. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. of the HuntsvilleWard, and as such gave the boys ofHuntsville some of their first lessonsin scout work. For twenty years hekept a barber shop in Huntsville andlater engaged in merchandising. Hehas also done considerable his life so far he has beenactive in all affairs pertaining to thewelfare of the community in whichhe resides. MATTHEWS, Percy George, Bish-op of the Evanston Ward, WoodruffStake, in Uinta Co., Wy
. Latter-day Saint biographical encyclopedia : a compilation of biographical sketches of prominent men and women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. of the HuntsvilleWard, and as such gave the boys ofHuntsville some of their first lessonsin scout work. For twenty years hekept a barber shop in Huntsville andlater engaged in merchandising. Hehas also done considerable his life so far he has beenactive in all affairs pertaining to thewelfare of the community in whichhe resides. MATTHEWS, Percy George, Bish-op of the Evanston Ward, WoodruffStake, in Uinta Co., Wyoming, wasborn May 14, 1877, at Newton Abbot,Devonshire, England, the son of Wil-liam Henry Matthews and EmilineEdmunds. His parents were convert-ed to Mormonism in England andyoung Percy at the age of seven years emigrated with his parents to Utah inthe year 1885, crossing the Atlanticon the steamship Nevada. The fam-ily located in Taylorsville, Salt LakeCo., Utah, where Percy was baptizedand confirmed in March, 1886, byElder Samuel H. Bringhurst. Fromhis early youth he was always inter-ested and active in Church matters,and soon after being ordained a Dea-. con he presided over the Deaconsquorum in Taylorsville. Up to thetime of taking up his residence inEvanston, Wyoming, in 1897, his prin-cipal work was farming and brick-making; he was also employed attimes at the smelters in Murray, Sept. 28, 1899, he married LillianL. Burdett, a native of Evanston,Wyo., James Brown, Bishop of Evan-ston Ward, officiating. Mrs. Matthewsis the daughter of James Burdett andSarah Jane Lethbridge, and was bornin Evanston, June 23, 1878, her par-ents having formerly become convertsto Mormonism in England. Bishopand Mrs. Matthews are the parentsof eleven children, namely, James Wil-liam, Gladys Alma, Sarah Emiline,Frances Lillian, Percy Lorenzo, DeliaLucille, Burdett Edmund and BernardGeorge (twins), Lamar Clarence,Grace Delores and Melvin J. In the BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA 41 spring- of
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