Lucy

Abt 1820 - 1900  (~ 80 years)

• Name	Lucy   [1]
  Born	Abt 1820	New York, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Newspaper Article	5 Sep 1888	Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Item in the Sterling Gazette: "For Rent: For Cash--My farm of 100 acres, 1/12 miles east of Prophetstown, 100 acres under plow, Address Mrs. Norman Matteson, Prophetstown, Ills."
  Newspaper Article	10 Apr 1890	Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA   [3]
  	Item, The Sterling Standard: "In re alleged insanity of Lucy Matteson. Petition and statement of Eliza J. Gaines filed. Trial by jury. Verdict: Insane and not a pauper, and that a conservator for her should be appointed. Ordered that said Lucy Matteson be admitted to an Illinois State Hospital for the Insane."
  NEWS	8 May 1890	Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	Item, Sterling Standard: "In re conservatorship of Lucy Matteson by Eliza J. Gaines. Bond of conservator filed and approved."
  Newspaper Article	9 Feb 1892	Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	Item, Sterling Standard: "On Friday last Sup't Ely of the County Infirmary, and Chief Fitzgerald of this city, conveyed to Elgin, Mrs. Matteson of this city, who formerly resided at Prophetstown, and who has been mentally deranged for several years. The unfortunate lady was adjudged insane several years ago and taken to the asylum, but two years ago, being harmless, the authorities allowed her to return home with her daughter. Latterly she has grown more violent, and it is believed that her mental malady is incurable."
  Newspaper Article	11 May 1893	Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA   [6]
  	Item, Sterling Standard: "In re conservatorship of Lucy Matteson, instance. Certificate of publication notice to sell real estate filed. Affidavit of service of notice on Lucy Matteson filed. Petition heard and sale ordered."
  Newspaper Article	14 Jun 1894	Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA   [7]
  	Item, Sterling Standard: "Mrs. Matteson, the aged mother of Mrs. Gaines, who has been in such a bad mental condition for sometime, was taken to Elgin Wednesday. She made considerable resistance as she was taken to the depot."
  Died	Between 1894-1900  [1, 8]
  Newspaper Article	3 Jul 1900	Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA   [8]
  	Probate item, Sterling Gazette:"Estate of Lucy Matteson. Inventory filed and approved."
  Person ID	I222	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2014

  
  

  Family	Norman Judson Matteson,   b. 1 Apr 1818, Edmeston, Otsego County, New York, USA ,   d. 12 Sep 1880, Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA  (Age 62 years)
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Mary B. Matteson,   b. Nov 1843, New York, USA   2. Guy C. Matteson,   b. Abt 1846, New York, USA   3. Eliza J. Matteson,   b. Abt 1849, New York, USA   4. Alice Matteson,   b. Abt 1859, New York, USA + 5. Etta Matteson,   b. Abt 1859, Illinois, USA ,   d. 9 Jan 1939, Central State Hospital, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Last Modified	9 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F71	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] 1860 U.S. census, Whiteside County, Illinois, population schedule, Prophetstown, p. 265 (penned, recto), [p. 893 (dark ink, verso), dwelling 1983, family 1958, Norman Matteson household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 8 November 2014); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 237. [S160] "For Rent,". [S161] “Probate Court,” Sterling Standard (Sterling, Ill.), 10 April 1890, p. 3, col. 4, Lucy Matteson, ordered admitted to the Ilinois State Hospital for the Insane at; digital image Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 8 November 2014). [S162] “Probate Court,” Sterling Standard (Sterling, Ill.), 8 May1890, p. 3, col. 6, item about conservatorship of Lucy Matteson; digital image Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 8 November 2014). [S163] Sterling Standard (Sterling, Ill.), 9 February 1893, p. 8, col. 2, item regarding the insanity of “Mrs. Matteson of this city”; digital image Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 8 November 2014). [S164] “Probate Court,” Sterling Standard (Sterling, Ill.), 11 May 1893, p. 5, col. 5, item about conservatorship of Lucy Matteson and sale of real estate; digital image Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 8 November 2014). [S165] Sterling Standard (Sterling, Ill.), 14 June 1894, p. 8, col. 2, item regarding Mrs. Matteson’s return to the insane asylum; digital image Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 8 November 2014). [S166] "Probate Proceedings,".