Mathews family

[1][2] Numerous, sometimes conflicting family traditions exist regarding the Old World origins of John Mathews (d. 1757).

[8] The female progenitor of the family, Ann Archer, immigrated to America during this period, and was of Scotch-Irish ethnicity.

[8] John Mathews settled in Augusta County, Virginia around 1737 and held several local offices in the community.

During the American Civil War, three of his sons served as Confederate States Army officers.

[23][5][24] His son Henry M. Mathews (1834–1884) later served as an attorney general and governor of West Virginia.

Senator from Louisiana;[30] Peter J. Otey (1840–1902), U.S. House Representative from Virginia;[31] and George Mathews Edgar (1837–1913), President of University of Arkansas.