Colorized portraits of Isaac Jacob Matter (1794-1866) and his second wife, Hannah Lenker (1806-1884). The photographs were taken about 1860.
Issac’s first wife was Anna Maria [Umholtz] Lenker (1801-1825). She is buried at St. John’s Cemetery near Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Isaac lived near Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. After his second marriage, the family emigrated to Illinois.
Isaac’s first cousin was Heinrich Matter, who was the great-grandfather of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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