Gibson DeWayne Matthews

Gibson married Katherine Wilkes in Private. Katherine was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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A national miner was fatally injured when run over by a Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad coal train in sight of his home and five others were injured in two automobile accidents last night. The miner, who died at Miner's Hospital, Frostburg, at 11:15 p.m., a few hours after being hit, was Gibson Matthews, 41. A miner at coal mine 17 of the Consolidation Coal Company located in Klondike, Matthews had spent the afternoon away from home and was on his way back, taking a commonly used shortcut along the railroad tracks, when he was struck. His left leg was amputated below the knee. A train crew called a Frostburg ambulance to take Matthews to the hospital. Matthews is survived by his mother, Mrs. Viola Matthews, of Pekin; his wife, Mrs. Stella Crawford Matthews, and four children, Pvt. Gibson DeWayne Matthews, Camp Edwards, Mass.; LaVerne, Joan, and Dale, at home.

The Cumberland Sunday Times, October 24, 1943

Gibson + Stella Crawford. Stella (daughter of John Nathan Crawford and Sarah Jane Winebrenner) was born on 10 Mar 1908 in Mt. Savage, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 26 Feb 1989 in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MOSCOW — Mrs. Stella Reel, 80, Masontown, W.Va., formerly of Moscow, died Sunday, Feb. 26, 1989, in Monongalia General Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. Born March 10, 1908, in Mount Savage, she was the daughter of the late Nathan and Jane (Winebrenner) Crawford. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Gibson Matthews and William Reel. Surviving are one daughter, Laverne Thomas, Bretts, W.Va.; one son, Dale Matthews, Morgantown, W.Va.; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Interment will be Wednesday in West Virginia. The Kiger and Williams Funeral Home, Masontown, W.Va., is in charge of arrangements. Cumberland Times-News, Wednesday, March 1, 1989

John + Sarah Jane Winebrenner. Sarah (daughter of James Hiram Winebrenner and Suzanne Logsdon) was born about 1875; died on 4 Mar 1930 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She died on 4 Mar 1930 at the age of 55 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland.
Lonaconoing - Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Jane Crawford, 55 years old, of Moscow, this county, who died in Miners Hospital, Frostburg, Tuesday, will be held from the Pentacostal Church, here, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Moscow. Rev. Shewbridge, pastor, will officiate. Mrs. Crawford died following an operation for the amputation of a leg, which followed the amputation of the other one, with pneumonia held as partly responsible for her demise. She was a daughter of the late Susannah and James Winebrenner of Mt. Savage. She lived in Moscow for 13 years, going there from Mt. Savage. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Elmer Broadwater, Moscow; Mrs. Gibson Matthews, Morgantown, W. Va.; and Mrs. Albion Hyde, Moscow, and three sons, Christopher and Hileary, Moscow, and Elmer Crawford, Morgantown. The Cumberland Evening Times, March 6, 1930

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He died on 5 Apr 1910 at the age of 71 in Mount Savage, Allegany Co., Maryland. Mt. Savage - Mr. John Winebrenner, in poor health for the last few years, died Tuesday morning (5 Apr.) at 6 o'clock. The following children survive: Jesse Winebrenner, Stewart Winebrenner, Thomas Winebrenner, Lawrence Winebrenner, William Winebrenner and Mrs. Nathan Crawford. The funeral is this afternoon and interment in the Porter Cemetery near Eckhart. Cumberland Evening Times, April 7, 1910

James + Suzanne Logsdon. Suzanne (daughter of Lawrence Logsdon and Malinda Porter) was born about 1838; died in 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: Abt 1911

Notes:

he was buried in Porter Cemetery, Eckhart, Allegany Co., Maryland.