Descendants of Levi Matthews

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Generation No. 1

1.  LEVI1 MATTHEWS died Abt. 1838 in Crawford Co., GA..

He married NANCY ANN HAYS June 12, 1825 in Wilkinson Co.,

GA..

Children of LEVI MATTHEWS and NANCY HAYS are:

            i.           REMUS2 MATHEWS.

2.          ii.          ROMULUS WRIGHT MATTHEWS, b. Abt. 1829,

Roberta, GA. Crawford Co.; d. Buried Decatur Co., GA.

Generation No. 2

2.  ROMULUS WRIGHT2 MATTHEWS (LEVI1) was born Abt. 1829

in Roberta, GA. Crawford Co., and died in Buried Decatur

Co., GA.  He married LOUISIA REEVES September 26, 1849 in Crawford Co., GA.,

daughter of WILLIAM REEVES and MILLIE CLEVELAND.

Children of ROMULUS MATTHEWS and LOUISIA REEVES are:

3.          i.           REMUS HAYES3 MATTHEWS, b. 1851; d. Buried

Decatur Co., GA, Bethal Baptist Church.

            ii.          GEORGIA LEE MATTHEWS, b. 1854, GA.;

d. April 29, 1860, Houston Co., GA..

            iii.         MARY MATTHEWS, b. 1860.

            iv.         WRIGHT MATTHEWS, b. 1864.

Generation No. 3

3.  REMUS HAYES3 MATTHEWS (ROMULUS WRIGHT2, LEVI1) was

born 1851, and died in Buried Decatur Co., GA, Bethal

Baptist Church.  He married FRANCES LUCY GRIFFIN

January 31, 1875 in Decatur Co., GA, daughter of

BENJAMIN GRIFFIN and ELIZA HULL.

Children of REMUS MATTHEWS and FRANCES GRIFFIN are:

            i.           JENNIE LOU4 MATTHEWS, b. September 18,

1876.

4.          ii.          ALMA HAYS MATTHEWS, b. September 08,

1877, Bainbridge, GA. Decatur Co.; d. November 27, 1965.

            iii.         OSCAR HORA MATTHEWS, b. January 18, 1879.

            iv.         MYRA ELOISE MATTHEWS, b. April 04, 1881.

            v.          BEN HENRY MATTHEWS, b. July 19, 1883.

5.          vi.         JAMES WRIGHT MATTHEWS, b. December 28,

1885; d. October 05, 1966, Bethany Baptist Church,

Decatur, GA.

            vii.        ROSSIE REEVES MATTHEWS, b. July 14, 1887.

            viii.        ROMULUS LEE MATTHEWS, b. August 04, 1889.

            ix.         REMUS PAILETTE MATTHEWS, b. August 25,

1891.

            x.          ANNA MAY MATTHEWS, b. September 08, 1893.

            xi.         GEORGE RUSSELL MATTHEWS, b. August 26, 1895.

            xii.         FRANCES BELLE MATTHEWS, b. October 01, 1898.

Generation No. 4

4.  ALMA HAYS4 MATTHEWS (REMUS HAYES3, ROMULUS WRIGHT2,

LEVI1) was born September 08, 1877 in Bainbridge, GA.

Decatur Co., and died November 27, 1965.  She married

JOHN EDWARD SHOLAR Abt. 1865, son of EDWARD SHOLAR and

MARTHA ANDREWS.

Children of ALMA MATTHEWS and JOHN SHOLAR are:

            i.           DEE DEE5 SHOLAR.

            ii.          FRANCES SHOLAR.

            iii.         ROLAND SHOLAR.

            iv.         ROSCOE SHOLAR.

            v.          MELVIN SHOLAR.

            vi.         MARGARET MARY SHOLAR, b. November 12,

1898, Decatur Co., GA; d. November 30, 1944, Topeka, KS;

m. GEORGE GUYTON CARTER, November 24, 1913.

5.  JAMES WRIGHT4 MATTHEWS (REMUS HAYES3, ROMULUS WRIGHT2,

LEVI1) was born December 28, 1885, and died October 05,

1966 in Bethany Baptist Church, Decatur, GA.  He married

GILBERT DEE NICHOLS.

Children of JAMES MATTHEWS and GILBERT NICHOLS are:

            i.           OSCAR HAYES5 MATTHEWS.

            ii.          JAMES WILLIS MATTHEWS

            iii.         JULIA MAE MATTHEWS

            iv.         REMUS EARL MATTHEWS

            v.          SIDNEY MAURICEM MATTHEWSBERNETT GRINER

            vi.         RALPH DOUGLAS MATTHEWS