M. Mateer, of Adams, a young man about twenty years of age, died last Friday after an illness of six days. The deceased was a son of Samuel Mateer, who died some years since of injuries received from a vicious bull.
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↑ The Oskaloosa Herald (weekly), Thursday, August 25, 1887, Vo. 38, No. 1, p. 3
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVJ-8YR : 17 October 2014), Marsll E Mateer in household of Sam Mateer, Iowa, United States; citing p. 11, family 1, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,907.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL9-ZT1 : 14 July 2016), Marcellus Mateer in household of Samuel Mateer, Adams, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 169, sheet 260B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0353; FHL microfilm 1,254,353.