{"id":2868,"date":"2020-10-27T18:01:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=2868"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:28:34","slug":"matthew-levy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/matthew-levy\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Levy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/levy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3092\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/levy-205x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/levy-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/levy.png 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>Matthew Levy (Madison County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1882-1883<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:<\/strong> May 1848 in Mississippi<br \/>\n<strong>Died:<\/strong> July 24, 1933 in Lee County, AR<\/p>\n<p>Teacher. Attended Alcorn University. Listed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Madison County. He married Cornelia Jones on February 20, 1886. On the 1900 and 1910 census, he appears with Cornelia and family. By 1920, Matthew and Cornelia had moved to Liberty, Arkansas, where they are listed on the 1920 and 1930 census. Levy is buried in Peters Cemetery in Lee County, AR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/memorial\/94444939\/mathew-levy\">Memorial on Find A Grave<\/a> (includes additional biographical info)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5674\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5674\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/matthew-levy\/the_american_citizen_1879_08_16_2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5674\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5674\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_American_Citizen_1879_08_16_2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The American Citizen, August 16, 1879\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_American_Citizen_1879_08_16_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The_American_Citizen_1879_08_16_2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5674\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The American Citizen, August 16, 1879<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2869\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2869\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/matthew-levy\/capture-17\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2869 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-9-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-9-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-9-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2869\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Citizen, September 20, 1879<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2873\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2873\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/matthew-levy\/capture-19\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2873 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-11-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-11-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-11-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Citizen, September 27, 1879<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2871\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2871\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/matthew-levy\/capture-18\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2871 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-10-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-10-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-10-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Citizen, October 4, 1879<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2874\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2874\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/matthew-levy\/capture-20\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2874 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-12-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-12-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-12-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American Citizen, November 1, 1879<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2948\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2948\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/john-f-harris\/capture-40\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2948 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-32-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-32-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Capture-32-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2948\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicksburg Evening Post, August 20, 1913<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew Levy (Madison County) State House:\u00a01882-1883 Born: May 1848 in Mississippi Died: July 24, 1933 in Lee County, AR Teacher. Attended Alcorn University. Listed on the 1870 and 1880 census in Madison County. He married Cornelia Jones on February 20, 1886. On the 1900 and 1910 census, he appears with Cornelia and family. By 1920, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/matthew-levy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Matthew Levy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2868","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2868"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5676,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2868\/revisions\/5676"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}