Bio of Mateer, Thomas (b.1823) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Mateer, Thomas, was an old-line whig, and has been a republican ever since
the organization of the party. He was born in Ireland, February 15, 1823.
He came in company with his brother to America, landed in New York,
January 15, 1848. They went from New York to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
where Thomas engaged in the Eagle Hotel, and had charge of Eagle Ice
Company at the same time in partnership with his cousin, John McMasters.
He then was overseer of a lumber yard for two years, and then went to
California in 1854, on board the vessel George Law, which was afterward
refitted and was then named the Central America, which foundered in the
ocean on the very trip Mr. Mateer expected to start for home, but he was
detained accidentally and thus missed the boat. After staying in
California for three years he then, on April 27, 1857, landed in Read's
Landing, this county, and came to Glasgow township, June 15, 1857, to
where he now lives. Mr. Mateer was married to Sarah Jane McMasters, a
native of Ireland, on April 15, 1857. They have had seven children, five
of them still living: Ellen Jane (married Henry Higgins), and lives in
Reynolds, Dakota; Charles G., Walter H., Elizabeth (is the wife of William
Neal, and now lives in Lyon county, this state); William Stewart is the
name of the youngest. Mr. Mateer was the first supervisor of this
township, and has been a member of the Presbyterian church for thirty-five
years.
Revolutionary War
War of Rebellion (Civil War)