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.

Early life 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. who married J. Randall Williams, Jr. of "J. Randall Williams & Co." in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Northern Central Railway; and Burrows Matthews,

Death Matthews died at his Grand Island home on June 11, 1911, from heart disease, which he had been suffering from for several years. Matthews, who was one of Buffalo's most prominent printers, was for several years president of the Typothetae of the City of Buffalo and of the "Buffalo Newspaper Publishers Association." He was also a part owner in the Buffalo Printing Ink Works.

The honorary pall bearers at the very large funeral at Falconwood included Buffalo publishers and personal friends of Matthews. They were: Edward H. Butler, William J. Conners, Norman E. Mack, Justice Charles Barker Wheeler, Stephen Merrell Clement, Robert B. Adam, William A. Douglas, Edward Michael Loran, J. Lewis, Jr., George R. Howard, George R. Teller, Herman E. Hayd, William B. Hoyt, Arthur D. Bissell, E. H. Hutchinson, George K. Birge, James G. Warren, T. Guilford Smith, George Urban Jr., Frederick L. Pratt, George Bleistein, and Frank B. Baird. The department heads in the "J.N. Matthews Co." constituted the active bearers, including: Leonard W. Wilgus, John F. Koine, Charles H. Thomas, Herman Gentsch, George Smyth, Merton Wiiner, Andrew J. Clerum, Frank L. Hayes, Frederick W. Kendall, William H. Johnson, George E. Williams, Herman H. Graham, Arthur H. Kennett, George Turner, Carl K. Friedman, and John Fisher. Matthews was interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.