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Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):

Matthew Pierce Matheney III (Pierce) was born in El Dorado, Arkansas on September 24, 1930 and passed away in Kirksville, Missouri on June 17, 2016, at the age of 85. He is survived by his wife of 63 years Betty of Kirksville, MO, one brother James W. Matheney, Austin, Tx, one sister in law, Joyce McKnelly, Camarillo, CA. Pierce is also survived by his daughter Susan V. Aud (Ken Burzynski) of Anna, Illinois, his son Matthew Pierce Matheney IV (Brenda) of Kirksville, Missouri, and his son Kendall C. Matheney (Becky) of Kansas City, Missouri. He also leaves six grandchildren: Audrey Burzynski of Forest Park, IL; Amber Bryant (Jacob) of Kansas City, MO; Andrew Matheney of Jacksonville, IL; Matthew P. Matheney V (Anna), Megan Matheney, and Melina Matheney, all of Kirksville, Missouri.

Pierce earned a Doctor of Theology degree from Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky and had a lifetime career as Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri, beginning in 1960. He retired at the age of 70 in 2000. He also engaged in supply preaching, and greatly enjoyed serving rural communities such as Winegan, Rothville, and Bevier, Missouri. He pursued postdoctoral studies at Harvard Divinity School and at Cambridge University in England. His research specialties included the minor prophets and history of the Old Testament, Hebrew language, and Biblical archaeology.

Pierce was well known for his musical talent. He studied piano and played hymns and popular songs by ear. He sang tenor in choirs ranging from Baylor’s collegiate chorus to church choirs in multiple communities. He was often asked to sing solos in churches where he preached.

Pierce enjoyed world travel with his wife, Betty, to England, Scotland and Europe, to Kenya and Uganda, and several trips to Israel. He was most passionate about his hobby of fishing and he also enjoyed golf, tennis and racketball, card and board games, and billiards.

Services will be held at White Chapel Funeral Home and Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri on Sunday, June 26. Visitation is at 2:00. The funeral service will follow at 3:00, with interment of Pierce’s ashes immediately after. A memorial service will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Kirksville in the near future.

license issuance reported in the 22 MAR 1917 edition of The Oregon Daily Journal, Portland, Oregon, p.18 (Newspapers.com).

license issuance reported in the 22 MAR 1917 edition of The Oregon Daily Journal, Portland, Oregon, p.18 (Newspapers.com).

Chicago Tribune, Friday, 9 NOV 1877, p.8 (Newspapers.com):

HAPPILY WEDDED

Maj. James W. Brockway, the Recorder of Deeds, was married last evening to Miss Louisa May Emmert, the daughter of Mr. J. P. Emmert of this city. The ceremony was performed at the Fourth Baptist Church, corner Paulina and West Washington streets, by the Rev. Mr. Perrin, of Western Avenue Church. A large number of the friends of the bride and bridegroom were present to witness the happy event, the church being almost filled. There was no effort made by the high contracting parties in the shape of display, whether in dress or in the exhibition of gifts, but for all that they had a very pleasant greeting as they passed out of the church from hosts of friends. Mr. Brockway and his fair young bride left the city last evening for a brief sojourn in the South.

NOTE: James was first married to Mary A. Smith in 1864, who died in childbirth in 1875 leaving three children: Hugh Walter, Mary B., and a daughter who died shortly after her mother.

Obituary -- Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois; Friday, May 31, 1895, p.8 (Newspapers.com):

DEATH OF MAJ. JAMES W. BROCKWAY.

Old and Well Known Resident of Chicago Passes Away.

Maj. James W. Brockway, an old resident of Chicago and for two terms Recorder of Cook County, died at 11:15 o'clock Wednesday night at his home, No. 79 Park avenue, after an illness of several months. The funeral will take place at 9:45 o'clock tomorrow morning from the family residence to Mount Greenwood Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. C. Perren will officiate.

Maj. James w. Brockway was born nearly sixty years ago in Stockholm, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., of a military line of ancestry, his paternal grandfather having served under Washington in the Revolution, and two of his mother's uncles have been Colonels in the War of 1812. His youth was passed on a farm. In 1856 he came West and entered the employ of the Michigan Central railroad, building elevators. He came to Chicago in 1858 and was in the building trade until 1860, when he went to Michigan to follow the same business. He returned to Chicago in 1862, and Aug. 15 of the same year enlisted in Elgin Battery, Illinois Light Artillery, serving in that command until 1864, when he was discharged for promotion. He was made Captain in the Twenty-ninth Regiment of colored troops, and lost a leg at the battle of Petersburg in the charge on Seminary Hill. The officers and men of his regiment testified under signature to his bravery in planting a flag on the enemy's works after he was wounded.

Maj. Brockway, on the recommendation of Gen. Grant and Gen. Weitzel, was then placed in command of the United States Hospital at Albany, N.Y. He came back to Chicago in 1869 and went into business again. In 1876 he was elected County Recorder on the Republican ticket, and was re-elected four years later. He was one of the organizers of the Chicago Gas-Light and Fuel company, of which he was elected director and President. In 1884 he went into the real estate business. A year later he became a partner in the restaurant firm of Brockway & Milan, subsequently Brockway & McKey. He retired from active business a year ago.

Maj. Brockway was active in organizing Gen. Godfrey Weitzel Post, No. 425, G.A. R., and gave it its name in remembrance of the kindness shown him by Gen. Weitzel in passing him through the lines and lending him an escort and ambulance when he was wounded.

Maj. Brockway married Miss Mary A. Smith in 1864. She was the daughter of John Smith, and old settler, and died in 1875, leaving three children, Hugh Walter, Mary B., and an infant daughter who soon followed her mother. His second wife was Miss Louise Emmert of Carroll County, who with her son, Louis Shaffner Brockway, is still living. The daughter of the first marriage is Mrs. George Cornish, wife of Prof. Cornish of McGill University, Montreal. She will arrive here today to attend the funeral.

reported in the 11 OCT 1877 edition of The Highland Weekly News, page 4 (Newspapers.com).

reported in the 11 OCT 1877 edition of The Highland Weekly News, page 4 (Newspapers.com).