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Charles R. DeLaMatyr, Architect & Civil Engineer

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Charles R. DeLaMatyr was born in December 1853 in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, to Harriet (nee Stanton) and Rev. John Henry DeLaMatyr, who was a carpenter/joiner and an itinerant Methodist Episcopal minister (as were at least two of John's brothers).[a][b] Coudersport was a brief stop on Harriet and John's journeys that also took them to New York State, Wisconsin, Nevada, Nebraska, and Colorado.[1][2][3][4][a] Most of Charles' childhood was spent in Wisconsin before the family moved to Nebraska in 1871, settling near Dakota City.[1][9][10]

DeLaMatyr died in 1918 [2]

This page is a contribution to the publication, Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. See the format and contents page for more information on the compilation and page organization.

Compiled Nebraska Directory Listings

Fremont, Nebraska, 1909-1918

Educational & Professional Associations

1887-1909: architect and civil engineer, Secretary of Seeley, Son and Company, Architects, Fremont, Nebraska.

1910-1911: architect and civil engineer, Fremont, Nebraska.

Other Associations

1910: City Councilman, Fremont, Nebraska.

1912-1918: City Clerk, Fremont, Nebraska.

Buildings & Projects

"for two years was employed on buildings being erected on the Winnebago Indian reservation..." (1871-1873), Thurston County, Nebraska.[1][2]

"Charles DeLaMatry's new houses" (1887), Fremont, Nebraska.[]

Superintendent of construction, for Seeley, Son and Company, Dodge County Courthouse (1889-1890), Fremont, Nebraska.[]]

Superintendent (for Seeley, Son and Company) of construction, U. S. Post Office (1892), Fremont, Nebraska.[xxxxxx]

A "large grain elevator" (1893), Indian Territory.[][]

"100,000 bushel elevator" by "the Seeley company" (1897), Coffeyville, Kansas.[]

Store building (1899), Ames, Nebraska.[]

Notes

a. Charles' surname is formatted in various sources as De La Matyr, DeLa Matyr, and DeLaMatyr, and historic documents include many and frequent misspellings. DeLaMatyr is chosen for this page based on the caption of the portrait above, and the inscriptions on granite tombstones in Fremont, Nebraska's Ridge Cemetery, and on Charles' second wife Mary Etta's gravestone in Marion, Iowa.[3][5] Care has been taken in the References on this page to report as "s.v." ["search value"] the exact spelling and format of the surname by which a given record has been found. [EFZ}

b. Charles' father John Henry DeLaMatyr was first associated with the Western New York conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, under which he had brief assignments in various western New York and Pennsylvania communities. Rev. John relocated to the Nebraska Methodist conference in 1871, Nevada in 1874, and later Colorado (by 1885).[4] Charles's uncle Gilbert De La Matyr was also a Methodist Episcopal minister who helped enlist a New York regiment in the Civil War as well as serving as an Army chaplain. Rev. Gilbert eventually settled in Indiana where he served a term in the U. S. House of Representatives (1879-1881).[6] After that term he returned to the pulpit in Denver. A third brother, Rev. George W. DeLaMatyr (1829-1893), was the father of Fred DeLaMatyr (1853-1923), who was a prominent coal dealer and civic figure in Fremont, Nebraska, during his first cousin Charles' tenure in that community.[7][8]

References

1. "C. R. De La Matyr, City Clerk, Dead--Well-Known Fremont Resident Answers the Call--To Nebraska in 1871," Fremont (Nebraska) Tribune (March 7, 1918), 3.

2. "Death of C. R. De La Matyr," Fremont (Nebraska) Herald (March 8, 1918), 5.

3. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Charles R. DeLaMatyr," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. SEE https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136899789/charles-r.-delamatyr

4. Find a Grave, s.v. "Rev John Henry DeLaMatyr," [datebase on-line]. SEE https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147989400/john-henry-delamatyr

5. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Mary Etta Hutchinson-Delamatyr," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

6. Find a Grave, s.v. "Gilbert De La Matyr," [datebase on-line]. SEE https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8474982/gilbert-de_la_matyr

7. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Rev George W. DeLaMatyr," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

8. Ancestry.com. U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, s.v. "Fred DeLaMatyr," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

9. Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census, s.v. "John L. Dellemater," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

10. Ancestry.com 1870 United States Federal Census, s.v. "John H. Dellamatys," [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.

Page Citation

E. F. Zimmer & D. Murphy, “Charles R. DeLaMatyr (1853-1918), Architect & Civil Engineer,” in David Murphy, Edward F. Zimmer, and Lynn Meyer, comps. Place Makers of Nebraska: The Architects. Lincoln: Nebraska State Historical Society, December 20, 2023. http://www.e-nebraskahistory.org/index.php?title=Place_Makers_of_Nebraska:_The_Architects Accessed, May 15, 2024.

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