Background
Mathews, George Martin was born on August 22, 1848 in Cincinnati. Son of John and Milchi Ann (Mathews) Mathews.
Mathews, George Martin was born on August 22, 1848 in Cincinnati. Son of John and Milchi Ann (Mathews) Mathews.
Bachelor of Science, Otterbein University, Ohio, 1870. Student Lane Theological Seminary, 1879-1880, Union Biblical Seminary, Dayton, O., 1881-1882. (Doctor of Divinity, Lane University, Kansas, 1896.
Doctor of Laws, Otterbein, 1912).
Ordained to U.B. ministry, 1882. Pastor Cleves, O., 1880-1881, Dayton, O., 1881-1889 and 1894-1898. Presiding elder Miami Conference, 1889-1894.
Editor U.B. Quarterly Review, 1893-1899.
Associate editor Religious Telescope, 1899-1902. Bishop U.B. Church, since 1902.
Member of Executive Committee Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.
Married Clara Belle Hopper, December 25, 1872.