Madison County AlArchives Obituaries.....Matthews, Samuel January 5, 1883 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kenneth Stacy klstacyfamily@aol.com January 28, 2007, 3:58 pm The Huntsville Weekly Democrat, 10 Jan 1883 MATTHEWS.—Died, at the residence of his son-in-law, James E. Fletcher, in Huntsville, Ala., Jan’y 5, 1883, Mr. SAMUEL MATTHEWS, in his 85th year. Mr. Matthews was born in Brunswick Co., Va., Dec. 12, 1798, and came to Madison Co., Ala., about 1818-19, afterwards removed to Limestone Co., Ala., and became a citizen of Huntsville in 1858. He was a man of sterling integrity in his business transactions, and of warm affections for his family and friends. He had been a member of the Presbyterian Church several years, and lived a Christian life. He leaves a large circle of a relations and friends to mourn his death. He was buried in our City Cemetery on Saturday last. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/madison/obits/m/matthews809gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb