Daniel T. J. Mathews (Panola County)
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.
Signature of D. T. J. Mathews from an 1874 letter to Governor Ames
Memphis Daily Appeal, 10 Nov 1873
Memphis Daily Appeal, 12 Nov 1874
Letter of Resignation, 3 Dec 1874
Daily Mississippi Pilot, 1 Aug 1875
Daily Mississippi Pilot, 1 Aug 1875
Clarion-Ledger, 16 Aug 1882
Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Mar 1883
Grenada Sentinel, 26 Apr 1884
Memphis Daily Appeal, 30 Aug 1884