Mathew Spurgeon Oyler

  General Notes:

See general notes on his father, John, for 1880 census facts.

The 1910 Federal Census for Richwood Town, Beaver District, Nicholas Co., West VA, District 106, page 24B, dated May 8, 1910 records Mathews W. (34 - VA/VA/VA) and Grace (26 - OH/OH/OH) Oyler and children Jeanette Oyler (3 - Ohio) and Virginia E. [Edith] Oyler (2 - WV) living along Tannery Road. Matthew is an Engineer at the Paper Mill. Matthew and Grace have been married for 4 years and have had 2 children. Also in the household is sister-in-law Margaret Bentley (18 - OH/OH/OH). Grace is working as the Proprietor of a Boarding House and Margaret as a Waitress at the Boarding House.

The WWI Draft Registration Card for Matthew Spurgeon Oyler taken in Nicholas, West Virginia records his date of birth as March 22, 1876. He living at 8 Elm St in Richwood, Nicholas, West Virginia and is employed as the Chief Engineer for Cherry River Paper Co. His nearest relative is Grace Oyler of the same address. He is tall with slender build and has Lt Blue eyes and Lt Brown hair.

The 1920 Federal Census for Richwood, Nicholas Co., West VA, District 100, page 22A, dated January 28, 1920 records Spurgeon (43 - VA/VA/VA) and Grace (37 - OH/OH/OH) Oiler and children Jeanette Oyler (12 - Ohio), Virginia Oyler (11 - WV), Margarette Oyler (9 - WV), John [Matchett] Oyler (7 3/12 - WV), Robert Oyler (5 10/12 - WV), and Grace Oyler (2 10/12 - WV) living at 8 Elmer Avenue. Spurgeon is an Engineer at the Paper Mill.

See general notes on his daughter, Kathryn, for 1930 census facts.

From www.findagrave.com:
Mathew Spurgeon Oyler
Birth: Mar. 22, 1902 [note: this date is incorrect in that a picture of the headstone is given and the DOB is 1876 ... consistent with census records]
Death: 1945
son of John Oyler and Lucy Dudley
Parents:
John M. Oyler (1837 - 1911)
Lucy E Dudley Oyler (1850 - 1922)
Burial: Andrew Chapel United Methodist Church, Springwood, Botetourt Co,. VA

  Research Notes:

West Virginia Birth Records report Virginia Oyler as: Virginia Edith Oyler born in Richwood on April 11, 1908 with father as M. S. Oyler and mother as H. G. Oyler.

West Virginia Birth Records report John Oyler as: John Matchett Oyler born in Richwood on October 25, 1910 with father as M. S. Oyler and mother as Mrs. M. S. Oyler.

Mathew married Huldah Grace Bentley, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bentley and Florilla Bullock, circa 1896. (Huldah Grace Bentley was born circa 1884 in Ohio and died after 1940 in Buchanan, Botetourt Co., VA.)