from The Republican (Danville, Indiana)--issue of March 24, 1892
Republican candidates for county office:
was born in Marion county near Bridgeport in 1846. When he was six years of age his parents moved to Hendricks county where the subject of this sketch has since lived. When the war began, he was too young to go with the first troops but at the age of sixteen he enlisted in the 124th regiment, Indiana volunteers and served two years. Mr. Mattern is a leading farmer and Republican of Guilford township and is well and popular known over the county. He is a member of the Friends church.