Patti you posted this August 5, 2001 Hi, I am looking for Sarah J. Mateer, b.12October1850 in Silver Springs, Cumberland County, Penna. Her parents: Samuel H. Mateer, b.13Dec1826 and Maragret Fought, b.1828. Any info would be helpful--just getting started on this branch of my husband's family tree. Thanks, Patti ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I answered you August 21, 2001 referring to your earlier posting - I think it was in 2000. And I answered: So good to hear from you - where did you see my note? On the Clark roots list? I assume so - and in any event I am going to copy that list because every one is interested when we make a connection like this. For the same reason I am copying the other lists. It remains to be seen if this is really a hit. I will provide a few facts and if you confirm then we will go from there. We have Sarah Mater in her father's household in the 1860 and 1870 census of Franklin County, Columbus, Ohio. She is 10 and 20 years old respectively and she was born in Pennsylvania. Her father is Samuel Mateer. He married his wife Rebecca Shawley (Sholley and var. in PA) in September 29, 1859. So Rebecca is not Sarah's mother. Living next door in 1870 is John Clark, 26 years old. He is in the household of Joseph and Mary Fuller. John was probably working for the Pennsylvania railroad in one way or another - I cannot decipher his occupation- Jour Hxxxx Maker ? But many of his neighbors worked for the railroad. Samuel was a stationary engineer, no doubt for the Pennsy. Joe Fuller was a locomotive builder. They lived about a block away from the Pennsy yards in downtown Columbus. Our Uncle Ivan Laube's second wife, Ethel, knew Sally Clark and her husband John. Sarah Clark was Ivan Laube's aunt and I believe Ethel and Ivan made that connection. Also my cousin Pat recalls visiting Sally Clark about 1940. Sally lived on probably 5th Avenue, almost to Grandview. Do you have a marriage license or date and place of marriage? We have Samuel Mateer marrying Rebecca Shawley in Crawford County, Ohio - he signed his name Samuel Mater and we are confident we have him in as Samuel Mater in Silver Springs Township, Cumberland County, PA. in 1850. His wife's name is Margaret and a John Fought (we think her aged father. He was a retired farmer and owned the large farm, where they lived) is living in Samuel's household. There are no children - we assume Sarah was born after the census was taken in 1850. Do you have her birth month? We have the Sholley and Egolff line back into Germany. We also have Samuel's Mater line back for at least one generation and maybe more - we are working on the Cumberland, Dauphin County, Pa. tribe of Maters. We would be very interested in anything about her religion or her nationality. Do you have her death certificate? What did she look like? Any photos? We have family photos, I think she is in some of them. - Our family has lost track of her and we would like to renew connections. If this proves out your husband and I have Samuel Mateer as a common greatgrandparent. Samuel is my great-grandfather and he would be your husband's great-great-grandfather so your husband would be my be second cousin, once removed. I would like very much to make his acquaintance by e-mail. We can exchange personal information privately if you and he are willing. We are so very pleased that you are working on this line. Best regards Hal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well that was year ago. What happened - I never heard from you. If you decided this was not the right line let us know. Anyhow good luck wherever you are. Hal end of August 21, 2001 posting - perhaps you did not receive it? ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` I now have a few things firmed - I think the middle initial J in Sally/Sarah's name is for Jane? I have her born in Harrisburg not on the Fought farm in Silver Spring. And I not able to prove that her mother was Margaret whoever. It now seems that her mother was Mary A. Biesly. And I have Sally/Sarah's birthrate as October 15 not the 12th. I wonder where you got that date? I have her death date as March 20, 1940. Of course you are welcome to use this info anyway you want, but it would be helpful if we could work together. For one thing it helps prevent out of date data being kept alive. I would very much like to keep this line open - and look forward to your reply. Best regards Hal