City: Spot
MATHEY, Louis Charles, manufacturer of lumber, farmer; born Louisville, Ky., May 24, 1857; French descent; son of Louis Constant and Augustine (Marchal) MATHEY; father architect, contractor and builder Louisville, Ky.; paternal grandfather John Roche MATHEY; maternal grandparents John B. and Marie (Du Point) MARCHAL; graduated at Louisville, Ky., 1878; began life at 17 as an apprenticed journeyman stone cutter three years, then farmed three years, and afterwards became accountant and custodian of funds eighteen years, then business manager seven years, at present he is wholly interested in the manufacture of lumber and engaged in farming in improved way; married Mary Elizabeth SEITZ, Oct. 4, 1886; member Elks; Democrat; failed in strenuous effort in August 1910 to get Hickman Co., Tenn., to vote a 15 year bond issue of one hundred thousand dollars for four macadamized roads in four cardinal directions out of Centreville, Tenn.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
