Mark Matthews is one of the most popular and richest War Hero who was born on August 7, 1894 in Greenville, Alabama, United States. He served early in his career in a Mexican military campaign led by John J. Pershing.
He was married to Genevieve Hill Matthews for fifty-seven years. Mrs. Matthews died in 1986, and Sgt. Matthews died of pneumonia two decades later, at the age of 111. The couple had five children and nine grandchildren.
He served as a Buffalo Soldier in a Virginia-based drum and bugle corps and, during this period, also cared for horses owned by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
