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Mason Mathews (December 15, 1803 - September 16, 1878) was an American politician. A Whig, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Greenbrier County during the American Civil War. Raised in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Mathews was a merchant by occupation. He represented Greenbrier County as its Virginia Delegate throughout secession of the American South and the American Civil War, despite it being taken into the Union on the formation of West Virginia in 1863. The seat was abolished from the House at war's end. In 1877 his son Henry M. Mathews was the first ex-Confederate elected to a governorship when he became governor of West Virginia.〔 Addkison-Simmons, D. (2010) ("Henry Mason Mathews" ). ''e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia''. Retrieved December 11, 2012.〕 This event represented the rise of the Bourbon Democrat.〔 ==Early life== Mason Mathews was born on December 15, 1803 in Lewisburg, Virginia to Mary (née Edgar) and Joseph Mathews.〔("Mathews Family of Greenbrier" ). from "The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc. (Chicago and New York:)", vol 2: pp. 7-9. Retrieved 2012-10-19〕 Archer Mathews, his father's uncle, was a founder of Lewisburg,〔Rice, Otis K. 1986. A History of Greenbrier County. Greenbrier Historical Society, p. 132〕 and Joseph moved his family to the city soon after its formation in 1782.〔Rice, Otis K. 1986. A History of Greenbrier County. Greenbrier Historical Society, p. 132〕〔("The Credit of the County" ). Historical Booklet, Greenbrier Co., 1938. Retrieved 2012-10-19〕〔 Mason was educated by his mother, and when his father became disabled after an injury he worked as a store clerk to support the family.〔 He married Eliza Shore Reynolds and had eight children: Mary Edgar, Sally Ann, Henry Mason, Virginia Amanda, Alexander Ferdinand, Joseph William, Eliza Thomas, and Sally Patton.〔Combs, James Thurl (1987). "Greenbrier, C.S.A. Wartime Letters of Mason Mathews to his son Captain Joseph William Mathews, C.S.A." The Journal of the Greenbrier Historical Society (Parsons, West Virginia: Greenbrier Historical Society) V (1): 5-44.〕 He established a successful a mercantile business and sent his sons to be educated at the University of Virginia.〔〔Riley, T. and Rucker, E. (1876). (Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Volume 7 ). Tribune Company Press: Harvard University. Retrieved December 28, 2012.〕 He was elected sheriff of Greenbrier County around 1825 and in 1830 was appointed its commissioner of the revenue.〔 He was additionally a justice of the peace for the cities of Frankford and Lewisburg.〔 In 1859 he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates for Greenbrier County as a member of the Whig Party, replacing Thomas Creigh.〔Leonard, Cynthia Miller 1978. The General Assembly of Virginia, July 30, 1619-January 11, 1978: a bicentennial register of members. Virginia State Library., pp 105, 109.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mason Mathews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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