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He married Mary Jane Morton in 1844. They had eight children, four of whom died infancy. Their four surviving children were
William Matt Jr., Mrs. Carrie Rather, Mary Ellis Brown and Jeannie Brown. He died on September 12, 1885, at his house on South Summer Street in Nashville.
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