Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Mathews, C. W. February 20, 1863 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons 

Page 410, 411

C. W. MATHEWS
	The work that the pioneer began so well in Umatilla county has been 
carried on with energy and skill ever since by a class of men from every 
portion of the states, and one among that number who has gained a fine 
reputation because of his real integrity and worth and because of his 
continued industry and kindly demeanor among his fellow men, it is now our 
pleasant privilege to outline in brief review of his life. 
	He was born in Edgar county, Illinois, on February 20, 1863. There he 
lived with his father for fourteen years, gaining a good common-school 
education and learning the art of the agriculturist.  In 1877 he went with the 
family to Chase county, Kansas, where his father bought one hundred and sixty 
acres of land. The next year they moved to Lyon county, the same state, where 
they bought one hundred and sixty acres more on the Kaw reservation, remaining 
there for two years, when the father died. The next spring the subject of this 
sketch removed to Holt county, Nebraska, and engaged in work on a ranch, where 
he remained for two years, at the expiration of which time he came to Idaho, 
working on the construction of the railroad.  In this work he passed through 
Umatilla county in 1882 going to the Willamette valley, and remained there for 
one year working on a ranch.  In 1883 he came to Pendleton and commenced work 
for J. M. Hemphill on his stock ranch. One year after this he engaged with 
Henry Stover, with whom he engaged in handling stock for two years and then 
rented the Bird Johnson ranch for one year.  After this he bought a squatter’s 
right on unsurveyed land and stayed there for thirteen years, raising stock 
with fine success. In 1889 he bought one hundred and sixty acres, where he now 
lives, four miles east from Pilot Rock, and by purchase he has increased the 
estate to one thousand acres.  At the present time he is giving his whole 
attention to stock raising, owning fourteen hundred head of sheep, and large 
bands of cattle and horses. His wool clip amounts to over twelve thousand 
pounds annually, besides the returns from the market sheep and cattle and 
horses.
	On October 17, 1886, he was married to Miss Bertha Roesch, a native of 
Germany, and to them have been born the following children: Stella, Julius W., 
Maud, Gertrude, Lewis, Helen.  Fraternally Mr. Mathews is united with the I. 
O. O. F., Eureka Lodge, No. 32, of Pendleton, and Lodge No. 10, United 
Artisans, of Pilot Rock. Coming to this county as an employe of the railroad, 
he is a good example of what pluck, intelligence and enterprise will do, 
having by his energy and wise operations placed himself in a very short time 
among the leading stock men of the state.  He is looked up to as one of those 
men upon whom one can rely, who performs well whatever he undertakes to do, 
and adding to this his genial nature and uprightness, has won the respect and 
confidence of all.


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.


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