MATTHEWS CEMETERY, SUSSEX COUNTY, DE North of Route 24 and two miles west of Lowes Crossroads This file is part of the Delaware Tombstone Transcription Project http://www.usgwtombstones.org/delaware/delaware.html ********************************************* http://usgwarchives.net/de/defiles.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************* Contributed to The USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project & USGenWeb Archives by: Lloyd Matthews (lloydwm@earthlink.net) Submitted: October 5, 2001, Updated: September 20, 2008 Note - Above information is based on 1. Field observation at Matthews Cemetery on March 5, 2000 and October 5, 2004 by Lloyd Matthews 2. Church of Latter Day Saints microfilm # 0006303, Delaware Churches 3. Hudson & Tatnall's Cemetery Records of Sussex Co, DE transcribed by Robert J. Redden, 2005 *(Woodsman of the World erected tombstone) Lloyd's note from October 2001: The cemetery is at the edge of a field just off Sam Hill Road. I have been able to record forty people of those buried with information from the field and various sources. Steve Matthews and Carlene Campbell, both local residents, have started repairing the cemetery NAME BIRTH DEATH AGE NOTES ======================================================================================================================= Dobson, Samuel 3/22/1818 9/16/1872 54Y-5M-25D Dobson, Euphemia E 9/7/1830 2/22/1882 51Y-5M-15D wife of Samuel Dobson English, Cintha Ann 8/25/1832 2/20/1860 27Y-5M-26D wife of James W. English English, Elisha S 2/9/1852 9/26/1883 son of James W. & Cintha Ann English English, Palmyra C 10/10/1855 12/29/1923 wife of Phillip E. English English, Cynthia H 12/13/1876 8/23/1902 dau of Phillip E. & Palmyra C. English English, John W 3/27/1869 8/10/1907 son of James W. & Elizabeth English Fooks, Jonathan J. B. 1/23/1815 9/13/1885 70Y-7M-21D Fooks, Luranah A 3/18/1825 4/22/1862 37Y-1M-4D wife of Jonathan J. B. Fooks Fooks, Columbus 6/3/1880 24Y-0M-11D son J. I. F. ? ? footstone only Matthews, Hezekiah 4/5/1797 5/12/1880 83Y-1M-7D Matthews, Polly 5/19/1802 7/20/1847 45Y-2M-1D wife of Hezekiah Matthews Matthews, John S 12/16/1826 11/16/1864 37Y-11M Com H of (?) 9th Reg of Del Volunteers Matthews, Catherine 11/16/1827 3/21/1892 wife of John S. Matthews Matthews, Maud 3/27/1889 9/3/1889 5M-7D dau of William E. & Maggie Matthews Matthews, Bertie S 3/13/1888 12/13/1876 dau of William E. & Maggie Matthews Matthews, Nutter S 5/12/1820 5/18/1874 son of James & Charlotte Matthews Matthews, Phillip W 10/13/1799 3/2/1878 78Y-4M-20D Matthews, Elenora 9/24/1805 4/22/1875 69Y-6M-29D wife of Phillip W. Matthews Matthews, Stansbury C 10/19/1833 3/13/1899 Matthews, W. Sarah Margaret 12/21/1855 1/31/1930 wife of Stanbury C. Matthews Matthews, Charlie L 1/9/1880 1/13/1882 son of Stansbury & Sarah Matthews Matthews, Wingate 12/10/1791 4/7/1865 73Y-3M-28D Matthews, Nancy 2/13/1792 6/15/1859 67Y-4M-2D wife of Wingate Matthews Parsons, John W 6/12/1824 11/26/1874 50Y-5m-14D Parsons, Margaret L 9/28/1828 12/21/1898 wife of John Parsons Parsons, Phillip E 12/22/1846 10/12/1877 30Y-9m-20D son of John W. & Margaret C. Parsons Parsons, James Fletcher 1/27/1850 4/24/1853 3Y-2M-28D son of John W. & Margaret C. Parsons Parsons, Ebenezer H 3/29/1832 2/13/1916 Parsons, Luranah E 10/30/1843 9/28/1884 40Y-10M-29D 1st wife Ebenezer H. Parsons Parsons, Alfred S* 12/3/1873 4/3/1904 son Parsons, Maggie W 9/25/1867 11/29/1875 8Y-2M-4D daughter Parsons, Ramon 10/11/1871 10/13/1871 2D daughter Parsons, Nolen 2/4/1870 3/2/1870 26D daughter Parsons, Martha E 12/20/1863 4/28/1864 4M-8D daughter Parsons, Lizzie F ? ? 2nd wife Ebenezer H. Parsons Phillips, Amelia Adaline (Matthews) 9/3/1836 6/29/1884 wife of Joshua Phillips Stephens, Emma E 4/20/1852 8/24/1892 wife of W. R. Stephens & Phillip E. Parsons Wingate, John Henry ? 7/2/1850 son of Cannon & Eliza Wingate 3 Wooden Markers illegible in 2000