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George Bowen Mathewson

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Birth	:	19 Apr 1804
Death	:	11 Feb 1877
Burial	:	Pomfret Street Cemetery, Pomfret, Windham County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.8972549, -71.9615784
Description	:	------------------------- "During earliest youth the student propensities of George Bowen Mathewson manifested themselves in divers ways, and to his childish eyes even the commonplace contained much of beauty and charm. He would draw and paint with fidelity to detail when his companions were absorbed in their sports, and it was his good fortune to be able to repair to Boston occasionally to perfect himself in technique and composition. During his whole active life he farmed during the summer and painted his portraits and landscapes during the winter season, and so excellent was his work that it drew praise from those excelling... Read More	------------------------- "During earliest youth the student propensities of George Bowen Mathewson manifested themselves in divers ways, and to his childish eyes even the commonplace contained much of beauty and charm. He would draw and paint with fidelity to detail when his companions were absorbed in their sports, and it was his good fortune to be able to repair to Boston occasionally to perfect himself in technique and composition. During his whole active life he farmed during the summer and painted his portraits and landscapes during the winter season, and so excellent was his work that it drew praise from those excelling in the art of criticism. He never failed to study and read, and he was one of the best informed and generally well read men of his time in Pomfret. One of his many varied interests was politics; he was a staunch believer in the principles and issues of the Republican party, and represented his town in the State Legislature. He was a member, and for many years a deacon, of the Congregational Church, and contributed generously towards the maintenance of that denomination. "In Pomfret Mr. Mathewson married Hannah Payson, daughter of John H. and Amaryllis (Paine) Payson, the latter a daughter of Rev. Joshua Paine, a minister of a Congregational Church in Massachusetts. Of their children, (1) Amaryllis was educated at a young ladies seminary in Massachusetts, and for many years engaged in educational work in Fairfield county, Conn. She is a woman of culture and breadth of mind, and is an ardent worker in the Congregational Church. (2) Edward Payson was educated in the public schools and at the New Britain Normal, and subsequently taught school in Coventry and in South Carolina before the Civil war. He was a soldier during the war, later became very prominent as a probate judge and was one of the leading citizens of Pomfret. He married Marian Chandler Holt, in 1863, his wife being a daughter of Dr. Holt. Edward Payson died in 1892. (3) Elizabeth P., who also was a school teacher, married Hon. Charles Grosvenor; (4) Anna became the wife of Benjamin Grosvenor, of Pomfret; (5) Mary is deceased; (6) Olive lives at home; and (7) Darius, who married Mary Baldwin, lives in Nebraska." --Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties Connecticut Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Early Settled Families, Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1903, pp. 115-116. -------------------------

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Latitude: 41.8972549
Longitude: -71.9615784

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Hannah Payson Mathewson

(1805 - 1884)

Siblings

Huldah Matthewson Adams

(unknow - 1842)

Rufus Smith Mathewson

(1802 - 1886)

Caroline Mathewson Searls

(1820 - 1907)

Children

Amaryllis Mathewson

(1835 - 1909)

Edward Payson Mathewson

(1837 - 1892)

Elizabeth Mathewson Grosvenor

(1840 - 1932)

Anna Mathewson Grosvenor

(1842 - 1927)

Mary Mathewson

(1844 - 1882)

Olive Mathewson

(1847 - 1905)

Darius Mathewson

(1849 - 1921)

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