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George E. Matthews
George Edward Matthews (March 17, 1855 – June 11, 1911) was president of the "J. N. Matthews Co.," which published the Buffalo Courier-Express. At the time of his death, Matthews owned the Falconwood Club in Grand Island, New York.
George Edward Matthews was born on March 17, 1855, in Westfield, New York, the son of Harriet (Wells) Matthews and James N. Matthews, an English born printer and publisher who moved to Buffalo in his youth. Matthews' residence, however, was in Buffalo for most of life. He graduated from private schools at 16. He was too young to enter college, so he started working in the office of the Commercial to understand the practical knowledge of typography. He spent two years at the Commercial and worked as a proofreader and compositor, as well as traveling. He entered Yale University at the age of eighteen, with the class of 1877. While at Yale, he was a member of the Delta Kappa Freshman Society, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and at Commencement, he received a colloquy appointment.
In 1878, a year after his graduation, his father, J. N. Matthews, bought the Buffalo Express (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, had been the co-editor of the Express from 1869 to 1871). Matthews started working on January 1, 1878, in the business office to learn the methods of the business department. He began as clerk and climbed the various steps to business manager. He also took a post graduate course in the editorial department, from telegraph editor and city editor to literary editor. Ultimately, he became treasurer of the "Matthews-Northrup Co.," printers and publishers of the Express, of which his father was the sole owner.
In 1888, after the death of his father, the firm of "George E. Matthews & Co." became the owners of the Express, and three years later, it was consolidated with the "Matthews-Northrup Works" into the "J.N. Matthews Co.," the corporation of which Matthews was president.
Matthews invented the "prism print process," a method of printing in four colors that superseded the three color process. He patented a method of indexing books and was the first Buffalo publisher to introduce linotype machines in a newspaper plant. At the time, the plant of the "J.N Matthews Co." in Buffalo was one of the largest in the entire country.
On July 12, 1887, Matthews married Mary Elizabeth Burrows of Buffalo. Together they had three children: George E. Matthews Jr.; Harriet Wells Matthews, who married J. Randall Williams, Jr. of "J. Randall Williams & Co." in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Northern Central Railway; and Burrows Matthews, publisher of the Buffalo Express and later Buffalo Courier-Express from 1911 to 1955 upon its consolidation.
Although Matthews did not hold elected office, he was a friend and supporter of President William McKinley and was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention. He was appointed by Governor Frank W. Higgins to membership in the McKinley Monument Commission, which erected a memorial in Buffalo to McKinley, who had been assassinated at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Matthews was a member of many clubs and organizations, including:
Matthews owned a country estate, called "Falconwood," in Grand Island, New York. Falconwood was the former Falconwood Club, built in 1882 and designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee, a prominent architect of the time who studied at the first school of architecture in the United States, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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George E. Matthews
George Edward Matthews (March 17, 1855 – June 11, 1911) was president of the "J. N. Matthews Co.," which published the Buffalo Courier-Express. At the time of his death, Matthews owned the Falconwood Club in Grand Island, New York.
George Edward Matthews was born on March 17, 1855, in Westfield, New York, the son of Harriet (Wells) Matthews and James N. Matthews, an English born printer and publisher who moved to Buffalo in his youth. Matthews' residence, however, was in Buffalo for most of life. He graduated from private schools at 16. He was too young to enter college, so he started working in the office of the Commercial to understand the practical knowledge of typography. He spent two years at the Commercial and worked as a proofreader and compositor, as well as traveling. He entered Yale University at the age of eighteen, with the class of 1877. While at Yale, he was a member of the Delta Kappa Freshman Society, Delta Beta Xi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and at Commencement, he received a colloquy appointment.
In 1878, a year after his graduation, his father, J. N. Matthews, bought the Buffalo Express (Samuel Langhorne Clemens, also known as Mark Twain, had been the co-editor of the Express from 1869 to 1871). Matthews started working on January 1, 1878, in the business office to learn the methods of the business department. He began as clerk and climbed the various steps to business manager. He also took a post graduate course in the editorial department, from telegraph editor and city editor to literary editor. Ultimately, he became treasurer of the "Matthews-Northrup Co.," printers and publishers of the Express, of which his father was the sole owner.
In 1888, after the death of his father, the firm of "George E. Matthews & Co." became the owners of the Express, and three years later, it was consolidated with the "Matthews-Northrup Works" into the "J.N. Matthews Co.," the corporation of which Matthews was president.
Matthews invented the "prism print process," a method of printing in four colors that superseded the three color process. He patented a method of indexing books and was the first Buffalo publisher to introduce linotype machines in a newspaper plant. At the time, the plant of the "J.N Matthews Co." in Buffalo was one of the largest in the entire country.
On July 12, 1887, Matthews married Mary Elizabeth Burrows of Buffalo. Together they had three children: George E. Matthews Jr.; Harriet Wells Matthews, who married J. Randall Williams, Jr. of "J. Randall Williams & Co." in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Northern Central Railway; and Burrows Matthews, publisher of the Buffalo Express and later Buffalo Courier-Express from 1911 to 1955 upon its consolidation.
Although Matthews did not hold elected office, he was a friend and supporter of President William McKinley and was a delegate to the 1896 Republican National Convention. He was appointed by Governor Frank W. Higgins to membership in the McKinley Monument Commission, which erected a memorial in Buffalo to McKinley, who had been assassinated at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Matthews was a member of many clubs and organizations, including:
Matthews owned a country estate, called "Falconwood," in Grand Island, New York. Falconwood was the former Falconwood Club, built in 1882 and designed by Joseph Lyman Silsbee, a prominent architect of the time who studied at the first school of architecture in the United States, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.