Southern Graves

Dallas Morning News (Texas) 16 June 1931 *Viewed online at GenealogyBank . James V. Matson Dies At Waco Sanitarium Special to The News. WACO, Texas, June 15 -- James V. Matson of Hubbard, 72, died Monday night in a Waco sanitarium. He had been ill only a few days. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Hubbard. A native Texas, Mr. Matson was born near Independence, but for the last fifty-three years he had lived at Hubbard. He was a stockman and one of the largest shareholders in the cottonoil mill at Dawson and had other large interests, including a directorship of the First National Bank of Hubbard. Surviving him are his wife and two stepchildren. James was born February 1959, a son of James V. Matson and Mary Elizabeth Catherine Lincecum.

Richard T. Matson, born 21 September 1855, was my 3rd cousin, 5x removed. He was a son of James V. Matson and Mary Lincecum. I found it interesting that James and his son each honored their father in the naming of sons. James named a son after his father, and Richard named a son after his father. Of course it's possible the names might actually date back further. I recently found death and burial notices for Richard at GenealogyBank . He died at the young age of 41, but I don't know the cause. Richard was laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery at Hubbard, Hill County, Texas. The photo included is from his memorial on FindAGrave . Dallas Morning News (Texas) 10 June 1897 " MORTUARY MATSON -- Hillsboro, Hill Co., Tex., June 9. R. T. Matson, a prominent farmer and stockman of this county, died at his residence three miles west of here, to-day. He was 45 years old." Dallas Morning News (Texas) 13 June 1897 " MORTUARY MATSON -- Hubbard City, Tex., Ju...