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Mather, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Aug. 28, 1674, in Boston, Mass. He wrote several religious works, including The Godhead of the Holy Ghost; and A Vindication of the Holy Bible. He died in England.
Mather, Samuel
clergyman, author, was born Oct. 30, 1706, in Boston, Mass. He was a congregational clergyman of Boston who succeeded his father and grandfather as pastor of the North church, but in 1741 became the head of a new church, of which he was pastor till his death. He was the author of Life of Cotton Mather; Essay on Gratitude; and America Known to the Ancients, an attempt to prove the Japhetic origin of the first inhabitants of the American continent. He died June 27, 1785, in Boston, Mass.
Mather, Samuel Holmes
financier, lawyer, banker, was born March 20, 1813, in Washington, N. H. He organized the Society for Savings in Cleveland, Ohio.
He has been president of the bank for many years, and his judgment upon financial ventures and investments is considered of great value.
Mather, William Williams
geologist, author, was born May 24, 1804, in Brooklyn, Conn. He was a geologist of Ohio, and the author of Geology of the First Geological District. He died Feb. 26, 1859, in Columbus, Ohio.
Matheson, John G
farmer, state legislator, poet, was born Feb. 27, 1846, in Walworth county, Wis. In 1890 he was elected a member of the Nebraska state legislature. He is the author of a number of meritorious poems, which have appeared in standard collections.
Mathews, Albert
lawyer, author, was born Sept. 8, 1820, in New York city.
He is a lawyer of New York city, and the author of Walter Ashwood, a Love Story; A Bundle of Papers, by Paul Siegvolk; Thoughts on Codification of the Common Law; and Ruminations, and Other Essays.
Mathews, Cornelius
author, was born Oct. 28, 1817, in Port Chester, N. Y.
He was an author and playwright of New York city, among whose non-dramatic works are, Indian Book of Fairy Tales; The Enchanted Moccasins, and Other Legends; Money-Penny, a romance; Jacob Leisler; The Politicians; and Witchcraft.
He died March 25, 1889, in New York city.
Mathews, Edward D
business man. In 1889 Mr. Mathews bought the Ballou property in Utica, N. Y., and established the Utica Highlands, which has since become an important part of Utica.
He also has controlling interest in the Trenton Falls Power company, of which he is also president; and is connected with other large business enterprises.
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Mathews, George
soldier, statesman, was born in 1739 in Augusta county, Va. He represented Georgia in the first congress, served from 1781 till 1791, and was governor of Georgia in 1793-96. was subsequently brigadier-general militia, and in January, 1811, was authorized by the president to take possession of West Florida, and captured Amelia Island.
He died Aug. 30, 1812, in Augusta, Ga.
Mathews, George
lawyer, jurist, was born Sept. 21, 1774, near Staunton, Va.
On the organization of the Louisiana judiciary he became presiding justice of the supreme court. He died Nov. 14, 1836, in Bayou Sara, La.
Mathews, James
congressman, was. born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to
Mathews, James Mcfarlane
clergyman, author, was born March 18, 1785, in Salem, N. Y. He was a reformed Dutch clergyman of New York city, at one period chancellor of the university of the City of New York. He was the author of What Is Your Life? The Bible and Men of Learning; and Fifty Years in New York. He died Jan. 28, 1870, in New York.
Mathews, Joanna H
author. She is a writer of Sunday-school tales, among which are, The Bessie Books; and The Sunbeams.
Mathews, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, governor, was born in 1774 in Charleston, S. C. He was first speaker of the South Carolina state house of representatives after the dissolution of the royal government in 1776; and the same year became an associate of the supreme court of South Carolina. He served in the continental congress in 1778-82. He succeeded Edward Rutledge as governor of South Carolina in 1782. He died Nov. 17, 1802, in Charleston, S. C.
Mathews, Julia A
author. She is a writer of Sunday-school fiction, among which are, Bessie Harrington's Venture; Jack Granger's Cousin; and Drayton Hall Series.
Mathews, Lewis Dodson
lawyer, was born Aug. 17, 1854, in Yadkin county, N. C. In 1870 he moved to Kansas, studied law and is now a leading attorney of Mound City, Kan. He was a member of the board of education and has filled other positions of honor.
Mathews, Vincent
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born June 29, 1766, in Orange, N. Y. He was elected a state representative from New York in 1793, and in 1796 was chosen a state senator. From 1809 to 1811 he was a representative in congress, and in 1812 was appointed district attorney for a number of counties in western New York. Toward the close of his life he served again in the assembly of the state, and was district attorney for Monroe county. He died Aug. 23, 1846, in Rochester, N. Y.
