Family Group Record ========================================================================================== Husband: Andrew Daugherty "Andy" Matthews ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: Dec 1 1843 Tuttletown, Washington County, OH Census: 1860 Marshall County, WV Military: 1865 West Virginia Census: 1880 Franklin District, Marshall County, WV Census: 1900 Franklin District, Marshall County, WV Residence: 1912 Taylors Ridge, Captina, Marshall County, WV Description: May 29 1912 5'11", fair complexion, blue eyes, black Residence: 1923 Old Soldier's Home Death: Dec 12 1928 West Virginia Burial: Dec 15 1928 Mt. Rose Cemetery, Marshall County, WV Census: Marriage: Oct 25 1866 Marshall County, WV Father: Edward F Matthews (b Jan 16 1813) Mother: Rebecca Daugherty (b Jun 15 1815) Other spouse: Elmira Jane Leep (m Nov 8 1899) ========================================================================================== Wife: Rachael Matilda Miller ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Birth: 1846 Virginia Census: 1870 Franklin District, Marshall County, WV Death: Apr 17 1875 Marshall County, WV Burial: bef 1880 Woodland Hill, Marshall County, WV Father: Henry Miller Mother: Experience unknown ========================================================================================== Children ========================================================================================== 1 F Fannie Bell Matthews Birth: Sep 22 1867 Ohio Census: 1880 Franklin District, Marshall County, WV Census: 1880 Franklin District, Marshall County, WV Death: Jul 21 1911 Spouse: unknown Randall ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2 F Olive May Matthews Birth: Dec 7 1872 Moundsville Post Office, Marshall County Census: 1880 Franklin District, Marshall County, WV Census: 1880 Meade District, Marshall County, WV Burial: 1968 Mt. Rose Cemetery, Marshall County, WV Death: Feb 1968 New Martinsville, Wetzel County, WV Spouse: Thomas Simpson Berisford (m Dec 5 1890) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3 M Jasper Matthews Birth: Mar 23 1878 Death: bef 1880 Marshall County, WV Burial: bef 1880 Woodland Hill, Marshall County, WV ========================================================================================== Prepared Nov 22 2004 by: Julie Matthews Burnette ========================================================================================== FAMILY NOTES Marriage(1,2,3): Married by David Anguish "a minster of the Christian church" HUSBAND NOTES: Andrew Daugherty "Andy" Matthews Birth(2,3): Census(4): Shown as 15 years old. Military(5): Andrew D. Mathews, Company "G", 17th Regiment W.Va. Infantry Volunteers. Resident or enrolled at Wheeling, W.Va.; age 21; mustered in 20 Feb 1865 at Wheeling; mustered out 30 Jun 1865. Farmer, born Washington Co., Ohio, 1845. Married Rachel M. Miller 25 Oct 1865, Marshall County, W.Va. Died 1928 and is buried at Mt. Rose Cemetery, Marshall County, W.Va. Class I medal owned by Dale Berisford, great-grandson. Census: Shown as living with Fannie and Olive at Henry Miller's home. Census: Shown living with Elmira; she is shown as his wife, but they didn't marry until 1899. WIFE NOTES: Rachael Matilda Miller Birth(1): Census: Shown as living with Rachel's parents Henry and Experience with husband Andrew and daughter Fanny B. Death(9,6,3): Died of "child bed fever." CHILD NOTES: Fannie Bell Matthews Birth(1): Census: Fannie is shown as living with Henry, parents of Rachel Miller. She is also shown as living with her father, Andrew Matthews, and her sister, Olive, also in Franklin County, WV in 1880. Census: Shown as living with her father, Andrew Matthews, and her sister, Olive. Death(3): CHILD NOTES: Olive May Matthews Birth(10): Census(11): Census: Olive is shown living both with her father and her aunt, Lydia Booth. The census entry that shows her living with Lydia states that she is an adopted daughter. Burial(12): Death(13): General: From http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvmarsha/berisford.txt 30. THOMAS SIMPSON4 BERISFORD (FRANCIS (FRANK)3, FRANCIS2, FRANCIS1 BERESFORD) was born May 10, 1867 in Wetzel County, West Virginia52, and died 1925 in Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia. He married OLIVE MAY MATTHEWS 1890 in Marshall County, West Virginia53, daughter of ANDREW MATTHEWS and RACHEL MILLER. She was born December 07, 1872 in Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia54, and died February 1968 in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia54. More About THOMAS SIMPSON BERISFORD: Burial: 1925, Mt Rose Cemetary, Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia More About OLIVE MAY MATTHEWS: Burial: 1968, Mt Rose Cemetary, Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia Children of THOMAS BERISFORD and OLIVE MATTHEWS are: 48. i. HALLEY EARL5 BERISFORD, b. May 29, 1891, Marshall County, West Virginia; d. October 24, 1988, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. 49. ii. ERNEST WARD BERISFORD, b. September 10, 1893, Franklin District, Marshall County, West Virginia; d. December 19, 1980, Glendale, Marshall County, West Virginia. 50. iii. LEROY (ROY) BERISFORD, b. February 15, 1897, Marshall County, West Virginia; d. Unknown. 51. iv. JESSIE L. BERISFORD, b. 1895, Marshall County, West Virginia; d. November 27, 1955, Marshall County, West Virginia. 52. v. FLOYD FRANCIS BERISFORD, b. September 22, 1899, Marshall County, West Virginia; d. January 20, 1984, Glendale, Marshall County, West Virginia. vi. BESSIE M. BERISFORD, b. Private; m. R. D. HOWARD, Private; d. Unknown. vii. RUTH M. BERISFORD, b. Private; m. WILBERT DAVIS, Private; d. Unknown. 53. viii. RALPH RUSSELL BERISFORD, b. February 02, 1906, Marshall County, West Virginia; d. October 17, 1996, Moundsville, Marshall County, West Virginia. 54. ix. HARRY LESTER BERISFORD, b. March 18, 1908, West Virginia; d. December 1985, Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia. x. MARTIN ANDREW (ANDY) BERISFORD, b. January 28, 1910, Marshall County, West Virginia55; d. August 22, 1994, Clarksburg, West Virginia56; m. FLORENCE MAY ALLEY, Private; b. Private. xi. FRANK DALE BERISFORD, b. Private; m. ELLA BEA HITE, Private; b. Private.