City: Memphis
MATHEWS, William D., life insurance and fiscal agent; born Eleroy, Stephenson Co., Ill., Oct. 2, 1855; English-Irish-Scotch-Welsh descent; son of Sam R. and Celia (Packer) MATHEWS; father’s occupation manufacturer; paternal grandparents William C. and Eliza MATHEWS, maternal grandparents Daniel B. and Desire (Lincoln) PACKER; educated in the public schools of Lena, Ill., and Carthage, Ill., Lutheran College, and Medical School; in early and middle life he was a newspaper publisher and engaged in banking, real estate and drug business; also admitted to the bar and practiced law; married Emelilne THORNTON, April 16, 1876; member Masons, Blue Lodge, Chapter, Commander and Shrine, I. O. O. F., K. P. and Elks; Democrat; former postmaster at O’Neill, Neb., five years, register at U. S. Land office O’Neill, 1893.
