Matthew J was a medical doctor who was very active during a huge typhoid epidemic in the late 1880's. He worked tirelessly helping those stricken. He came home one day to deliver his son, Iva's younger brother. After
delivering the baby he laid down to rest never to rise again. He died shortly thereafter of typhoid fever. Information given to Jackie Green Halsema by Iva Canova. CPR Baptism Book, Vol. V, 1839-1861 Leonard McCown Canova File
