THE SEVENTH PASTOR OF CHARTIERS. HE RECEIVED HIS ACADEMICAL AND ONE YEAR OF HIS COLLEGIATE EDUCATION AT MERCERSBURG COLLEGE. HE GRADUATED FROM LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, EASTON, PA IN JUNE OF 1871 HE LIVED AT THE POWELL HALL WHILE ATTENDING ,AND RECEIVED IS THEOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION AT THE WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN ALLEGHENY. HE WAS LICENSED TO PREACH THE GOSPEL BY THE PRESBYTERY OF CARLISLE, CONVENED AT CHAMBERSBURG, PA. , IN THE SAME CHURCH IN WHICH DR. McMILLAN WAS LICENSED. MATTHEW WAS ORDAINED AND INSTALLED AT CHARTIERS ON THE 10TH OF JUNE, 1874. HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE, RESPECT, AND AFFECTION OF THE PEOPLE.
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MATTHEW WAS FOR SOME YEARS PASTOR OF THE HISTORIC "HILL CHURCH" PROPERLY CALLED CHARTERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANNONSBURG PA. THIS CHURCH WAS FOUNDED BY JOHN MCMILLIAN IN 1750 AS THE OLDEST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WEST OF THE ALLIGANY MOUNTAINS. LATER IN PAINESVILLE OH. HE PREACHED AT THE RICHMOND CHURCH PART TIME DUE TO HEALTH. MATTHEW LATER TOOK UP THE PRACTICE OF OSTEOPATHY AND WAS A SUCCESSFUL PHYSICIAN IN PAINESVILLE OH. HE WAS A REPUBLICAN IN POLITICS A PRESBYTERIAN IN FAITH AND HIS FAMILY ARE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION CHURCH.
MATTHEW LIVED ON MENTOR AVE IN PAINESVILLE THEN MOVED TO 125 PARK PLACE . PARK PLACE IS NOW TORN DOWN
FUNERAL WAS PRESIDED OVER BY RETIRED PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER FROM CLEVELAND (DR. LOUIS RUFF) ASSISTED BY REV. WILLIS A. WARREN PASTOR OF THE PAINESVILLE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
FROM CHARTIERS CHURCH IN PA HE MOVED TO THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN KIRKSVILLE MO. IN NOV. 1889. BY THE YEAR 1892 HE HAD HELPED THE CHURCH RETIRE ITS DEBT! IN THE SAME MONTH THE CHURCH BELL THAT HAD BEEN USED AS A FIRE ALARM, RAN OUT ITS OWN DESTRUCTION. MATTHEW SERVED UNTIL 1891