Mathews, William
educator, author, was born July 28, 1818, in Waterville, Maine. He is an educator and essayist of Chicago, and later of Boston; and the author of Hours with Men and Books; Getting on in the World; The Great Conversers; Literary Style; Men, Places, and Things; Oratory and Orators; Wit and Humor, their Use and Abuse; and Nugæ Litterariæ.
Mathews, William Smith Bab- Cock
musician, author, was born in 1837 in New Hampshire. He is a musical critic of Chicago, and the author of Outline of Musical Form; Dictionary of Music and Musicians; How to Understand Music; and New Musical Miscellanies.
Mathewson, Elisha
state legislator, United States senator, was born April 18, 1767, in Scituate, R. I. He was at different periods a member of the general assembly of Rhode Island; once speaker of the house; and was a senator in congress from that state from 1807 to 1811. He died Oct. 14, 1853, in Scituate, R. I.
Mathiot, Joshua
congressman, was born in Ohio. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1841 to 1843. He died July 30, 1849, in Newark, Ohio.
Mathis, Juliette Estelle
journalist, poet, was born in Glens Falls, N.
Y. She is a prolific writer and journalist; is a well-known poet of California, and many of her songs have been set to music.
Matignon, Francis
clergyman, author, was born in 1753 in France. He is considered the pioneer of the Roman catholic church in New England. He wrote Rules of the Confraternity, or Association of the Holy Cross. He died Sept. 19, 1818, in Boston, Mass.
Matile, George Auguste
educator, lawyer, jurist, author, was born May 30, 1807, in Switzerland. He was professor of history at Princeton in 1855- 58, and then accepted the chair of French literature in the university of Pennsylvania. After 1863 he held various government posts in Washington, and he was translator of the interior department at the time of his death. He died Feb. 6, 1881, in Washington, D. C.
Matlack, James
congressman, was born in Gloucester county, N. J. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1821 to 1825. He died Jan. 15, 1840, in Woodbury, N. J.
Matlack, Timothy
soldier, congressman, was born in 1730 in Haddonfield, N. J. He was colonel of a Pennsylvania battalion, and did good service, and was a delegate to the continental congress from 1780 to 1781. He was for many years master of the rolls, and resided at Lancaster a long time, and was afterwards register of one of the Philadelphia courts. He died April 15, 18-9, in Holmesburg, Pa.
Matson, Aaron
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1770 in Plymouth, Mass. He was for many years judge of probate in Cheshire county, N. H.; was a state councilor from 1819 to 1821; and a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1821 to 1825. He died July 18, 1855, in Newport, Vt.
Matson, Courtland C
soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born April 25, 1841, in Brookville, Ind. He enlisted in the union army at the breaking out of the rebellion, and served until its suppression in 1865, rising to the rank of colonel. He served three terms as prosecuting attorney of Greencastle. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the fortyseventh congress, and was re-elected to the forty-eighth congress.
Mattacks, John
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, governor, was born March 4, 1777, in Hartford, Conn. He became eminent at the bar, and served several years in the Vermont state legislature and in the militia, of which he was brigadier-general in the war of 1812-15. He was elected to congress as a whig in 1820; served in 1821- 23, was defeated at the next election, and returned in 1824, serving in 1825-27.
He was judge of the superior court of Vermont in 1833-34; a member of the constitutional convention of 1835, and in 1841- 43 was for the third time in congress, declining a re-election to accept the office of governor, which he held in 1843-44. He died Aug. 14, 1847, in Peacham, Vt.
Matteson, Joel Aldrich
governor, was born Aug. 2, 1808, in Watertown, N. Y. He was governor of Illinois from 1853 to 1857. He died Jan. 31, 1883, in Chicago, Ill.
Matteson, Orsamus B
congressman, was born in New York. He was elected a representative from that state to the thirty-first, thirty-third, thirtyfourth, and thirty-fifth congresses.
Matteson, Tompkins Harrison
artist, was born May 9, 1813, in Peterborough, N. Y. He began to paint portraits with some success in 1839, and was brought into favorable notice by his Spirit of '76, which the American Art union purchased. His works include The First Sabbath of the Pilgrims; Examination of a Witch; Perils of the Early Colonists; Eliot Preaching to the Indians; First Prayer in Congress; and Rip Van Winkle's Return from the Mountains. He died Feb. 2, 1884, in Sherburne, N. Y.