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 After last month when we presented the story of the St Louis Blues trip for Doug, as many of you know, Doug succumbed to leukemia on January 11th. Peacefully, he joined the angels above and now he rests without the pain and suffering. Please keep Christina and Doug in your prayers.
 Doug worked, done as a Blues Logo. Many flowers, planters, and beautiful cards were received by our Christina. Several of his very best friends wrote poems. Several of these we would like to share with you. (Including one by Christina). You can VIEW THEM Here. Christina also did up several frames, making a collage' of pictures of his life. These were taken to the funeral home, and placed on easels for everyone to view Doug as they knew him. See these HERE. God bless you all for your thoughts and prayers.
 Valentines Day is coming and spring is only a month and a half away! Here's all them February Birthdays that still keep coming along! So all of you have a Happy one too:
Sammie Jo Gray, Feb 2
To all of you, Happy Birthday, and many more to come!!
Our Metheny/Matheny email round robin group is at 70 members. I have contacts with several new possible members. Seems thru search engines, and thru geocities, people are finding us. GREAT! The new MRR Central site is thriving, we are getting good response and I thank all you members who use it. Any time you get a person who is interested in the email list group, send them to MRR Central FIRST. That way they can find out all about it, before they decide on joining the email group. This will, I am sure, help new potential members get a good feel about what our group is, and how we operate. 
Dont forget to bookmark it, and visit there often. Two New sections have been added, to make it an even more useful site. The resource section. Send me the URL of your Metheny Hompage, and I post it there. The REUNION section is just that...Infomation on Family Reunions. We have the information there, on the proposed MRR Reunion and Daniel Stone Dedication that has been planned for August. There have also been two other reunions posted. One for Alabama, and our good friend and cousin, Arlie Metheny, from the Conway Arkansas Metheny line. You and Yours have gonna have one?? Send me the information and I'll get it posted. | This is the line supplied to me recently by Andy Metheny, from Boston. The ones marked with the "**" are the decendent line of Andy. John Matheny (1808-1884) m. (c1829) Mary Farmer (c1807-bef 1860). Children:
**Henry Matheny (b.1830, Ohio) John Matheny did not follow the migration of Mathenys and Farmer families to Illinois, although his father, John Sr. did. 2. Henry Matheny (26 Oct 1830 @ Hopewell Twp. Licking Co., Oh. - 15 May 1911 @ Shelby, Polk Co., Neb.), m. 23 Sept 1852 to Sarah Moore (1829-1902) Children:
Amanda Metheny (b.1853, Oh.; m. _ Currie) 3. Samuel Metheny (25 May 1864 @ Lanark, Carroll Co., IL - 2 October 1958 @ Lincoln, Neb.), m. 8 Dec. 1891 to Leonetta Bohn (1876-1967).
Children:
Harry B. Metheny (1892, Neb. - 1928, Wa.) 4. Ralph Samuel Metheny (29 May 1905, Lincoln, Neb. - 2 Aug 1986, San Francisco, Ca.), m. Jessie E. Cumming (1907-1990) Children:
Dale Metheny (1930 - 1979, Oh.) One NOTE I'd Like to add. The name change from MA to ME seems to coincide with the time period of 1820 to 1840, and centers around OH, IN, and IL. (Dave). Exactly the same as mine.
As you all know we (Rita and I), maintain several web sites on the Internet. Actually I do most of the web work, Rita comes up with the ideas. (some of the better ideas were her doings). Then I transpose them into web publishing. Visit some of our sites.. and let us know what you all think! I have to tell this story to someone. I think it's kinda funny. My Grandfather George Matheny and his twin brother John are 97 years old today. Yesterday he had some company (he still lives by himself) and they were talking about how they weren't sick or anything. And my Grandpa looks at Uncle John and said, John you know you never did take care of yourself. I think that at 97 they have done a very good job. Sandy (Matheny) Hardin |
Well the Holidays have come and gone. Not a really good season this year, with our son-in-law passing away. Also another of our regulars lost her mother last week. Our deepest sympathy goes out to DIANA JONES, and her family. I will put a complete obituary in next months Newsletter. I would have this month but time just ran out, and Diana and her family have all our heartfelt wishes and prayers. The Matheny/Metheny Association, - Daniel Project is MOVING ALONG! A Committee has been formed, and we have had contacts with an Attorney to make it all legal. Right now we have identified five people who will serve on this years Committee. If anyone else WANTS on and can help, speak up now! The Committee: Keith, Diana, Rhonda, Ed Powell, and myself as coordinator. Check the MRR Central site for more info. | This month I would like to ensure the credits go to the contributors. Diana Jones for shaking out Birthdays (again). To Rita for her ideas, and help. Thanks to Andy Metheny for his decendents list, I am sure that he is surprised to see it up in print so soon! But I am sure there are valuable connections there! Thanks to to the MRR Committee for volunteering their time and efforts. Thanks to my article contributors, and all my readers. If you have some info or unique stories, wills or obituaries, send them to me I will put them in ...and, dont forget to email me. Dave Metheny.
PROPOSED - AUGUST 14th 1998 AQUIA CHURCH, VA. |
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Every month I try to feature someone, or something I think interesting. This month my feature is on one whom I have heard say many times; "I'm glad I am a Cox, and not married to one!". Well, I am married to one. But I must have picked the cream of the crop, because it hasn't been half bad at all. True, when the three Cox girls in the picture get together, along with their three brothers, and their mother Laverne, anyone who is NOT a Cox, has one heck of a time getting a word in edgewise, or otherwise! The picture is of My wife Rita (left), Peggy (center), and the baby of the family Phyllis (right). Taken about 1948. After raising three great kids, and putting up with a "Metheny" for almost 39 years, I guess it's my turn to say; "I am glad I am a Metheny, and NOT married to one!"