J. H. Mathews; Winn Parish, LA

Contributed by Greggory E. Davies

120 Ted Price Lane

Winnfield, LA  71483

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John Henry Mathews


James Flemming Mathews was the father of our subject and was born and reared in Franklin,

Heard County, Ga.  Mollie E. Madden, who became his wife, was born and reared at Neal, Pike

County, Ga.  He was a teacher and farmer and died in Hico, La., Dec. 31, 1895.



John Henry was born in Neal, Ga., Aug. 8, 1877, but his father moved with him early to

Hico, La., where he was reared and educated, enjoying the High School at that point.



In May, 1899, he married Miss Josie Peters, who is a daughter of Dr. J. J. Peters, of this city, and

a sister to Dr. A. M. Peters, also related to the Wallaces and McCartys, Sowers, Newsoms, and

other influential families.  He is a church member, a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, and Oddfellow.

He is a lawyer and devoted to his profession and seems to justify the suggestion, "This one thing I

do, " and has succeeded in securing a great deal of out of town business.  He served a term on the

City Council in this city as alderman, and in his lines of thought is regarded as a man of excellent

judgment.



His motto:  "To be efficient in all I undertake to do."





(The above article appeared in The Guardian newspaper, Vol. XXVII, No. 8-9, published

September-October, 1907 at Winnfield, LA.  This newspaper is on file at the Watson Memorial

Library, Cammie Henry Archives, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, Louisiana, and

was submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, LA.)