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Nancy
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Nancy Elizabeth (Birch) Mattox was born in Greene County, PA on Aug. 28, 1878, the daughter of Samuel and Susan (Miner) Birch.
Nancy married George W. Mattox ( ? -1923), son of Oliver Mattox. They had five children – J. Earl Mattax, George Oliver Mattax, Arthur R. Mattax, Kenneth Mattax and Eve Gill.
The
Mattox family lived at Dunns
Station, Washington County, PA. They were members of the West Union
Presbyterian Church, seen at left.
George worked as a farmer, and the family resided near Prosperity, Washington County. They eventually moved into the town of Washington, where they lived at 60 Addison Street.
While
in Washington, George obtained employment at the Hazel-Atlas glass factory, seen at
right in a rare old
photographic postcard. Click to see an enlargement
of this image.
Sadly, George died of a hemorrhage at age 45 on Jan. 18, 1923.
Nancy outlived George by 21 years. She passed away in Washington Hospital on D-Day -- June 6, 1944.
Son George served in World War II, and afterward was a structural worker for the Pennsylvania Engineering Co. He was killed in 1949 in a vehicular accident “when [their] small delivery truck sedan crashed into a big truck towing two trailers on West Virginia State Route 2” near Wellsburg.
Son Earl also worked for the Atlas glass plant of Washington. In 1946, he moved to Pittsburgh, and lived at 1104 Sheffield Street on the city’s North Side.
Son Arthur served with the US Marines in the South Pacific during World War II, and later was a structural iron worker for Townsend and Bottun Company of Stratton, OH.
Son Kenneth Mattax lived in Detroit, MI, and later in Los Angeles.
Daughter Eve Gill moved to California, where she also resided in Los Angeles.
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