Mason Mathews | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Greenbrier district | |
| In office 1859–1865 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Creigh |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished |
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| Born | December 15, 1803 Lewisburg, Virginia (now West Virginia) |
| Died | September 16, 1878 (aged 74) Lewisburg, West Virginia |
| Resting place | Old Stone Church, Lewisburg, West Virginia |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse | Eliza Shore Reynolds |
| Children | Eight, including:
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| Relatives | Mathews family |
| Residence(s) | 1335 Washington East Street Lewisburg, West Virginia |
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Mason Mathews (December 15, 1803 – September 16, 1878) was an American merchant and politician in the U.S. State of Virginia (present-day West Virginia). He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, representing Greenbrier County from 1859–1865 as a Whig. This period included the secession of Virginia and the resulting American Civil War of 1861–1865. Though Mathews opposed secession, he chose to support the Confederate States of America when Virginia seceded. Throughout the war, much of his efforts were directed toward the Confederate defense of western Virginia. When his home of Greenbrier County was taken into the new State of West Virginia in 1863, he continued to represent Greenbrier County in Virginia's Confederate legislature in Richmond until war's end. He was a member of the Mathews political family.