|--------Preston MATTHEWS ( - )
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           |---------Joel MATTHEWS (1755, (probably) Virginia - 1834, OH)
           |          |
           |          |--------RANSBIRD ( - )
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  |------Obadiah MATTHEWS (1787, TN - 1836, Indiana)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Patty (1757, (probably) Virginia - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Grief MATTHEWS (1829, Ohio - )
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Elizabeth ``Betsy'' GOODMAN (1785, Virginia - 1860)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------
                      |
                      |--------
Sources for this individual: father Obadiah's will; censuses; Rush Co. IN marriage book 7;