Brief Life History of Frank Lyman
When Frank Lyman Matthews was born on 22 October 1860, in Lookingglass, Douglas, Oregon, United States, his father, Albert Atwater Matthews, was 37 and his mother, Barbary Alice Van Buskirk Whisler, was 18. He married Harriet Jane Andrews in 1890, in Virginia City, Storey, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Camas Valley, Douglas, Oregon, United States in 1900. He died on 27 March 1901, in Douglas, Oregon, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Lookingglass Community Cemetery, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, United States.
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- Frank Mathews in household of Albert Mathews, "United States Census, 1870"
- Frank L Matthews, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Frank L Matthews in entry for Effa Harriet Matthews Graves, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Julia Ette Lyon Herbst BIRTH 26 Jan 1863 Iroquois County, Illinois, USA DEATH 26 Jan 1863 Lookingglass, Douglas County, Oregon, USA BURIAL Lookingglass Community Cemetery Roseburg, Douglas County, Oregon, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 150071659 · View Source
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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