The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-13


cordance wi TIL tho lev lbpye ~
I | ( Matthews { ] 1 | |
IN MANCHESTER
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dea con, commit eenlan or tnc1nber Of tile
Foreign Mission Board /, he had the facul-
ItySofs drawing 10 him al those wi y whom
his work brought him In con TACT. His
enrnestness, his consccrntt ion and his fine
sense and n1erta grasp q ways impressed y!
themselves. III ".
Sketch 81 His Life.
SS DIR. atfiews was born q n, Arponinttox3
icoitnty,f,ea r Pninplins City, Augt st IL, 1885,
ana was, ut; Ills DEATH sxty -nl.le years old.
On DECEMBER y !, 1856, i,eSi married Miss
Bette Marshal, of Charlotte county.
daughter of / Thomas r. Marshall IN scion
fof; the famous Marshall family OF ginia
iIIe was lii his twent first ycl Z san nd his
pretty n gtri sg bride y not Is quite . sixteen.
lHo began title study Of h med icine at fars
earl d ge,8 having alread y been grad ted
from the Virginia Military Inst tute. His
studies carried him Il Trough the NJ dlcalf
College o OF "a irgintn and "a I he j ffersons
Medical College OF p filad elpliia, nnd he
had received a three diplonas before he
was twenty one rs old III sss$
Active in \ Church Nv ork.
u In 1915 lie "a me from pllnS Citytd
Manchester. Short y af terwar I'd 81 he q be-
came a member OF the Bninbri dye street
Baptist Church, ana lad been Identified
with II church y work ever since. having 4
fy1f nj,
many years Ill He N had been for twenty
years q mem Der OF Y no y Foregn NJ sion
Board OF the Southern Bapt isttg ConVen-a
!tlony and had been hairtnan Of n tho q -G
pointment board for ncarly nll that TING
iHe had also been q trustee OF tn N edi-S
can College of Yirg MIA for nearly twenty
years. and was q tnenlbe Of the School
Board or cl,es ter hayin bee re- s;.
Gently elected for the long, term y OF sir.
years. ts
We When the Civil War tegun EDr. Ma thewss
organized and equipped a mil ttary COM
Epany In "a pponiattox count y, known d 81
Company +, OF I The Eighteenth AZ ginia 1
Regiment. He was chosen cap tain. 81 I ter
he was sppoi nted surg con on the sta n OF
3Gcnera As T. HI u. and served until the ,
death of@ that ie,lera IIc was undeds
three times, and NJ carried e he IS cross N o.
honor for gail ant scrV ices. Il tho close
tof the war he suredf lis prac I've in# hise
native count y for ten years: 81 Then he
came to Aianch estcr..
Distingu pushed F family
8sE.g DR.. news was q son Of Captain Wiz
liam Mat hcws,. ss and q desc ndant In a
long line sof5 VI lcadi Ing irginians " from
William F.. athews, IN early Governor
] OF y he ~ irglnia lories, for. NJ honl the
county Of Mathews was nam &c. . and who
came from tho cream OF English gentry.
L Captain Nut heWs served his country slnS
the war Eof i1sl22 and was PRESENTED @a3
4 handsome wing V sword & for bravery
lie iycd min nino ears, N and Ri died
about twenty-five Ey ears ago. Captain
Mathews was ono Of t he most prospcrousI
and active men Of the State Il s3s} iis
Dr. Ma thcws was one or several sons
ana was tile last to become q Victim Of
the grim destroyer. Ills mother died at;
AN earl a &c. hi AS Nj II a
4 Tor many years, Or! Iathews devoted
much or his 4 irne NJ to forei On mission
work. Hc spent both time and smolley in
helping to send Il t % gospel to foreign
lands. and In. "a quiet way helped e the
deserving poor in & his own immunity,
SO that HIS 4 deaf ANVIL be- keenly lei h,yg
those who have bencf fitted by his bounty
Ideal H Life. 33s3
Dr. Mat hcws IS ii homo life was ideal.
III : WI, 81 devoted to his wifcSnnd children
and they To him. His ]; lospi ta ity, like
his liberal hand ed oh arr ty, was roNerbial.
Tho best OF What lio had was at lie dis74
&posal of his faniily,8llis friends and his
church. He re Iced II In the; last months
8ofEhis NO q q haying all of Ills children
near him. and a hey ere constantly at
his sldo during his Illness & Flo is surViv wed
Ny lis wife, our sons, two ldnug tiers,
several grand Sill dren,G and nj 81 ster-in-S
law, Mrs. y ones. Nv no has for man " years
been a n,ember3 OF hi 4 household Il. NJ His 4
children, are * NJ ssrs. .Dannle
Thomas ct, 4 a nd 7 w. Kirk Mai VS., Of
or Richmond, and Mrs. j (, M. yhitheldf
and AIRS. q. u. Irairbanls Of Richmond,
The Funeral 3 7 o-day.
The funeral will Ike place from Balm
bridge street Baptist Church this after
noon IL o'clock y II be- services Will be
conducted by the pas tor, ReY "a Dr. ".
tIsaldy. assisted by Drs. NYnl, y. Hatcher,
wv. 4. Derieux. Z. RI Thornhill. 81 2, * p
ERomnr and w, B. Smith, ~ m s A, \.
IA n he active pal bearers wi be the y
$deacons Of n e, church.. BS n q. al
Christopher Tonpkins, Lewis, g, Roshcr.
n ohm r, Day dsonS G. w. T. 81 Brock. and
II n Rucker, Judge ] ohm IT. Ingram,
Mr., "a exanders III tagerald. 4 Mr. Ym,ss G.
Taylor and Prof. Il liam AZ Harris. NJ
y &. The interment will B be made " In the
family SEQ tion a t IIol 300, where three
on Ills children are buried. lie ctures Will
be suspended nt \ the I M ical College Of
Virginia day so that the studen is may
attend the funeral. s IS .gs t az Sl
\ < "A committee from tile Board \ OF Yisl.
tors sof tho Soollege will attend, H
rho Foreign M ission x Board az tile
Southern Baptist Convention wi ~ tend
the services as vel ms o. commtt tee from
the Woman sES College, Of a885 which Dr,S
Matthews wa 81 o. rust ee.S ss$ NJ
The trustees Of ssthe NV0lnan's Gollegell
Will unon Invitation attend the funera
OF Dr. Mat news ri III a body \ trhey VIII
meet Iii the hnseinent5 of the church Il teen
minutes prior 10 the fuilefal II Il
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