Edward C. Matthews, b: -

^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}
^{1973 US launches Skylab space station}
^{1981 Columbia is first space shuttle}
^{1991 Persian Gulf War}

^{1914 - 1918 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}

^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}



		^{Clarence Edward Matthews}^{b.1895 d.1946 Vernon Co MO (Flat Roc}

	^{Edward C. Matthews}^{b. d.}		^{John J. Brown}^{b.1874 St. Clair Co MO d.1950 Vernon Co MO (Lefler ce}

		^Eula Brown^{b. d.}	^{Mary Ellen Whitley}^{b.1881 St Clair Co MO d.1957 Vernon Co MO (Greenmo}

^{Matt Edward Matthews}^{b. d.}



	^{Carol Powell}^{b. d.}