• Born: 17 February 1842, Panola County, Mississippi, USA ²
• Marriage (1): Mary Georgia Ann GATLIN on 1 February 1870 in Burleson, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, USA
• Died: 9 October 1911, Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas, USA at age 69 ³
• Buried: 9 October 1911, Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas, USA

   Cause of his death was Cancer ("Canser").³

   Other names for Alfred were Alford Gatlin MATTHEWS,⁴ Alfred MATTHEWS, Alfred Gassaway MATTHEWS ⁵ and Tobe MATTHEWS.

  General Notes

first cousin to his wife, Georgia (on the Gatlin side)

Note:  There is considerable confusion between two different Alfred Gatlin Matthews.  Both were born in Missisippi in the early 1840s; both died in Texas.  Both have fathers named "Thomas Matthews"; both have mothers with maiden surname Gatlin (their mothers are sisters and, in fact, the two Alfreds are first cousins).  One Alfred — "Tobe" — is the son of Thomas Matthews (sometimes referered to Thomas E. Matthews) and Susan S. Gatlin; he married Mary Georgia Ann Gatlin ("Georgia") and died in 1911 in Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas.  The other Alfred — "Alf" — is the son of Thomas Allen Rayburn Matthews and Louisa Hanks Gatlin; he married Joesphine Turley, and died in 1938 in Manchaca, Travis County, Texas.

Alf was a private in the 2d Texas Cavalry (Confederate) in the Civil War. Tobe was with the 9th Arkansas (Confederate infantry) at Shiloh (also called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing), discharged and sent home sick, and then, about a year later he served with a cavalry unit west of the Mississippi until the end of the war. What unit this was, or even which side he was on during this time, is uncertain since Arkansas supplied troops to both sides. While Tobe volunteered the first time, he was likely conscripted the second.

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  Burial Notes

Copperas Cove Cemetery, Old Section H Lot 304

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Nickname: Tobe.

• Parents: Thomas E. Matthews and Susan Gatlin.

• He has conflicting birth information of Abt December 1841 and Panola County, Mississippi, USA. ³

• He has conflicting birth information of February 1843 and Mississippi, USA. ⁶

• He has conflicting birth information of 1844 and Mississippi, USA.

• He appeared on the 1850 US Federal Census on 15 September 1850 in District No. 13, Panola County, Mississippi, USA.
  
  Thomas J Mayfield       42
  Susan Mayfield       37
  Thomas E Matthews       18
  Sarah B Matthews       15
  Louisa A Matthews       13
  Samuel H Matthews       10
  Alfred G Matthews       8
  Susan T Mayfield       3
  Rebecca Mayfield       17
  Isaac S Mayfield       14
  Sarah E Mayfield       6

• He appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 6 June 1900 in Precinct No. 4, Coryell County, Texas, USA.
  
  Alfred Matthews       57
  Georgia M Matthews       52
  Burley M Matthews       21
  Myrtle Matthews       18
  Bulah Matthews       15
  John G Matthews       10
  Samuel Matthews       12

• He was buried at the Copperas Cove Cemetery in Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas, USA in 1911.

• He has conflicting death information of 10 October 1911 and Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas, USA. ²

Alfred married Mary Georgia Ann GATLIN on 1 February 1870 in Burleson, Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, USA. (Mary Georgia Ann GATLIN was born on 29 April 1848 in Elgin, Bastrop County, Texas, USA, died on 18 February 1926 in Coryell County, Texas, USA and was buried on 19 February 1926 in Copperas Cove, Coryell County, Texas, USA.)