. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . personal description of Matthew French and his wife, whomshe well recollected, being a married woman and about seven-teen years old at the date of the death of her grandfather. says: Matthew French was a small, spare mademan, light hair and blue eyes; his wife was a very large woman,quite fleshy, fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes. Matthew French and his eldest son, John, were Americansoldiers in our war for independence, and served in ColonelWilliam Prestons battalion of Montgomery County militia,of whi
. A history of middle New River settlements and contiguous territory . personal description of Matthew French and his wife, whomshe well recollected, being a married woman and about seven-teen years old at the date of the death of her grandfather. says: Matthew French was a small, spare mademan, light hair and blue eyes; his wife was a very large woman,quite fleshy, fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes. Matthew French and his eldest son, John, were Americansoldiers in our war for independence, and served in ColonelWilliam Prestons battalion of Montgomery County militia,of which Joseph Cloyd was Major, and Thomas Shannon theCaptain of the company to which the Frenches were were with their company in the battle of Wetzells Mills,March 6th, 1781, and again at Guilford Court House, on the15th of the same month. The names of the children of Guy D. French and his wife,Araminta D., are as follows, viz: Henley C, who marriedMiss Harriet Easley (both now dead) ; Mary, who marriedWilliam B. Mason (both now dead); Fannie, who married. HON. Wm. A. FRENCHGreat grandson of Matthew French. The Gillespies- 405 J. H. I). Smoot (the latter dead) ; Sarah, who first married Dr.\Y. W. McComas (killed in battle of South Mills), and secondlymarried Captain F. G. Thrasher; Susan, who married Dr. K. (the latter dead). Captain David A. French first married Miss Williams, forhis second wife Jennie C. Easley; William A. married SarahE. Johnston; Charles D. married Annie C. Johnston. Oppositethis page is the photograph of Hon. William A. French, a greatgrandson of Matthew the Settler. William A. died in April,1902. The descendants of Matthew French are scattered far andwide over the South and West. Among them were many bril-liant men and women; the men have been magistrates, sheriffs,clerks, lawyers, judges, statesmen and soldiers. David Mc-Comas, one of the descendants of Matthew French, was aneminent jurist; William McComas, another, was a member ofCon
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