Leonard Alvin Matthews was born February 21, 1874 Osage county, Missouri and died July 1970 in Osage county, Missouri. He married Maude R. Thorpe on December 30,1900. She was born 1882. They had 6 children.
1. Ida Matthews, nothing more is known
2. Delpha L. Matthews, nothing more is known
3. Everett A. Matthews was born 1901.
4. Nellie F. Matthews was born October 14, 1902 in Osage county, Missouri and died September 13, 1904 in Osage county, Missouri.
5. Earl O. Matthews, nothing more is known
6. Nora V. Matthews, nothing more is known