George was a Pioneer doctor and served in the ninth Texas Legislature.
--by Sue 2007
MATHEWS, G.W.
G.W. Mathews, M.D., Medical Department of Tulane University, 1872, died of la grippe at Garden Valley on March 28th, (1907) aged 80. He was a native of Birmingham, Alabama, but while quite young his father moved to San Augustine, Texas. He began the practice of medicine at Larissa where he married Miss Eliza J. Killough. Soon after his marriage he moved to Garden Valley where he has practiced for nearly 50 years. He served in the Mexican War under General Albert Sidney Johnston. He always took an active part in public affairs. As a member of the Legislature in 1875, he opposed giving away the public domain as subsidies to railroads, and the I. and G.N. compromise.
--from August 1907, "Texas State Journal of Medicine", Volume 3;
courtesy of Sherry (47010546) 6-8-22
George was a Pioneer doctor and served in the ninth Texas Legislature.
--by Sue 2007
MATHEWS, G.W.
G.W. Mathews, M.D., Medical Department of Tulane University, 1872, died of la grippe at Garden Valley on March 28th, (1907) aged 80. He was a native of Birmingham, Alabama, but while quite young his father moved to San Augustine, Texas. He began the practice of medicine at Larissa where he married Miss Eliza J. Killough. Soon after his marriage he moved to Garden Valley where he has practiced for nearly 50 years. He served in the Mexican War under General Albert Sidney Johnston. He always took an active part in public affairs. As a member of the Legislature in 1875, he opposed giving away the public domain as subsidies to railroads, and the I. and G.N. compromise.
--from August 1907, "Texas State Journal of Medicine", Volume 3;
courtesy of Sherry (47010546) 6-8-22
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No ostentation marked his tranquil way, his duties all discharged without display.
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