Forster, Mathew McCullough, 1860-1935.

Mathew McCullough Forster (not to be confused with his first cousin Mathew A. Forster who was also a photographer in Mendon) was born on March 29, 1860, in Mendon, Utah. He was said to have been the second child born in Mendon. He served on a mission for the LDS Church to Great Britain from 1899-1901. Upon his return he was engaged as the postmaster of Mendon and as a photographer. He also served as a counselor in the Y.M.M.I.A., and was elected Secretary of the city of Mendon in 1913. Sometime after 1913, however, he moved to Salt Lake City, Utah and worked as a street car motor man. Forster returned to Mendon when he retired. He died in 1935. He was married to Carrie M. Sorenson, but the two apparently did not have children.

From the guide to the Mathew M. Forster Photograph Collection, 1890-1925, (Utah State University. Merrill-Cazier Library. Special Collections and Archives.)

Mathew A. Forster was born July 10, 1867, in Mendon, Utah. He lived in Mendon until 1891 when he found employment in Anaconda, Montana, working as a store clerk and manager. By 1905, he had returned to Mendon, and was working as the town postmaster and as a photographer. He was elected to serve as secretary for the town mayor, in 1913, and later became city treasurer. Mathew A. Forster became ill with typhoid fever and died on July 2, 1916. Mathew A. Forster and Matthew M. Forster were cousins on their father's side, and were both residents of Mendon, Utah.

John E. Buckland was born on May 14, 1872 in Bountiful, Utah, to Silas Kenneth and Luella Camilla Pack Buckland. In 1904, John married Dorothy Reid, and had four children, two of whom died in infancy. He also later married Floy Hawley Clay and Nellie Searle Branson. John E. Buckland died on August 31, 1942 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Mathew McCullough Forster was born March 29, 1860, in Mendon, Utah to Ralph and Margaret McCullough Forster. In 1899, at age 39, Mathew M. Forster was called to serve on a mission in England for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was present during the Shefield Conferences, serving in conjuction with Franklin H. Wyatt. He returned to Mendon in 1901 and became a councilor of Mendon's Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association. Mathew M. Forster died in Mendon at the age of 75.

From the description of The Forster family papers, 1891-1942, (bulk 1899-1901). 1891-1942. (Utah State University). WorldCat record id: 39011598