Descendants of Levi Matthews

Generation No. 1

1.  LEVI2 MATTHEWS  (WILLIAM E.1) was born Abt. 1800, and died Abt. 1838 in Wilkinson Co., GA..

He married NANCY ANN HAYS June 12, 1825 in Wilkinson Co., GA..  She was born February 25, 1803

in SC, and died June 26, 1852 in Wilkinson Co., GA..

Children of LEVI MATTHEWS and NANCY HAYS are:

2.          i.          ROMULUS WRIGHT3 MATTHEWS, b. Abt. 1829, Roberta, GA. Crawford Co.; d.Decatur CO.

        ii. REMUS HAYS MATHEWS, b. Abt. 1836.

Generation No. 2

2.  ROMULUS WRIGHT3 MATTHEWS (LEVI2, WILLIAM E.1) was born Abt. 1829 in Roberta, GA. Crawford

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

GA., daughter of WILLIAM REEVES and CAMILLA CLEVELAND.  She was born Abt. 1829 in Fayette Co.,

GA, and died in Decatur Co., GA.

Children of ROMULUS MATTHEWS and LOUISIA REEVES are:

3.            i.        REMUS HAYES4 MATTHEWS, b. January 20, 1851; d. August 28, 1917, Buried Decatur

                Co., GA, Bethal Baptist Church.

         ii. GEORGIA LEE MATTHEWS, b. 1854, GA.; d. April 29, 1860,

                Houston Co., GA..

4.          iii.        MARY E.J. MATTHEWS, b. January 14, 1860, Houston Co., GA; d.

                October 29, 1896, Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA.

         iv.            ROMULUS WRIGHT MATTHEWS, b. 1862.

Generation No. 3

3.  REMUS HAYES4 MATTHEWS (ROMULUS WRIGHT3, LEVI2, WILLIAM E.1) was born January 20, 1851, and

died August 28, 1917 in Buried Decatur Co., GA, Bethal Baptist Church.  He married LUCY FRANCES

GRIFFIN January 31, 1875 in Decatur Co., GA, daughter of BENJAMIN GRIFFIN and ELIZA HULL.  She

was born September 27, 1853 in Bainbridge, GA. Decatur Co., and died October 1938 in Buried

Decatur Co., GA, Bethal Baptist Church.

Children of REMUS MATTHEWS and LUCY GRIFFIN are:

         i. JENNIE LOU5 MATTHEWS, b. September 18, 1876; d. Infant.

5.          ii.         ALMA HAYS MATTHEWS, b. September 08, 1877, Bainbridge, GA. Decatur Co.; d.

                November 27, 1965, Decatur Co., GA.

       iii. OSCAR HORA MATTHEWS, b. January 18, 1879; d. February 1964; m. (1) ANNA

                BARFIELD; b. Abt. 1904; d. Abt. 1967; m. (2) ADA CATO, November 15, 1903,

                Decatur Co., GA; b. October 18, 1879; d. October 18, 1928.

        iv. MYRA ELOISE MATTHEWS, b. April 04, 1881; d. Abt. 1884.

         v. BEN HENRY MATTHEWS, b. July 19, 1883; d. Abt. 1972; m. KATE WYNN.6.

        vi. JAMES WRIGHT MATTHEWS, b. December 28, 1885, Decatur Co., GA; d. October 05,

                1966, Decatur Co., GA.

        vii.            ROSSIE REEVES MATTHEWS, b. July 14, 1887; d. January 20, 1968.

       viii.            ROMULUS LEE MATTHEWS, b. August 05, 1889; d. Naranja, FL.

         ix.            REMUS PAULETTE MATTHEWS, b. August 25, 1891; d. October 01, 1974; m. (1) LUCY

                NELL CLOUD; b. September 06, 1915; d. September 09, 1996; m. (2) ROBA COX; b.

