City: Chattanooga
MATTHEWS, Erwin Howell, pension attorney; born Roane County, Tenn., May 17, 1834; son Lindsay and Susan (Howell) MATTHEWS; Irish descent; educated institutions of learning at Philadelphia and Hiwassee College; married Eliza A. GRIFFITH, March 4, 1858; member Masons (Royal Arch), G. A. R. (Post 25, Garfield) of Athens; Past Master of Meridian Sun Lodge of Athens, Tenn.; formerly Circuit Court Clerk of Meigs County, Tenn.; Chairman of the County Court (McMinn County, Tenn) 4 years; Assistant Clerk House of Representatives of Tennessee 1881-82; Postmaster at Athens 1889-94; First Lieutenant and R. Q. M. Quartermaster of Ninth Tennessee Cavalry in Civil War; enlisted at Somerset, Ky., in Federal Army, August 18, 1863; participated in engagements at London, Ky., siege of Knoxville, Morristown, Tenn., Marion, Va., Blountville, Tenn., and Greenville, and Bull’s Gap, Tenn.; wounded at Perryville, Ky., early in war, but served throughout struggle; taken from ranks and made officer September, 1864; member Methodist Church.
