Person:Angelica Shaver (1)

The death of Mrs. Angelica Matthews on Monday, Oct. 4 removes from the community one of the earliest pioneers of the county. Coming here with her husband and children in 1881 she established a home on the farm where she ended her days, meeting the hardships and adversities of the pioneer life with the same cheerful courage that characterized her later days. The Matthews home was one where hospitality and neighborly kindness were ever found, and no public-spirited movement or call for volunteer work of early days but was furthered here. Mrs. Matthews would have been seventy-six years of age had she lived until Nov. 2 of this year. Seven children survive her; four sons Orrie, Lyman, James and Sheridan; and three daughters, Mrs. Etta McClannahan, Mrs. Cora McClannahan and Mrs. Jennie Isaacson.

Mrs. Matthews, of Laurel, Dies
Mrs. A. T. Matthews, a resident of Whatcom county forty-five years, died at her home in Laurel this morning at the age of 76 years. She is survived by three daughters and four sons. The sons all live in this county, one at home, another at Custer, another at Rome and the fourth at Wickersham. A fifth son, William, lost his life in the World war. Funeral announcements will be made by George Monroe, undertaker at Ferndale.