Rufus Howard Matthews, b: 1916 - Tazewell Co., Virginia

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1919 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


		^{Jonathan Lewis Matthews}^{b.1851 Carroll, Virginia d.1928 Thompson Valley, Virginia}

	^{Walter Doak Matthews}^b.1882 d.	^{Virginia Caroline Spence}^{b.1855 Tazewell Co., Virginia d.1886 Thompson Valley, Virginia}

^{Rufus Howard Matthews}^{b.1916 Tazewell Co., Virginia d.1991}		^{John B. Witten}^{b. d.}

	^{Bessie Rose Witten}^{b. d.}	^Vicie^{b. d.}





^{Sibyl Hawkins}^{b. d.}