Eleanor Matlock

From a Poem by her grandson Eugene L. Matlock

Was she seeking fame,

Or a chance in a New World to change her name?

Which it was matters not, but at least she was "game".

Working her way on a "ship o' the main".

She'd left her home in the Emerald Isle,

With hope in her heart, on her face a smile.

O'er rough stormy seas, for a month or more,

Before land hove in sight, on that far-off shore.

In the new Land of Freedom,

A man passing by chest "48", over six feet high.

Filled to the fullest, her Irish eye!

In this land of the free, This great Melting Pot,

Mates were chose from the heart-beat, where from--mattered not.

John Matlock --his name, and God's favor his aim,

Soon heading "out West", this wedded -pair came;

Made a farm along the Wabash, in Indiana --as to name.

(In his original poem these last two lines were struck as they did not live along the Wabash.)

She was born 01 May 1783 in Roane County Tennessee (?). She married (1) JOHN SHEPARD MATLOCK 07 December 1801 in Roane County Tennessee. She died 09 February 1839 in Yorkville, Kendall Illinois. This couple is buried in the Pavilion Cemetery in Kendall Township, Kendall County Illinois.

(birth 07-May-1783 - per Matlock Bible record)
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Children of JOHN MATLOCK and ELEANOR HAGGERTY were:
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i. THOMAS JEFFERSON MATLOCK, b.06-Oct-1802, Roane Co., TN.; d.1865, Kahoka, Clark Co., MO.; m. NANCY BALLARD, 11-Sep-1823, Morgan Co., IN.; b.Abt. 1804, NC.; d.11-Mar-1875, Kahoka, Clark Co., MO.

ii. JAMES BURTON MATLOCK, b.18-Mar-1804, Roane Co., TN.; d.09-Sep-1879, Lawrence Co., MO.; m. SUSAN ASHER, 15-Jun-1825, Owen Co., IN.; b.10-Mar-1803, Jefferson Co., KY.

iii. WILLIAM TYNDALL MATLOCK, b.04-Feb-1806, Roane Co., TN.; d.18-Sep-1872, Clackamas Co., OR.; m. ELIZABETH BETSEY JANE BALLARD, m.08-Sep-1825, Hendericks Co., IN.; b.09-Mar-1807, Highland Co., OH.; d.12-Apr-1884, Salem, Marion Co., OR. This couple is buried in the Clackamas Pioneer Cemetery.

See: F.A.G.# 33033141. His wife, see: F.A.G.# 33033184.

iv. MARGARET MATLOCK, b.02-Mar-1808, Roane Co., TN.; d.1846, Kendall Co., IL.; m. SIMEON OATMAN, 20-Aug-1829, Hendericks Co., IN.

v. SARAH SALLY MATLOCK, b.20-Dec-1810, Roane Co., TN.; d. 1849, Kendall Co., IL.; m. WILLIAM PAUL, 25-Apr-1829, Hendericks Co., IN.; b.Abt. 1807, VA.

vi. JOHN SHEPPARD MATLOCK, b.16-Feb-1812, Roane Co., TN.; d.11-Sep-1879, Wabash Co., IN.; m. MARY BANTA CASSATT, 26-Aug-1836, Wabash Co., IN.; b.28-Dec-1818, Mercer Co., KY.; d.17-Feb-1889, Owen Co., IN. This couple is buried in the "Stone Cemetery" of the Boundary Line Church at La Fontaine, IN. Burial: AKA "Matlock Cemetery", Wabash, Wabash Co., IN., USA.

See F.A.G.#33398751. His wife, see F.A.G.#33398762.

vii. WEST WALKER MATLOCK, b.17-Feb-1814, KY.; d.07-Jul-1886, Kendall Co., IL.; m. LEVINA TRUMBO, 23-Feb-1839, Ottawa, La Salle Co., IL.; b. 11-Sep-1820, Newark, Licking Co., OH.; d.14-Nov-1910, Kendall Co., IL. This couple is buried in the Pavilion Cemetery in Kendall Twp., Kendall Co. IL.

viii. GEORGE WASHINGTON MATLOCK, b.10-Jul-1816, Knox Co., IN.; m. MARTHA PATSY GREEN, 01-May-1842, Hendericks Co., IN.; b. Abt.1824, IN.

ix.DAVID MATLOCK, b.16-Feb-1819, Bloomington, IN.; d.02-Sep-1878, Union Co., IL.; m. ELIZABETH B. BETSEY JOHNSON, m.29-Aug-1839, Bristol, Kane Co., IL.; b.1818, New York; d.30-Mar-1881, Pavilion, Kendall Co. IL. This couple is buried in the Pavilion Cemetery in Kendall Twp., Kendall Co. IL.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 5 2020, 3:16:28 UTC