Biographical Sketch of George W. Matlock, Crawford County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** George W. Matlock, business manager of the Farmers' Joint Stock Company was born in Crawford County, in 1845. He received a common-school edu- cation, and remained on the farm until twenty-five years of age, when he was employed as a clerk in Cuba. In 1876 he was elected to his pre- sent position of business manager of the Farmers' Joint Stock Company, and in 1882 was made secretary and treasurer of the same, holding the latter position from 1876 to 1880 also. He has been president and a director of the bank of Steelville since its organization and is a director of the Riverside Roller Mill Company. In 1871 Mr. Matlock married Jennie Halbert, a native of South Carolina, by whom he has one son, Clarence. Politically a Democrat and a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, Mr. Matlock is one of the most enterprising business men of Steelville, and has been very successful in a financial way. He is a son of Elias Matlock, one of the oldest living settlers of Crawford County, whose parents were Robert and Mary (Carpenter) Matlock, resi- dents of Kentucky until about the year 1818, when they settled in Crawford County, MO., and engaged in farming. Both lived to a good old age, and of their four children Elias was the eldest. The latter was born in Washington County, KY., in 1807, and at the age of nine years came to Missouri with his grandfather, Isom Matlock. Elias Matlock married Mary Reeves, who was born in Washington County, KY., in 1811, and died in 1852. Mr. Matlock next married Allie Francis, and after her death Mrs. Cicily A. Halbert became his wife. Mr. Matlock owns six or seven hundred acres of land, all of which is the just reward of his industry. In politics he has been a life-long Democrat, having cast his first presidential vote for Jackson. In 1876 he was elected trea- surer of the county, and in 1878 was re-elected, discharging his offi- cial duties in a creditable and satisfactory manner. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================