Daniel T. J. Mathews

Daniel T. J. Mathews (Panola County)

State House: 1874

Born: c. 1850 in Mississippi

Teacher and attorney, admitted to the bar in 1874. Resigned his seat in the legislature in December of 1874 to accept a position as County Superintendent of Education. Appointed mail agent between Louisville and Nashville, 1883. Represented Mississippi at the 1884 Republican National Convention in Chicago.

Married Alice M. Carter in Panola County on March 6, 1873. Listed on the 1880 census in Sardis with Alice and children.

Signature of D. T. J. Matthews
Signature of D. T. J. Mathews from an 1874 letter to Governor Ames
Memphis Daily Appeal, November 10, 1873
Memphis Daily Appeal, November 12, 1874
Letter of Resignation, December 3, 1874
Letter of Resignation, December 3, 1874
Daily Mississippi Pilot, August 1, 1875
Daily Mississippi Pilot, August 1, 1875
Clarion-Ledger, August 16, 1882
Cincinnati Enquirer, March 23, 1883
Times-Democrat, April 23, 1884
Saint Paul Globe, June 2, 1884
Memphis Daily Appeal, August 30, 1884