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Mathews-Williams Family Genealogy
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From The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress:
BATES, Edward, (brother of James Woodson Bates), a Representative from Missouri; born in Belmont, Goochland County, VA, September 4, 1793; attended Charlotte Hall Academy, Maryland; acted as sergeant in a volunteer brigade during the War of 1812; moved to St. Louis, MO, in 1814; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1817 and practiced; circuit prosecuting attorney in 1818; member of the State constitutional convention in 1820; State's attorney in 1820; member of the State house of representatives in 1822; United States District Attorney 1821-1826; elected to the Twentieth Congress (March 4, 1827 - March 3, 1829); unsuccesful candidate for reelection in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress; resumed the practice of law; member of the State senate in 1830; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1834; declined appointment as Secretary of War in 1850 in the Cabinet of President Fillmore; judge of the St. Louis land court 1853-1856; presided at the Whig National Convention in 1856; appointed by President Lincoln as Attorney General of the United States and served from March 5, 1861 to Septembr 1864; died in St. Louis, Missouri, March 25, 1869; interment in Bellefontaine Cemetery; removed from Bellefontaine Cemetery, place of reinterment not known.
Capt. Thomas Collier, served with distinction in the Revolutionary War in Braddock's Campaign. He was granted by Gov. Patrick Henry, for military services, 3,000 acres in Mason Co., KY. He had also received a grant of 282 acres in Brunswick Co., VA.