Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Edward Matthews

Full Name: James Edward Matthews
Birth date: October 18, 1829
Death date: January 13, 1904

Terms of Service

House, 18th ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
Democrat
House, 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
Democrat

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) White Mound post office closed in 1904. The community was located eight miles southeast of Sherman, TX. Handbook of Texas Online .
(3) White Mount, Grayson County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(5) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.E. Matthews, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.E. Matthews, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

Mentioned in biographical sketch of son, John Hill Matthews, Volume II, pp. 449-450. James E. Matthews, born 1830 in Henry County, Virginia; married Susan Cole in 1853; later served in North Carolina legislature and Texas legislature from Grayson County; death date 1/13/1894 [sic]. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas 1906.
James Edward Matthews, birth date 10/18/1829, death date 1/13/1904, burial in Elmwood Cemetery, Bowie, Montague County, spouse Susan Ruth Cole Matthews (1837-1922). Find a Grave .
Obituary, James Edward Matthews, The Bowie Blade, 1/22/1904, p. 8, crediting Bowie Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, James E. Matthews, p. 255. Born 10/18/1829 in Henry County, Virginia. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.