Name | David Horace MATTHEWS [1] | |
Born | Abt 1873 | Willow Creek, Marion County, South Carolina [2] |
Gender | Male | |
HIST | Proposed Change: David MATTHEWS (I55067) Tree: Singleton Link: http://singletonfamily.org//getperson.php?personID=I55067&tree=singleton Description: ADD: David Horace Matthews married Flora A. Turney May 2, 1900. Their children were May, Roy, Guy, Donald Ray "Billy", and Fay. Donald Ray Matthews became a Congressional Representative for Alachua County. Here is his bio at Bioguide.Congress.Gov: MATTHEWS, Donald Ray (Billy), a Representative from Florida; born in Micanopy, Alachua County, Fla., October 3, 1907; attended the public schools of Hawthorne, Fla.; graduated from the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1929; taught school in Leesburg, Fla., and in Orlando, Fla., 1929-1935; high school principal in Newberry, Fla., in 1935 and 1936; member of the State house of representatives in 1935; member of the administrative staff of the University of Florida, 1936-1952; served in the United States Army 1942-1946 and was discharged as a captain of Infantry; assistant State 4-H agent in the summers of 1928-1938; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; consultant and administrator, Rural Community Development Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 1967-1969; instructor of political science, Santa Fe Community ! College (Fla.), 1969-1977; was a resident of Gainesville, Fla., until his death on October 26, 1997; interment at Hawthorne Cemetery. He married Sara Effie Lewis (born in Lumpkin, GA)and they had three children: Mary Caroline (deceased), Ann, and Donald Ray Jr. Ann's son is Bret Dailey. Donald, Jr. is presently Associate Vice President for International Education at Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, Florida. Donald married Lani Friend of Enterprise, Fl, in 1986 and they have two daughters. Lani Friend Greensprings1@cs.com David Matthews 22 Dec 2009 wrote: I live in Enterprise, Florida. [1] | |
_UID | 61C75FB263A0422DBF2B32A54E7BCACECD37 | |
Person ID | I55067 | Singleton and other families |
Last Modified | 21 Jun 2010 |
Father | William (Alexander) Beady/Beatty MATTHEWS, b. Sep 1847, Willow Creek/Evergreen, Marion District, (now Florence County), South Carolina , d. Aft 1900, Florence County, South Carolina (Age ~ 54 years) | |
Mother | Frances Ellen “Ella” HATCHELL, b. Oct 1853/55, Willow Creek/Evergreen, Marion District, (now Florence County), South Carolina , d. 4 Jul 1922, Infirmary, Florence County, South Carolina (Age ~ 66 years) | |
_UID | DFB24803BC8C44ADBA9746B936EB7A5B5B20 | |
Family ID | F39022 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | Flora A. TURNEY | |||||||||||
Married | 2 May 1900 [1] | |||||||||||
_UID | FFBED6BF01384B319AD7E5DB89296263AFB0 | |||||||||||
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Last Modified | 21 Dec 2009 | |||||||||||
Family ID | F39265 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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