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 NEW BRIGHTON PAPERS 169 1861, re-enlisted August 20,1861, participating in all the battles of the Peninsula, of Maryland 1862, recrossed to Virginia November 3, 1863, served faithfully and with great gallantry, returning to Butler at the close of the war. He left there in 1866, going to Oskalooaa, Iowa, where he worked on the "Herald" for a few months, and then joined a party and crossed the plains to Colorado, thence to Plattsmouth, Neb., where he was foreman on the "Herald," which he held for a year and then returned to Oskaloosa and again worked on the "Herald" until winter, when he went to Decatur, Ala., and founded the "Alabama Republican," which he sold in a short time and returned to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he was married on the 14th of April 1868, to Miss Sarah C. Ferree. This union resulted in four children, Mrs. J. R. Meskimon of Sacaton, Ariz., Frank E. Mathews architect Rochester, Pa., Orin O. Mathews, who served in the Spanish-American War, later a clerk in the freight de- partment of the P. & L. E. R. R., and Charles H. Mathews, in architectural department of the same road. After his marriage he returned to the Plattsmouth "Herald" until 1870, thence went to Ashland, Neb., and founded the "Ashland Times" where he remained until his health failed in 1871, when he disposed of the paper and returned to Oskaloosa and in March 1872 removed to Des Moines, la., and became foreman of the Des Moines Auxiliary Printing Co., where he remained four years, then accepted a position in the A. N. Kellogg Printing office, Cleveland, O. Private business bringing him to Western Pennsylvania he located in Beaver Falls and began reporting for the "Beaver Falls Courier." About six months later, he accepted a position on the "News," which he filled until 1885, when he was appointed Deputy Register and Recorder by W. H. Bricker which he held for two terms and in 1890 was elected to the office, which he filled for two terms. He is now president of the Rochester Planing Mill Co., Rochester, Pa.