBRCP-CCJC, 822]

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General Notes: Wife - Hannah Jane Cowen

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from near Hegarty Crossroads, Clearfield Co, PA

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746, 822.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 822.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 823.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746, 780.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746, 822, 935.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746, 823, 1000.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1000.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 746, 823.