Talbot County GaArchives News.....J. Frank Mathews, A Talbot County Boy In The West August 4 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com November 25, 2003, 11:24 am The Talbotton New Era The Talbotton New Era Thursday, August 4, 1904 Page Six A Talbot County boy in the West was elected to the legislature over a popular opponent by a handsome majority, serving four years. A leading attorney in Green County, and recently elected as a democrat to represent his district in Congress, meeting success in all two political aspirations. He is the brother of J.B. and E.R. Mathews of Prattsburg and a nephew of Judge J.M. Mathews of Talbotton. The people of old Talbot and the many friends of J. Frank Mathews (“Pony”) will feel proud to hear the prominence he has reached out west. Beginning life at Prattsburg some 32 years ago, his first training in a common country school of his neighborhood, graduating at Gordon Institute and at Athens; soon after going west, locating in Oklahoma, Green County. His energy, integrity and ability, was soon recognized in which he was elected County Solicitor serving six years. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb