Levi Kingston MATTHEWS
1858 - 1927 (68 years)-
Name Levi Kingston MATTHEWS Birth 2 Dec 1858 Forsyth County, North Carolina 
Gender Male Burial Sep 1927 Walnut Cove, Forsyth County, North Carolina Death 13 Sep 1927 Germanton, Forsyth and Stokes Counties, North Carolina Person ID I12561 Marshall and Allied Families Last Modified 10 Feb 2012
Father George Staples MATTHEWS, b. 2 Jul 1834, Stokes County, North Carolina d. 24 Jul 1907, Surry County, North Carolina (Age 73 years) Mother Nancy CREWS, b. 25 Dec 1827, Stokes County, North Carolina d. 23 May 1907, Surry County, North Carolina (Age 79 years) Marriage 18 Jan 1858 , Forsyth County, North Carolina Family ID F4845 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Nannie OAKLEY Children 1. George Walter MATTHEWS, b. 31 Mar 1880 d. 22 Jan 1910, , , Phillipines (Age 29 years)+ 2. John Burrell MATTHEWS, b. 25 Aug 1881 d. 5 Nov 1959, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 78 years)3. Minnie MATTHEWS, b. 18 Oct 1883 + 4. James Levi MATTHEWS, b. 3 Oct 1885, Roanoke, Virginia d. 27 Jun 1957, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 71 years)5. Everett MATTHEWS, b. 3 Feb 1889 d. 27 Dec 1951, Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina (Age 62 years)Family ID F4854 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Jennie GORGAN Family ID F4852 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Lucinda PATTERSON Children 1. Evelyn MATTHEWS 2. Nannie MATTHEWS, b. 14 Dec 1894 + 3. Riley Kingston MATTHEWS, b. 26 May 1897, Roanoke, Virginia d. 12 Nov 1963, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 66 years)Family ID F4853 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 4 Sallie Annie MARSHALL, b. 14 May 1873, Dennis, Forsyth County, North Carolina d. 14 Feb 1929, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 55 years) Marriage 12 Jul 1904 Forsyth County, North Carolina Children 1. Lawrence Madison MATTHEWS, b. 15 Feb 1906, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina d. 17 Feb 1906, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 0 years)+ 2. Marshall Lawrence MATTHEWS, Sr., b. 15 Feb 1906, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina d. 17 Apr 1981, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 75 years)3. Franklin Vincent MATTHEWS, (Frank), b. 2 Aug 1908, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina d. 18 Dec 1957 (Age 49 years)+ 4. Sallie Louise MATTHEWS, b. 3 Mar 1911, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina d. 14 Feb 1997, Danbury, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 85 years)+ 5. Reuben Zimmerman MATTHEWS, b. 20 Nov 1913, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina d. 17 Nov 1963, Winston Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 49 years)6. Annie Elizabeth MATTHEWS Family ID F4000 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - !Marshall 0033b; Marshall 0067a, p. 1
!Marshall 0074, p. 12 & 14 - Levi was on the rail gang laying track between
Winston Salem and Roanoke in January, 1889. A gasket on a work locomotive
broke and brought work to a halt. The president of the road, Col. Frances H.
Fries half in jest turned to Levi and told him that if he could fix the gasket, he would make him the engineer of the run that would go over those tracks. Levi fixed the gasket and did become the engineer, a job he held until his retirement. (Norfolk and Western Magazine, September 15, 1976.
- !Marshall 0033b; Marshall 0067a, p. 1