Lemon Lee Matthews was born in Sampson County, NC, on March 15, 1871. He was the youngest child of William Stanford Matthews and Susan Catherine James. He was reared on his father's farm in Turkey Township.
He loved knowledge for its own sake and early in life determined to make teaching his profession.
In 1907, he was elected Superintendent of Schools of Sampson County, an office that he held until his death on June 23, 1918.
For several years prior to his death, he he was an assistant teacher in the Eastern Carolina Training School at Greenville during the summer sessions.
He was a member of the Universalist Church and the Hiram Lodge No. 98, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He was also an Odd Fellow and a Pythian.
--excerpts from History of North Carolina, p. 169, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1919.
He loved knowledge for its own sake and early in life determined to make teaching his profession.
In 1907, he was elected Superintendent of Schools of Sampson County, an office that he held until his death on June 23, 1918.
For several years prior to his death, he he was an assistant teacher in the Eastern Carolina Training School at Greenville during the summer sessions.
He was a member of the Universalist Church and the Hiram Lodge No. 98, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He was also an Odd Fellow and a Pythian.
--excerpts from History of North Carolina, p. 169, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1919.
Lemon Lee Matthews was born in Sampson County, NC, on March 15, 1871. He was the youngest child of William Stanford Matthews and Susan Catherine James. He was reared on his father's farm in Turkey Township.
He loved knowledge for its own sake and early in life determined to make teaching his profession.
In 1907, he was elected Superintendent of Schools of Sampson County, an office that he held until his death on June 23, 1918.
For several years prior to his death, he he was an assistant teacher in the Eastern Carolina Training School at Greenville during the summer sessions.
He was a member of the Universalist Church and the Hiram Lodge No. 98, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He was also an Odd Fellow and a Pythian.
--excerpts from History of North Carolina, p. 169, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1919.
He loved knowledge for its own sake and early in life determined to make teaching his profession.
In 1907, he was elected Superintendent of Schools of Sampson County, an office that he held until his death on June 23, 1918.
For several years prior to his death, he he was an assistant teacher in the Eastern Carolina Training School at Greenville during the summer sessions.
He was a member of the Universalist Church and the Hiram Lodge No. 98, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He was also an Odd Fellow and a Pythian.
--excerpts from History of North Carolina, p. 169, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1919.
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