Matthews, Thomas L.

Born: 1813-XX-XX

Died: 1871-02-XX Tazewell County, Illinois

Flourished: 1838-1852 Tazewell County, Illinois

Matthews lived in Tazewell County, Illinois, as early as 1838. In 1850, he was working as a carpenter in Pekin and owned real estate valued at $400. By 1860, he was a grocer in Mackinaw Township and owned $1,500 worth of real estate and a personal estate worth $500.

Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales, Tazewell County, 70:44, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Pekin, Tazewell County, IL, 119; U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Tazewell County, IL, 204; Gravestone, Mackinaw Township Cemetery, Tazewell County, IL.