John Clarence MATTHEWS

Birth:
17 Feb 1897
Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas
Death:
2 Mar 1984
Winchester, Jefferson, Kansas
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Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas
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30 Aug 1923
Effingham, Atchison, Kansas
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                       Clarence was the nephew of my father and the brother-in-law of my mother. He worked as a farmer and carpenter most of his life. During WW II, he served as a fireman at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Most of their married life, they lived near Valley Falls, and Nortonville, Kansas.  While they lived near Nortonville in 1973, they had the celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary. After retirement they lived in town at Topeka and Valley Falls. His eyes were very bad in later year. He was tall, slender, wore a mustache, and quite bald. He worked very hard and was a good father. He was in the Winchester Convalesent Hospital for a two years before he died. They belonged to the First United Methodist Church at Valley Falls. According to one daughter, they "were gritty people, but kind and honest and raised their children in the country with much love and fresh air."

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Merle Lewis Matthews, Letters 1961-1983
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                       Merle lived most of her married life in the area of Valley Falls. She was very short, about four feet eleven and one half inches tall. She had very dark hair and eyes with fair complexion. Her hair was a beautiful white when she was older. She worked very hard as a farmer's wife and made a happy home for her husband and five children. She loved antiques, and in their later years they bought and restored items. In the 1960's they worked cleaning a church in Topeka. She suffered with migraine headaches. They made a few visits to California, but did not like to drive in the mountains. She cared for her husband in his illness until she was unable to continue and preceded him in death.

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John Clarence Matthews - Blocked

John Clarence Matthews was born at Valley Falls, Jefferson, Kansas 17 Feb 1897. His parents were Joseph Robert Matthews and Carrie Bell Heineken.

He married Blocked 30 Aug 1923 at Effingham, Atchison, Kansas .

They were the parents of 5 children:
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John Clarence Matthews died 2 Mar 1984 at Winchester, Jefferson, Kansas .