Lyon County
Frank J. Mathews
Biography
(Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney)
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Lyon County Frank J. Mathews Biography (Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney) |
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FRANK J. MATHEWS, a successful farmer residing in Mason valley, Nevada, was born in Portugal in 1858, and was there reared and educated. In 1878 he emigrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts, being a young man without means and ignorant of the language of the country. It took all his money to pay his fare to San Francisco, where he arrived July 18, 1878, but he immediately obtained employment as a sheep-herder and thus supported himself, in the meanwhile learning the English language. In 1887 he brought to Nevada three thousand head of sheep. He and his brothers, Joseph and Anton, purchased five hundred and twenty acres of land in Mason valley, which was first owned in common, but is now divided, Frank J. owning two hundred and forty acres, on which he raises alfalfa hay, and feeds a herd of seventy-five head of graded Durham cattle and twenty head of other stock and sells his milk to the neighborhood creamery. His flock of sheep is a very fine one and nets him a handsome income. In 1884 he married Miss Mary Freitas, also from Portugal, and two sons have been born to them, Ernest and Nelson, both born in Mason valley. Mr. Mathews is a Republican, and fraternally is a Woodman of the World. His religious affiliations are with the Roman Catholic church, and he is justly regarded as one of the leading men of the community.
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