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Matthews was raised as a farmer, which occupation he has successfully prosecuted, being the owner of 325 acres of good land lying on the middle fork of Raven Creek. On the 30th of September, 1858, he married Eunice, daughter of Isaac and Eunice (Coulston) Ramey, of Harrison County, by whom he has eight children, four boys and four girls, named respectively: Mary E., Lucy E., Alfred R., Robert B., George C., Eva J., Flora B., and James T.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In 1863 he was elected Constable of Rutland Precinct, but resigned in 1864, to enlist in the Federal army; he was elected Captain of Co. I, 1st Kentucky State Guards, under Col. E. P. Hawkins, and Lieut. Col. J. J. Craddock; he served till [sic] the close of the war, receiving his discharge in 1865. After the war he was nominated by the Republican party for the office of Magistrate, but was defeated by John Burgess, the Democratic nominee. In 1869 he was elected Magistrate as an Independent candidate, over A. J. Perkins, the champion of the Democrat party; was elected to the same office again in 1879, as an Independent candidate, over John Burgess, his first opponent; is a member of Raven Creek (Masonic) Lodge; has filled every office in it, from Tyler to Master; is Treasurer at the present time. Till [sic] the outbreak of the war he was a Democrat; his opposition to secession accounts for his present political views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><em>History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.<br>by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin &amp; Co., Chicago, 1882. p 712.<br>[Harrison County] [Rutland Precinct]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>W. N. MATTHEWS, farmer, P. O. 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