Tombstone Tuesday

Headstone of Quincy C. Matteson (1834 - 11879). Digital image. Privately held by Thomas MacEntee, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Chicago, Illinois. 2008.

Quincy Matteson was my seventh cousin 5 times removed and was born at DeKalb, St. Lawrence County, New York on August 19, 1834.[1] He was the son of Francis Matteson and Hannah Dence.[2]

On February 25, 1864 he married Amelia Bancroft at DeKalb, New York.

Quincy Matteson died on July 8, 1879 at Hermon, New York. He is buried at the Old Hermon Cemetery, Hermon, New York.[3]


Notes:

[1] Cady, Anne M., Inventory of Old Hermon Cemetery, Hermon, New York (NYGENWEB, St. Lawrence, online (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~stlawgen/CEMETERY/Hermon/Hermonlp.HTM>, data downloaded 21 January 2008).

[2] (http://www.ancestry.com), accessed January 30, 2008, citing Census Place: Montgomery, Orange, New York; Roll: T625_1253; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 135; Image: 223

[3] Cady, Anne M., Inventory of Old Hermon Cemetery, Hermon, New York