Background
Matthews, Mark Allison was born on September 24, 1867 in Calhoun, Georgia, United States. Son of Mark Lafayette and Malinda Rebecca (Clemmons) Matthews.
Matthews, Mark Allison was born on September 24, 1867 in Calhoun, Georgia, United States. Son of Mark Lafayette and Malinda Rebecca (Clemmons) Matthews.
Academic education at Calhoun. Doctor of Divinity, 1900. Doctor of Laws, Whitman College, 1908, Huron College, 1912.
Review Owen Jones, of Wales, August 24, 1904. Began preaching at 19. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1887.
Pastor First Church (which he built), Calhoun, Georgia, 1888-1893, Dalton, Georgia, 1893-1896, Jackson, Tennessee, 1896-1902, First Church, Seattle, since 1902. Admitted to bar June 1900. Trustee Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, Whiteworth College, Spokane, Washington, San Francisco Theological Seminary, Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
Member Federal Council of Churches and Ministers’ Association. Mason. Moderator General Assembly Presbyterian Church, Louisville, 1912.
Married at Seattle, Grace Owen, d.