Biography

09/13/1850 - 12/15/1906

Myron Matson (R25) McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, 1900-1906

Early Life:

Myron Matson, born September 13, 1850, Rushford, Allegheny County, New York; son of Riley Mae and Susan Matson; age of four years his parents moved to Franklinville, Cattaraugus County, New York; educated, common schools, Cattaraugus County, New York; Tenbrook Academy, Franklinville, New York; moved, Tidioute, Warren County, Pennsylvania, 1870; married, Bertha A. Mathew Matson, 1882, children, Calvin Matson Bruce H. Matson; engaged, oil business, holding interests in various oil fields throughout Pennsylvania and West Virginia; president, Victor Oil Company, Matson Oil Company, interests Devonlan Oil Company; engaged mining, interests Inca Mining Company, Peru, South America, Bradford Alaska Mining Company, Alaska; director, Bradford Commercial National Bank; delegate, Republican, McKean County, Pennsylvania State Conventions; chairman, Republican County Committee of McKean County, 1898, 1902; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1900-1906; died, December 15, 1906, in office, at his home, (aged 56) Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania; interment, Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Delegate, Republican, McKean County, Pennsylvania State Conventions.

Chairman, Republican County Committee of McKean County, 1898, 1902.

Elected, Republican, 25th district, McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties, 1900-1906; committee assignments, Appropriations, Corporations, Exposition Affairs, Game and Fisheries, Legislative Apportionment, Mines and Mining, Municipal Affairs (Chairman).

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members M". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1905) Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Miller, H.P. (Assistant Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 986, 992-995, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 961.

Senator Myron Matson (1850-1906) - Find a Grave Memorial