Editing Stanley Matthews (judge) (section)

==Early life and education==
Matthews was born July 21, 1824, in [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]].{{efn|The Supreme Court of Ohio & Ohio Judicial System website lists his birthplace as Lexington, Kentucky.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/MJC/places/sMatthews.asp| title=Stanley Matthews (July 21, 1824 - March 22, 1889)| website=supremecourt.ohio.gov| publisher=Supreme Court of Ohio| location=Columbus, Ohio| access-date=June 29, 2019| archive-date=May 28, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528074845/https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/MJC/places/sMatthews.asp| url-status=live}}</ref>}} He was the oldest of 11 children born to Thomas J. Matthews and Isabella Brown Matthews (his second wife).<ref name=SCJIB17892012/>

He graduated from [[Kenyon College]] in 1840. While there he met future [[president of the United States]] [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] and close friend [[John Celivergos Zachos]]. Matthews moved to his hometown Cincinnati with Zachos. Zachos and Matthews were roommates. In Cincinnati Matthews studied law under [[Salmon P. Chase]] but he moved to [[Columbia, Tennessee]], where he practiced law and edited the local newspaper from 1842 and 1844. Matthews returned to Cincinnati in 1844, and was admitted to the bar the following year.<ref name=SCJIB17892012/> In Cincinnati Matthews edited the antislavery newspaper ''[[Cincinnati Morning Herald]]'' and practiced law from 1853 to 1858.<ref name="Topping1">[https://ahepahistory.org/History-of-the-Order-of-AHEPA-1922-1972-George-Leber/docs/John-Zachos-Cincinnati-Historical-Bulletin-1976-by-Eva-Catafygiotu-Topping.pdf "Topping, Eva Catafygiotu"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831025136/https://ahepahistory.org/History-of-the-Order-of-AHEPA-1922-1972-George-Leber/docs/John-Zachos-Cincinnati-Historical-Bulletin-1976-by-Eva-Catafygiotu-Topping.pdf |date=August 31, 2021 }} ''John Zachos Cincinnatian from Constantinople'' The Cincinnati Historical Society Bulletin Volumes 33-34 Cincinnati Historical Society 1975: p. 51</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stanley Matthews |url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/matthews-stanley |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Federal Judicial Center}}</ref>

In 1849, Stanley Matthews, [[John Celivergos Zachos]], [[Ainsworth Rand Spofford]] and 9 others founded the [[Literary Club of Cincinnati]]. One year later Rutherford B. Hayes became a member. Other prominent members included future President [[William Howard Taft]] and notable club guests [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], [[Booker T. Washington]], [[Mark Twain]], [[Charles Dickens]], [[Oscar Wilde]] and [[Robert Frost]].<ref>[[#Topping1|Topping, 1975]], p. 54</ref>