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Judge Byron Henley Mathews, Jr.

M, b. 13 April 1916, d. 27 November 1992

Parents

FatherByron Henley Mathews (b. 26 June 1881, d. 2 March 1958)
MotherMaud Elizabeth Johnson (b. 3 June 1883, d. 7 March 1977)
Pedigree Chart
Included in charts - listsBrooks - Descendants of Thomas Brooks b. 1710
Descendants of John Bond - Jamestowne Burgess (1654-62)
Descendants of Nicholas Johnson b. ca 1713
Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether - Jamestowne Resident 1661, 1666 Clerk of General Court 1655
Descendants of Thomas Meriweather b. 1714
Gaines - Descendants of Bernard Gaines b. 1650
Greer - Descendants of Aquilla Greer b. 1719
Harvie - Descendants of John Harvie b. 1704
Marks - Descendants of Hastings Marks b. 1694
Starkey - Descendants of John Starkey b. 1716
Townsend - Descendants of John Townsend b. 1708
Watts - Descendants of John Watts b. 1700
Relationship1st cousin 1 time removed of Carol Jay Gilstrap
1st cousin 3 times removed of Isaac Silas Vaughn
1st cousin 3 times removed of Katherine Gilstrap Scott
1st cousin 3 times removed of Joseph Ryland Scott
1st cousin 3 times removed of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott
1st cousin 3 times removed of Orly Marie Vaughn
1st cousin 3 times removed of Avital Catherine Vaughn

Biography

AnecdoteHusband of Mary Freeman Mathews. Son of Byron Henley Mathews sr. and Maude Elizabeth Johnson (buried at Westview). Maude Johnson was the daughter of Nicholas Johnson and Cordelia Brooks (buried at Westview). Judge Mathews was a man of many interests and pursuits. He wrote the historically detailed book about the Military operations around Newnan and Coweta County called "The McCook - Stoneman Raid" which detailed the events and troop movements that preceded the Brown's Mill Battle (near Newnan, Coweta, GA.) and Nash Farm Battle (Lovejoy, Clayton County, GA.). He was a 1939 University of Georgia Graduate, A Lawyer, a U. S. Army Officer during WW2, An FBI Agent, Author and a Judge in Coweta County, GA., a Mason and a Good Man
Birth13 April 1916Judge Byron Henley Mathews, Jr., was born on 13 April 1916.
Death27 November 1992He died on 27 November 1992 at age 76 in Newnan, Coweta, Georgia, United StatesBGO.
Burialafter 27 November 1992He was buried after 27 November 1992 at Oak Hill CemeteryBGO, in Newnan, Coweta, Georgia, United StatesBGO,Section 20.
Last Edited28 May 2017