MEETING MATHEWSON COUSINS

An enjoyable aspect of tracing your genealogy is finding living cousins, those who are descended down different lines from a common ancestor. I've found others who count Uncle Buffalo Bill in their heritage.

Then we aid one another by combining our research and rounding out the story about Uncle William and Aunt Lizzie. We have tales to tell, research to share, and even other relatives to meet.

It's also great fun to meet these cousins face to face as I've done on several occasions. At Christmas time we exchange cards and letters.

My Mathewson cousins, that I've found, descend from Uncle William's daughter. His son had no children before his death in an auto accident.

I've traced family lines from Uncle William's and his sister's siblings, but have not found any living cousins yet. His sister Olive was my great grandmother.

UNCLE BUFFALO BILL MATHEWSON

When I discovered my grandmother's Uncle William was William "Buffalo Bill" Mathewson a world of history and adventure opened up for me. Then the writer in me discovered an exciting person to research and write about.

Uncle William and Aunt Lizzie (his wife) were only photos in Grandma's album. Then I found he had lived an adventurous life that his family didn't understand and probably didn't know about.

So...here I'll relate some of his adventures and discuss the book I'm writing about him.