MATHEWS, MARY H. PIERSON (1849~1940) Mary H. Pierson Mathews was born on April 17, 1849 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama to James Pierson and Nancy Talford. Due to her husband fighting for the Confederacy, Mrs. Mathews was allowed to live in the Confederate Women's Home in Ausitn, Texas. Mrs. Mathews was living in the Home at the time of her death on March 3, 1940. She was buried in the Texas State Cemetery two days later.