                October 31, 1898; d. January 17, 1919.

          x.            ANNA MAY MATTHEWS, b. September 08, 1893; d. June 13, 1971; m. ALVA ASA ADAMS;

                b. May 22, 1893; d. November 14, 1939.

         xi.            GEORGE RUSSELL MATTHEWS, b. August 26, 1895; d. June 1969, Douglas, Wyoming; m.

                TERESA UNKNOWN.

        xii.            FRANCES BELLE MATTHEWS, b. October 01, 1898; d. December 31, 1978; m. JOSEPH

                THOMAS FLOYD; b. June 18, 1894; d. July 24, 1956.

4.  MARY E.J.4 MATTHEWS (ROMULUS WRIGHT3, LEVI2, WILLIAM E.1) was born January 14, 1860 in

Houston Co., GA, and died October 29, 1896 in Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA.  She married JAMES

R. BABBIT.

Children of MARY MATTHEWS and JAMES BABBIT are:

          i. MARY CLIFFORD5 BABBIT, b. October 15, 1887, Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA; d. May

                02, 1970, Bainbridge, Decatur Co., GA.

         ii. PIERCE BABBIT. iii.        NELL BABBIT.

Generation No. 4

5.  ALMA HAYS5 MATTHEWS (REMUS HAYES4, ROMULUS WRIGHT3, LEVI2, WILLIAM E.1) was born September

08, 1877 in Bainbridge, GA. Decatur Co., and died November 27, 1965 in Decatur Co., GA.  She

married JOHN EDWARD SHOLAR December 26, 1897 in Henry Co., AL, son of EDWARD SHOLAR and MARTHA

ANDREWS.  He was born February 17, 1868 in AL, and died March 01, 1940 in Decatur Co., GA.

Children of ALMA MATTHEWS and JOHN SHOLAR are:

          i. OSCAR M.6 SHOLAR, m. MAMIE LEE7.

         ii. MARGARET MARY SHOLAR, b. November 12, 1898, Decatur Co., GA;d. November 30,

                1944, Topeka, KS.

        iii. DEE DEE SHOLAR.

8.           iv.        FRANCES EVA SHOLAR, b. December 16, 1916; d. October 11, 1962.

          v.            ROLAND SHOLAR, m. AGNES MARTIN, November 01, 1923, Decatur Co., GA.

         vi.            ROSCOE SHOLAR.          vii.        MELVIN SHOLAR.

6.  JAMES WRIGHT5 MATTHEWS (REMUS HAYES4, ROMULUS WRIGHT3, LEVI2, WILLIAM E.1) was born

December 28, 1885 in Decatur Co., GA, and died October 05, 1966 in Decatur Co., GA.  He married

GILBERT DEE NICHOLS December 10, 1926 in Decatur Co., GA, daughter of EARLY NICHOLS and BRIDGET

COX.     Children of JAMES MATTHEWS and GILBERT NICHOLS are:

          i. OSCAR HAYES6 MATTHEWS.

9.           ii.        JAMES WILLIS MATTHEWS

        iii. JULIA MAE MATTHEWS

         iv.            REMUS EARL MATTHEWS m. WANDA BARBER

          v.            SIDNEY MAURICEM MATTHEWS m. BERNETT GRINER

         vi.            RALPH DOUGLAS MATTHEWS m. ELVERA JOHNSON

 Generation No.5

7.  MARGARET MARY6 SHOLAR (ALMA HAYS5 MATTHEWS, REMUS HAYES4, ROMULUS WRIGHT3, LEVI2, WILLIAM E.

1) was born November 12, 1898 in Decatur Co., GA, and died November 30, 1944 in Topeka, KS.

She married GEORGE GUYTON CARTER November 25, 1913 in Decatur County GA, son of GEORGE CARTER

and ELAFAIN DUNN.  He was born October 16, 1889 in Colquitt, GA. Miller Co., and died February

18, 1968 in Colquitt, GA Miller Co. Bellview Cemetary.

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