|--------Preston MATTHEWS ( - )
                      |
           |---------Obadiah MATTHEWS ( - )
           |          |
           |          |--------RANSBIRD ( - )
           |
  |------Robert MATTHEWS (1786, Tennessee - 1870, TN)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Lydia RICHARDSON ( - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Thomas Jefferson MATTHEWS (1820 - 1875)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Leah DOBBINS (1782, Tennessee - 1863, TN)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------
                      |
                      |--------
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