Willard S. Mattox (1871-1920) was born in Ohio and died in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati and, like his father before him, became active in newspaper work. In 1897 he became a correspondent for an iron industry newspaper, as well as the European representative for one of the largest iron, coal, and coke firms in the United States. Mattox returned to the U.S. the following year, working as a reporter for the Hearst newspapers in New York. During this time he became interested in Christian Science, as his mother, Frances "Fannie" S. Mattox (b. Stoms), was healed using Christian Science treatment through prayer. She later became a Christian Science practitioner. After his mother had done so on June 4, 1898, Mattox joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 3, 1899, and he was elected an Executive Member of the church on March 30, 1900.
He served as Committee on Publication for New York from April 1900 to May 1901 and was a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York. In 1902 he took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball in the Board of Education of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. That year he served as First Reader at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ithaca, New York. In 1904, while he was living in Hartford, Connecticut, Mattox became a member of the General Association of Teachers. In 1906 he was called from Hartford to Boston to serve as Assistant to the Manager of the Committees on Publication, later serving as Associate Manager of the General Committee on Publication until 1917. In this capacity, he was particularly active in connection with legislative work, and he also assisted in preparing Sybil Wilbur's The Life of Mary Baker Eddy (1908) for publication. Sometime between 1907 and 1910 he moved to Brookline, Massachusetts. Mattox was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher in Boston in 1915 and in Brookline from 1916 to 1917.
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Willard S. Mattox (1871-1920) was born in Ohio and died in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati and, like his father before him, became active in newspaper work. In 1897 he became a correspondent for an iron industry newspaper, as well as the European representative for one of the largest iron, coal, and coke firms in the United States. Mattox returned to the U.S. the following year, working as a reporter for the Hearst newspapers in New York. During this time he became interested in Christian Science, as his mother, Frances "Fannie" S. Mattox (b. Stoms), was healed using Christian Science treatment through prayer. She later became a Christian Science practitioner. After his mother had done so on June 4, 1898, Mattox joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 3, 1899, and he was elected an Executive Member of the church on March 30, 1900.
He served as Committee on Publication for New York from April 1900 to May 1901 and was a member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York, New York. In 1902 he took the Normal class taught by Edward A. Kimball in the Board of Education of the First Church of Christ, Scientist. That year he served as First Reader at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Ithaca, New York. In 1904, while he was living in Hartford, Connecticut, Mattox became a member of the General Association of Teachers. In 1906 he was called from Hartford to Boston to serve as Assistant to the Manager of the Committees on Publication, later serving as Associate Manager of the General Committee on Publication until 1917. In this capacity, he was particularly active in connection with legislative work, and he also assisted in preparing Sybil Wilbur's The Life of Mary Baker Eddy (1908) for publication. Sometime between 1907 and 1910 he moved to Brookline, Massachusetts. Mattox was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science teacher in Boston in 1915 and in Brookline from 1916 to 1917.
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