Daniel T. J. Mathews (Panola County)

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D. T. J. Mathews

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.

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Signature of D. T. J. Mathews from an 1874 letter to Governor Ames

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Memphis Daily Appeal, 10 Nov 1873

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Memphis Daily Appeal, 12 Nov 1874

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Letter of Resignation, 3 Dec 1874

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Daily Mississippi Pilot, 1 Aug 1875

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Daily Mississippi Pilot, 1 Aug 1875

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Clarion-Ledger, 16 Aug 1882

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Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Mar 1883

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Grenada Sentinel, 26 Apr 1884

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Memphis Daily Appeal, 30 Aug 1884

Daniel T. J. Mathews