Matthews

MATTHEWS, JOHN ALEXANDER (18531941). John Alexander Matthews, cattleman and county judge, was born in Spearsville, Union Parish, Louisiana, on March 2, 1853, the son of Joseph Beck and Caroline (Spears) Matthews. While he was still an infant, the family moved to Freestone County, Texas. Before the end of the Civil War they were living in Palo Pinto, then called Golconda, and soon thereafter they settled permanently near Fort Griffin. Matthews married Sallie Ann Reynolds ( see   MATTHEWS, SALLIE ANN REYNOLDS ) on December 25, 1876. They had nine children.