Robert
Meriwether
Matthews
Jr
Born in Fayette County, Georgia, USA
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Smith Matthews, Thomas Cleveland Matthews, Sarah Matthews, Ezekiel Alexander Matthews, Fielding Friar Matthews, Theophilus William Matthews, James Albert Matthews, William Wright Matthews and Moses Waddell Matthews
Husband of
Sarah Ann (Sheperd) Matthews
— married
13 Nov 1856 in Fayette County, Georgia
Father of
Ada Estelle Matthews, Sarah Etta Matthews, Eunice Matthews, Mary Jane Matthews, Emma Lovick Matthews, James Gray Matthews, Clifford Matthews, Leola Clifford Matthews and Arthur Lee Matthews
Died
at age 80
in Fayette County Georgia
Profile last modified
| Created 23 May 2017
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Biography
Robert Matthews, Jr was born in Fayette County Georgia. He married Sarah Ann Shephard in 1856. They had seven children. He served during the War Between the States as a commissioned officer, Georgia Militia, 495th Division, 26th district.
Sources
- "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJJ-XH6 : 7 February 2020), Robert M. Mathews and Sarah A. Shepherd, 13 Nov 1856; citing Marriage, Fayette, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 209,385.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-CZ8F : 26 July 2019), Robert Meriwether Matthews, 1911; Burial, , Fayette, Georgia, United States of America, Matthews Family Cemetery; citing record ID 9345061, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
- "United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7SM8-VWPZ : 6 September 2019), Robert M Matthews, 1861-1865.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Robert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Greg Matthews
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup I-A13863, FTDNA kit #68025
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Jessica Welton :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JessicaWelton
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Lynn Hemrick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A352940 [compare], Ancestry member lhemrick28
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A352940 [compare], FTDNA kit #B126980
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~1.56%
David Hemrick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A955088 [compare], Ancestry member lhemrick28
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Betty Hemrick :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JH7204956 [compare]
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