Phelps County, Missouri Obituaries - John Matlock Rolla newspaper 1899 OBIT: November 9, 1899 - JOHN MATLOCK - At the home of his son, Jerome Matlock, Nov. 2, 1899, in Cold Spring township, John Matlock, aged 90 years, 9 months, and 2 days. He was born in Washington county, Tenn., Jan 31, 1809, and was married in his 17th year to Malinda Ellis. To this union 13 children were born, 6 boys and 7 girls, 5 of whom are still living. He served as justice of the peace 18 years when this was part of Crawford county, and was Presiding Judge of the County Court when this county was formed. He moved to this county when quite young and resided here till his death. He was a life-long democrat and never scratched his ticket. His father, Isom Matlock died at the age of 93. Uncle John, as he was familiarly called, was the oldest child of the family and was the last to be summoned to his maker.... He was buried at the Matlock cemetery, on the farm of Jos. Simily, Saturday, Nov. 4th 1899. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Lois Branch ====================================================================