Clark, Robert Carlton, Ph.D. "History of the Willamette Valley Oregon."  Vol. 2.
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company, 1927. p. 111.
 
J. O. MATTHIS, M. D.
 
   In this day of advancement and progress in all of the sciences, success comes
only as the result of genuine merit, a fact that is generally recognized. Among
the physicians of Salem, who have in an unmistakable manner demonstrated their
skill and efficiency in their special fields of labor, stands Dr. J. O. Matthis,
who is regarded as one of the leading anesthesia and obstetrical experts in this
section of the Willamette Valley. A native of Harrison county, Texas, he was
born on the 9th of March, 1885, and is a son of H. M. and Martha Elizabeth
(Chandler) Matthis. The mother, who was a native of Atlanta, Georgia, died in
1916. The lather, who followed the profession of teaching, came to Oregon in
later life and died here.
 
   T. O. Matthis completed the public school course and attended Willamette
University, after which he matriculated in the Memphis Hospital Medical College,
at Memphis, Tennessee, where he was graduated in 1909, prior to which time he
had served two years as interne in the General Hospital at Salem. He engaged in
the practice of his profession at Monmouth, Oregon, where he remained from 1909
to 1917, when he enlisted in the Medical Corps of the United States Army and was
stationed at Camp Lewis, Washington, where he served until January, 1918. In
November, 1918, the Doctor located in Salem, where he has been engaged in the
active practice of medicine to the present time. Though conducting a general
practice,  he specializes in anesthesia and obstetrics, in which he has gained a
high reputation and a large practice.
 
   In 1909 Dr. Matthis was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. E. Bockes, of
Amity, Oregon. She is a daughter of Louis L. and Georgeann (Lynch) Bockes, the
latter born in Maryland and the former in Pennsylvania. They came to Oregon in
May, 1894, and are now living on a farm near Amity. Dr. and Mrs. Matthis now
have three children: C. Loretta, aged seventeen years; Claude D., aged fifteen
years; and Mary Edna, aged nine. Dr. Matthis is a democrat in his political
views and served as health officer while living at Monmouth. He is a member of
the Marion County Medical Society, the Oregon State Medical Society and the
American Medical Association, and also belongs to the Salem Chamber of Commerce.
A man of high attainments and earnest purpose, he has made a marked impression
on those with whom he has come in contact and is regarded as one of the reliable
and trustworthy physicians of the community in which he lives.

     
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Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.