Flora Belle Davis Schaffner (June 5, 1905 - January 28, 2009) Mother, Grandmother, Educator.
2008
John Mather (1780-1858) built a powder mill at Manchester, Conn. in 1808. which operated for over 20 years. A man of many talents, he was a merchant, a glass blower, a manufacturer of gun powder and cotton cloth, and a farmer. He also wrote a genealogy of the Mather family in 1848.
This picture of his business card was sent by Erik Quist, a descendant. Thanks, Erik!
2007
Calista Ellsworth Davis and Sarah Jane Ellsworth Stout "Aunt Jane"
Circa 1947 - Greenville, Illinois
2006
Home of John Cotton Mather in Guyton, Georgia as it appeared in December of 1985. Built about 1861, the house had been completely restored, but then burned down in 1988. Photo courtesy of Jennifer May who grew up in the house.
The Prettyman Merry house in Covington, Kentucky.
2005
Flora Schaffner's 100th Birthday!
A Canadian Christmas circa 1900.
Regina, Maggie, and Millie Morre
2004
Cora Mather's coverlet
circa 1905, discovered recently by Jean Hawkins.
2004 Mather Reunion
Sweet little Hazel Sweet, daughter of Maria Mather who was able to meet Susan B. Anthony & get her autograph in 1877.
Lucy Mather Brown (1802-1884) Wife of the colorful, infamous & legendary counterfeiter, James Brown of Akron, Ohio.
2003
Clifford Ira Mather - The Midwest - 1930's.
Timothy Clark Mather and Marguerite Mather Rivera, children of Roy Hayward Mather. Separated as children, they hadn't seen each other in over 70 years.
Asa Thaddeus Mather (1855-1928) with daughter, Lena, granddaughter, Bernice, and great grandchildren, Betty and Bobby.
2002
Stephen Tyng Mather 1867-1930 First Director of the National Park Service 1916
Dan Spindler and Barney Schaffner circa 1890.
Henry with son Chester Henke 1910.
An original copy of the Mather genealogy written by Horace Mather in 1890.
2001
2001 Mather Family Reunion - Detroit, Michigan
Horatio Nelson Mather & family, 1905.
Bertha Henke Schaffner - Life on an Illinois farm in the early 1900's.
The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, first church of Rev. Richard Mather.