This page is devoted to the Matthews and Williams ancestors of the Robson side of the family of James R. Lowe, the host of the main Lowe - Robson family web site.

Great-Grandmother: Prudence Matthews
Born November 2, 1868.  Married James Robson on November 6, 1890.  Had seven children.  Died July 4, 1945, at age 76.  Further information is found on the Robson Family page.

Great-Great-Grandfather: W.Y. Matthews
Great-Great-Grandmother: Margaret Jane Williams
W.Y. Matthews was born September 27, 1839.  Margaret Jane Williams was born October 10, 1839.  They married in 1862 and had 10 children, the fourth of which was my Great-Grandmother Prudence Matthews.  He died October 3, 1922, at age 83.  She died January 9, 1911, at age 71.

The couple in the foreground are W.Y. Matthews and his wife Margaret Jane (Williams) Matthews, the parents of my great-grandmother Prudence Matthews (Robson).  Standing behind them, left to right are two of their daughters, my great-great-aunts, Mary and Cora.  This photograph was probably taken near Redhouse, West Virginia, circa 1905.

The 10 children of W.Y. and Margaret Jane Matthews were:

• Adeline. Born December 9, 1863.  Died ??
• Lenore.  Born January 29, 1866.  Died ??
• Charles P.  Born April 27, 1867.  Died 1940.  Picture
• Prudence.  Born November 2, 1868.  Died July 4, 1945.
• Squire L.  Born December 2, 1870.  Married Prudence Hartley.  Died ?? [Same person as "R. Lee" Matthews?]
• Laura R.  Born August 9, 1875.  Died ??
• William E.  Born May 15, 1877.  Died ??
• Lydia J.  Born November 28, 1878.  Died ?? Picture
• Mary E.  Born October 29, 1881.  Died ??
• Cora B.  Born October 28, 1882.  Married Squire Hartley (1880-1954).  Died ??, 1971.

Great-Great-Great-Grandfather: Edward Matthews
Great-Great-Great-Grandmother: Rebecca Daugherty
Edward Matthews was born January 15, 1813.  He is reported to have come from Indiana to West Virginia, where he married Rebecca Daugherty.  She was born June 15, 1815.  They are said to have had a large family.  Among them were my Great-Great Grandfather W.Y. Matthews.  Other sons included Levi Walter "L.W." Matthews (Dec. 4, 1845 - Aug. 16, 1931), Thomas Matthews who went west in a covered wagon and raised a large family near Winfield, Kansas, and John Matthews, who migrated to Sioux City, Iowa, and raised a family of two.  Edward Mathews died August 13, 1887, at age 74.  Buried at Grandview cemetary in Putnam county.  His forebearers came from Germany where the name was spelled Mathis.  Rebecca Daugherty is reported to have been of Scotch-Irish descent.  She died July 20, 1889 (1879?).

Great-Great-Great-Grandfather: John Williams
Great-Great-Great-Grandmother: Prudence Richardson
John (Don?)Williams, the father of Great-Great-Grandmother Margaret Jane Williams, was born in 1811.   and died in 1894 at age 83.  Prudence (Margaret?) Richardson (Richards?) was also born in 1811.  It is reported that the Richardsons, said to have been of English descent, moved from Baltimore to Wheeling, West Virginia about 1817.  John Williams, originally of Welsh descent, is said to have moved to Wheeling from Pennsylvania.  John and Prudence raised a large family on Grave Creek, of which Prudence Williams (Matthews)(1850-1940) was one.  John Williams died in 1894 at age 83.  His wife died in 1879.

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