Background
Matthews, William Baynham was born in July 1850 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of James M. and Ellen B. Matthews.
Matthews, William Baynham was born in July 1850 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. Son of James M. and Ellen B. Matthews.
Brother of George Bagby M. Deputy clerk of Essex Company, Virginia, 1866-1870. Took law course, University of Virginia, 1870-1871, B.L., 1873.
Master of Laws, Columbian (now George Washington University, 1882.
Carolinus Turner of Belle Grove, Virginia, January 12, 1875. Chief preëmption division United States General Land Office, 1883-1889. Editor and publisher National Domain, 1888.
Attorney for State of Idaho, 1892-1896. Washington attorney Rio Grande Western Railway Company, since 1898. Author: Matthews’ Forms of Pleading, etc., 1873.
Guide for Executors and Administrators, 1872. Digest Land Decisions, 1888. Matthews’ Guide, 1889, 1895.
Married Alice P., youngest d.