|--------
                      |
           |---------Malachi COOPER ( - )
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------James COOPER (1785, S. Carolina - 1858, Kentucky)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Anna WILKERSON ( - )
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Ezekiel M. COOPER (1811, Kentucky - )
  |
  |                   |--------Preston MATTHEWS ( - )
  |                   |
  |        |---------Joel MATTHEWS (1755, (probably) Virginia - 1834, OH)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------RANSBIRD ( - )
  |        |
  |------Lucy MATTHEWS (1783, TN - 1850)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Patty (1757, (probably) Virginia - )
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                      |--------
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