Edwin Matson Sr

 

 
Edwin Matson Sr

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Edwin Matson, Sr.

Edwin Matson, Sr.

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IMAG000502Edwin Matson, Sr., lumberman and farmer, was born in Chenango county, New York, January 21, 1815, a son of Zeba W. and Lydia (Merritt) Matson, natives of Connecticut. He was reared and educated in his native country, and when eighteen years of age came to Tioga county and entered the employ of Stowell & Dickinson, who were engaged in the lumber business on Pine creek. Here he remained thirteen years, and then went to Wrightsville, York county, Pennsylvania, where he built and operated saw mills for fifteen years.

Returning to Delmar township, Tioga county, he located on a farm which he had previously purchased. After a few years he went to Northumberland county and again engaged in the lumber business for seven years, and subsequently followed lumbering in Florida for fourteen months. Going to Cleveland, Ohio, he completed an unfinished mill, which he operated for one season, and then returned to his farm in Delmar. In 1881 he erected his present mill in Shippen township, which he has operated successfully for the past fifteen years, under the firm name of E. Matson & Son.

Mr. Matson is the owner of one of the largest farms in Delmar township, while his lumber interest in Shippen are extensive and lucrative. He also conducts a store in connection with his mill, which does an annual business of $12,000. Mr. Matson is one of the leading Democrats of the township, and is the present postmaster of Marsh Creek. The family are adherents of the Presbyterian church.

Retyped from "History of Tioga County - 1897" - page 732 and 733

 

 

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