Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

C. S. MATHEW, M. D., Newmansville; is a native of Menard 
Co., Ill.; born Feb. 25, 1851; son of Lewis C. and Rebecca 
(Conyers) Mathew. Lewis C. Mathew, subject's father, a 
native of Indiana, and a farmer by occupation, was born 
Nov. 28, 1820, and died Jan. 14, 1863; his wife a native of 
Kentucky, was born Aug. 18, 1825. Our subject pursued the 
study of his profession in the medical department of the 
University of Ann Arbor, Mich., two years, and at the 
medical college of Cincinnati, Ohio, one year; practiced 
medicine in connection with Dr. Houghton of Mason County, 
Ill., for a time; received his diploma in 1879. and located 
at Newmansville, where he has built up an extensive and 
rapidly increasing practice. The Doctor is a Democrat; he 
is a member of the Masonic lodge at Petersburg, Menard 
County, Ill.

Mathew Conyers Houghton 
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Menard-IL IN KY MI OH Mason-IL