Person:Mansell Matthews (4)

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Dr Mansell Walter Matthews
b.29 Dec 1806 Cumberland County, Kentucky
d.13 Apr 1891 Wise County, Texas
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1793
  1. Robert Evans Matthews1800 - 1864
  2. Dr Mansell Walter Matthews1806 - 1891
Spouse and Children
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m. 2 Aug 1827
  1. Joseph Jefferson Matthews1829 - 1908
  2. Sarah P. MatthewsAbt 1830 - 1855
  3. Nancy Emily MatthewsAbt 1832 - Abt 1880
  4. Thomas William Matthews1835 - Abt 1893
  5. Elizabeth Drucilla Matthews1837 - 1860
  6. John Mansell Matthews1840 - 1862
  7. Helen Margaret Matthews1842 - 1871
  8. Alexander Campbell Matthews1844 - 1844
  9. Oliver Cromwell Matthews1846 - 1930
  10. Alexander Campbell Matthews1848 - 1903
  11. Robert Evans Matthews1848 - 1919
  12. Joseph W. MatthewsAbt 1850 -
  13. Eliza Serene Matthews1853 - 1895
  14. Sarah A. MatthewsAbt 1855 -
  15. Josephine B. MatthewsAbt 1856 -
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt May 1870
  1. Mansell Walter Matthews, Jr1871 - 1924
  2. E. Frank MatthewsAbt 1874 - Abt 1905
  3. Margaret M. MatthewsAbt 1875 - Abt 1943
  4. May C. MatthewsAbt 1878 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Dr Mansell Walter Matthews
Alt Name[1] Mansil W. Matthews
Gender Male
Birth[1] 29 Dec 1806 Cumberland County, Kentucky
Marriage 2 Aug 1827 Madison County, Alabama(his 1st wife)
to Sarah Anna Gehagan
Military? 14 Jul 1836 Red River County, TexasEnlisted as a private in Becknell's volunteer company.
Census[2] 1850 Hopkins County, Texas
Census[5] 1860 Williamson County, Texas
Census[6] 1870 Limestone County, Texas
Marriage Abt May 1870 Limestone County?, Texas(his 2nd wife, her 2nd husband)
to Margaret J. Spencer
Census[7] 1880 Wise County, Texas
Death[1] 13 Apr 1891 Wise County, Texas
Burial[1] Paradise Cemetery, Paradise, Wise County, Texas

Hopkins County, Texas, 1850 census:[2]

Matthews, M. W. 44 yrs Lawyer (real estate = $10,000) b. Kentucky
      Sarah A. 40 yrs b. Virginia
      Joseph J. 20 yrs Farmer b. Alabama
      Sarah P. 20 yrs b. Tennessee
      Thomas W. 15 yrs Farmer b. Tennessee
      Elizabeth 13 yrs b. Texas
      John M. 10 yrs b. Texas
      Helen M. 7 yrs b. Texas
      Oliver C. 4 yrs b. Texas
      Robert E. 1 yr b. Texas
      Alexander 1 yr b. Texas

Williamson County, Texas, 1860 census:[5]

Matthews, M. W. 53 yrs Farmer & Stock (real estate = $10,000; personal estate = $10,000) b. Kentucky
      Sarah 50 yrs b. Virginia
      Nancy 28 yrs N_____ [illegible] b. Texas
      John M. 20 yrs Stock Keeper b. Texas
      Margaret H. 18 yrs b. Texas
      Oliver C. 14 yrs b. Texas
      Robert E. 11 yrs b. Texas
      Alexander M. 11 yrs b. Texas
      Eliza M. 7 yrs b. Texas
      Joseph W. 10 yrs b. Texas
      Sarah A. 5 yrs b. Texas
      Josephine B. 4 yrs b. Texas

Limestone County, Texas, 1870 census:[6]

[many errors in this listing]
Matthews, Moses [sic] 60 yrs Physician [no property listing] b. Alabama
      Margaret 35 yrs Keeping house b. Alabama
      Oliver 24 yrs Laborer b. Alabama
      Alex 32 yrs Laborer b. Alabama
      Robt. 21 yrs Laborer b. Alabama
      Eliza 16 yrs b. Alabama
Mane, Clement 60 yrs Laborer b. Louisiana
      Chas 10 yrs Laborer [sic] b. Texas

Wise County, Texas, 1880 census:[7]

Matthews, M. W. 69 yrs Physician b. Kentucky (parents, b. Georgia/South Carolina)
      M. M. 41 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Mississippi (parents, b. Alabama)
      O. C. 31 yrs Son Farmer b. Texas (parents, b. Kentucky/Virginia)
      M. W. 8 yrs Son At home b. Texas (parents, b. Kentucky/Mississippi)
      E. F. 6 yrs Son At home b. Texas (parents, b. Kentucky/Mississippi)
      M. M. 5 yrs Dau At home b. Texas (parents, b. Kentucky/Mississippi)
      May 2 yrs Dau b. Texas (parents, b. Kentucky/Mississippi)
Rylant, Benj. 28 yrs "Craper"[?] (marr.) Farmer b. Missouri (parents, b. Missouri)
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Find A Grave.

    Dr. M. W. Matthews

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hopkins, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 139A, dwelling/family 50/50.
  3.   Handbook of Texas Online
    "Matthews, Mansell".

    Between 1826 & 1835, he practiced medicine and preached as Disciples of Christ minister in Alabama & Tennessee.

    He arrived in the Red River District 17 Jan 1836, reportedly having traveled part of the way from Tennessee to Texas with David Crockett's party. On 17 Mar 1836, after only eight weeks in Texas, he was elected the representative from Red River to the first Congress of the Republic of Texas.

    As soon as Congress recessed, he joined the Texas army, serving as a surgeon between Mar & Jul 1836. He was present at the Battle of San Jacinto and treated Gen. Houston for his wounds while Houston was interviewing the captured Santa Anna. Then he returned and served in the Congress of the Republic, 3 Oct-22 Dec 1836, and then resigned his seat, having been elected Land Commissioner of Red River County.

    He represented Red River in the 7th Congress of the Republic, 1842-43. In 1843, he moved to Rockwall County. He also served in the Texas Constitutional Convention preceding statehood in 1845.

    In 1846, at the age of 40, he served in Co. F, Texas Rifles (a ranger company), in the War with Mexico.

    Between 1844 & 1855, he was an influential preacher in Hopkins County. From the late 1850s until sometime after the War, he and his large family followed the grass with a large herd of cattle, moving to North Texas in the summer and to Central Texas in the winter. He preached all along the frontier as they traveled.

    In 1864, as a constant opponent of secession, he was arrested by vigilantes in Gainesville, Cooke County, as a Union sympathizer. He was charged with treason against the CSA, imprisoned, and sentenced to hang. Capt. Ephraim M. Daggett, a fellow Mason of Fort Worth, received word from Matthews and hurried to Gainesville, where he convinced the judge that no act of treason had been committed.

    In 1865, he moved to Limestone County. About 1879, he settled in the town of Paradise in Wise County, where he bought and sold land, preached, practiced medicine, and operated a drugstore with one of his sons.

  4.   Wortham, Louis J. A history of Texas: from wilderness to commonwealth. (Fort Worth: Wortham-Molyneaux Co., 1924).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Williamson, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 299, dwelling/family 517/529.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Limestone, Texas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 255B, dwelling/family 1481/1437 .
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wise, Texas, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
    ED 130, p. 223A, dwelling/family 153/153.
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