Died
at age 74
in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
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Biography
Bill Mathews is a part of US Black heritage.
Bill's widow Louise Mathews was interviewed in Fort Worth, Texas about 1937 about her life and her time as an enslaved person.
"I gits married in 1874 to Henry Daggett and he dies in 1884. Den I marries Jim Byers in 1885 and he am lazy and no 'count. He leaves on Christmas Day in de mornin', and don't come back. Dat de only present he ever give me! He am what you calls de buck passer. I does de washin' and ironin' and he passes de bucks I makes. I marries Bill Mathews and he my las' husband. He dies on May 15th, dis year. I has seven chillen and four of dem am right in dis town."
Interview: Louise Mathews was interviewed in Fort Worth, Texas as part of the Federal Writer's Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The results are made available by the Library of Congress. [1]
His death record, cited below, gives his wife's name as Susie, and the informant is Susan Mathews.
Sources
↑[1] Library of Congress - WPA - Slave Narrative - Louise Mathews - Vol. 16, Part 3, Texas, pages 65-66, images 70-71 of 285.
1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census" Year: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas; Roll: T624_1590; Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 0090; FHL microfilm: 1375603 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #28586777 (accessed 8 December 2022) William Mathews (50), married, Teamster, head of household in Justice Precinct 1, Tarrant, Texas, USA. Born in Georgia.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3HY-QJ8 : 20 February 2021), Bill Mathews, 15 May 1937; citing certificate number 28436, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,277.
Research notes
FamilySearch.org has Bill linked to this census enumeration, for reasons unknown:
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSN-6ML : 28 May 2021), Bill Mathews in entry for Daniel Mathews, 1870.
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