Edward W Mathews

photographer: E W Mathews
Piqua, OH
example from LOST GALLERY

Edward Mathews
(1865- 1909)

1865
Ohio, 1880, 1900 US census, FindAGrave, Edward W Mathews is born to Mathews and Lydia Meredith
1870 Jun 08
Columbus, OH, US census, Edward Mathews (age 4) and mother Lydia Meredith apparently living at a boarding house
1880 Jun 10
Coshocton, OH, US census, Edward Mathews (age 14) as photographer, living with mother and stepfather John Cline
1889 May 08
Piqua (OH) Miami Helmet small item tells of improvements at Mathews studio
1891
Middletown, OH, city directory, Lawson and Matthews, photographers, 27 s Main
1891 Jun 11
Piqua (OH) Daily Call, news item tells of fire, Jun 10, at the gallery of E W Mathews
1892 Feb 02
Piqua (OH) Daily Call, ad shows the E W Mathews gallery at 420 ½ N Main
1892 May 12
Piqua (OH) Daily Call, news item showing the E w Mathews gallery at 420 ½ N Main

1892 June and July
Piqua (OH) Daily Call, newspaper similar ads run almost daily sometimes two or three to a page, for E W Mathews photographer
1897
US census 1900, date Edward Mathew and Julia A Mathews are married
1900 Jun 07
Piqua, OH, US census, Edward Mathews as photographer, res 420 ½ Main st
1902 Jul 18
Piqua (OH) Daily Call, display ad for Mathew’s Art Studio
1905 Mar 04
Piqua (OH) Daily Call, news item shows E W Mathews studio is at 420 ½ North Main
1906 Jul 23
Piqua (OH) Daily Call small ad says Mathews studio is now developing films for amateurs
1905 Mar 04
Piqua (OH) Daily Call, feature item describing the Mathews studio at 420 ½ N Main
1907 May 15
Piqua (OH) Daily Call, news notice of the death of Mrs E Cline, mother of E W Mathews
1909 May 17
Coshocton (OH) Daily Times, funeral notice for Edward W Mathews

Not much was found about the life of Edward W Mathews. The 1880 US census lists Mathews as a photographer at age 14.

It appears he had only one location most of the time, at 420 ½ North Main from about 1892 to 1905.

As did many photographers of the era, Mathews apparently worked mainly in one town, with "branch" studios in neighboring towns operated by "partners".

Middletown, OH, is just 54 miles from Piqua, OH.

The_Miami Piqua OH Helmet -
08 May 1890

Middletown, OH, city directory listing
1891

The Piqua (OH) Daily Call -
11 Jun 1891 The Piqua (OH) Daily Call -
June- July 1892
(Daily, two or three times a day)

The_Miami Piqua OH Helmet -
12 May 1892

The Piqua (OH) Daily Call -
10 Aug 1892

The Piqua OH Daily Call -
11 Jul 1902 The Piqua OH Daily Call -
18 Jul 1902

Oops.

The Piqua OH Daily Call -
04 Mar 1905

The Piqua OH Daily Call -
23 Jul 1906 The Piqua (OH) Daily Call -
15 May 1907

The Akron (OH) Beacon Journal -
16 May 1907

Coshocton (OH) Daily TImes - 17 May 1909

photographer: Lawson and Mathews
Piqua, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Lawson and Mathews
Piqua, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Lawson and Mathews
Piqua, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Lawson and Mathews
Piqua, OH
example from auction site

photographer: Lawson and Mathews
Middletown, OH
example from auction site

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