Family/Spouse: Janice MERRITT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living THARPE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Beatrice FOLDS. Beatrice was born in Dec 1907; died on 19 Mar 1983 in Crisp County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

NOTE 1./ 1900 Militia District 573, Crawford, Georgia census,

Name Home in 1900 Birth Year Birthplace Race Relation
George Mathews MD 573, Crawford, Georgia abt 1878 Georgia White Head
Lizzie Mathews MD 573, Crawford, Georgia abt 1876 Georgia White Wife

This 1900 census is the first that George & Lizzie were enumerated together. This Crawford County, Georgia census indicates that George and Elizabeth had already attempted to have a family with the birth of an unknown gendered child, but that it was not living at the time of the census. Also revealed is that they had been married for 3 years as of 6-15-1900, the date of enumeration.

NOTE 2./ 1910 Crawford County, Georgia, census,

Name Home in 1910 Birth Year Birthplace Relation
George C Mathews MDistrict 630, Crawford, GA abt 1877 Georgia Head
Lizzie Mathews Militia District 630, Crawford, GA abt 1878 Georgia Wife
Henry W Mathews Militia District 630, Crawford, GA abt 1901 Georgia Son
James G Mathews MDistrict 630, Crawford, GA abt 1904 Georgia Son
Lizzie M Mathews Militia District 630, Crawford, GA abt 1904 Georgia Daughter
Joseph B Mathews Militia District 630, Crawford, GA abt 1909 Georgia Son

1910 United States Federal Census about George C Mathews
Name: George C Mathews
[George O Mathews]
Age in 1910: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Birthplace: Georgia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's Birth Place: Georgia
Spouse's name: Lizzie
Home in 1910: Militia District 630, Crawford, Georgia
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male

NOTE 3./ 1920 Crisp County Military District 945 Georgia census,

Name Home in 1920 Estimated Birth Year Birthplace Race Relation
George D Mathews MD 945, Crisp, Georgia abt 1869 Georgia White Head
Lizzie Mathews MD 945, Crisp, Georgia abt 1876 Georgia White Wife
Hommer Mathews MD 945, Crisp, Georgia abt 1905 Georgia White Son
Lizzie M Mathews MD 945, Crisp, Georgia abt 1908 Georgia White Daughter
Joe Mathews MD 945, Crisp, Georgia abt 1910 Georgia White Son
Eddie Mathews MD 945, Crisp, Georgia abt 1912 Georgia White Son

NOTE 4./ Historical Time Reference
"The Atlanta Constitution" (Atlanta, Georgia), 15 December 1901, page 3:
WAVES MARCONI SPEEDS MESSAGES ACROSS ATLANTIC OCEAN

From Newfoundland to Cornwall Italian Inventor Sends Message Without Wires.

St. Johns, N.F., December 14. Signor Marconi announced the most wonderful scientific discovery of modern times tonight in stating that he had received electric signals across the Atlantic ocean from his station in Cornwall, England. He explains that before leaving England he made plans for accomplishing this result, for while his primary object was to communicate with ocean liners in mid-ocean he hoped also to succeed in attaining the wonderful scientific achievement of wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic.

Signor Marconi's station in Cornwall is most powerful. He has an electric force, generated there, a hundred times greater than at his ordinary stations. Before he left England he arranged that the electrician in charge of the station which is located at Poldhu, should begin sending signals daily after a certain date, which Signor Marconi would cable him after having perfected his arrangements here.

Signor Marconi arrive here a week ago Friday, selected Signal Hill, at the entrance to the harbor, as an experimenting station and moved his equipment there. Last Monday he cabled to the Poldhu station to begin sending signals at 3 p.m. daily and to continue until 6 p.m. these hours being respectively 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., St. Johns time. During these hours Wednesday Signor Marconi elevated the kite with an aerial wire by means of which signals are sent or received. He remained at the recorder attached to the receiving apparatus and to his profound satisfaction signals were received by him at intervals, according to the programme arranged previously with the operator at Poldhu.

These signals consisted of repeating at intervals the letter "s" which, in Marconi's code is made by three dots, or quick strokes. This signal was repeated so frequently and so in accordance with the plan, arranged to provide safeguards against the possibility of a mistake, that Signor Marconi was satisfied that it was a genuine transmission from England. . .

George married Elizabeth CHANCELLOR on 23 Dec 1897 in Crawford County, Georgia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Calvin CHANCELLOR and Rebecca FOWLER) was born in Apr 1875 in Upsom County, Georgia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]