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__NOTOC__ W.B. Mathews (1865–1931) was a "pioneer figure in the water development program of Los Angeles" and chief counsel for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. He was also city attorney of Los Angeles.〔 ==Personal== William Burgess Mathews〔''Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials 1850–1938,'' Municipal Reference Library, March 1938, reprinted 1946〕 was born in Ohio in 1865, and the family moved to Kentucky a year later, where he grew up. He was graduated from Centre College. He moved to Los Angeles in 1889.〔 He died in Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, on December 9, 1931, after an operation for intestinal trouble. He left his widow, Susan (died December 22, 1946); two daughters, Margaret Abbott of San Francisco and Caroline Mathews; and three sons, John H. Mathews, William W. Mathews and Samuel S. Mathews.〔("W.B. Mathews Succumbs," ''Los Angeles Times,'' December 10, 1931, page A-1 )〕〔 A funeral service was conducted by the Reverend Herbert Booth Smith in Immanuel Presbyterian Church, and burial followed in Inglewood Cemetery.〔("Last Rites Conducted for Lawyer," ''Los Angeles Times,'' December 12, 1931, page A-3 )〕〔("Mrs. W.B. Mathews Succumbs at 79," ''Los Angeles Times,'' December 23, 1946, page 5 )〕 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「W.B. Mathews」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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