He served as the Osage Nation treasurer between 1882 and 1886, chief justice between 1890 and 1892, and prosecuting attorney between 1894 and 1896, as well as on the tribal council from 1910 and 1912.
[2] His father was killed by Union Army forces on September 19, 1861, leaving Mathews an orphan.
Afterward he worked as a banker and merchant, buying a gristmill built by the United States and operating it until 1903.
[5] Mathews served as the Osage Nation treasurer from 1882 and 1886, chief justice from 1890 to 1892, and prosecuting attorney from 1894 to 1896.
1888), Susan Frances (1889–1891), George Martin (1891), William N. (1892-1895), John Joseph Mathews, Marie Imogene (b.