Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed., 1886. Barren County. JOSEPH W. MATTHEWS, son of Allen and Lucy Jane (Browning) Matthews, was born near Glasgow, May 8, 1851. His parents were also born and reared in Glasgow, and had a family of three sons and two daughters, four of whom lived to be grown. Allen Matthews was a miller and farmer, and died in 1870, at the age of fifty-seven years. His father, James Matthews, was born and reared in Barren County, Ky; he was an extensive farmer and slave holder, and married Elizabeth Strawther, who was a native of Virginia. James Matthews' father was born and reared in Scotland; was one of the first settlers of Barren County, and named Glasgow after his native city in Scotland. Mrs. Lucy Jane Matthews was a daughter of Samuel Browning, who was born and reared in Virginia; he was a farmer and slave owner, and married Patsy Ubank (sic-Eubank), of Virginia. Joseph W. was reared on a farm, and remained with his mother until her death in 1877. May 2, 1874, he married Lucy E. Waller, of Barren County, who bore him seven children, six of whom are living: Daisy, Wilton, Batley, Willis F., Dollia Agnes and Earnest Lafayette. Mrs. Matthews is the daughter of William E. and Sarah (Johnson) Waller, who were born and reared in Kentucky. After marriage Mr. Matthews located on the old homestead six miles south of Glasgow; in April, 1881, he located at Glasgow Junction, where he started a gristmill. In politics he is a Democrat, and cast his first presentential [sic] vote for Greeley. He is a member of the Baptist, and his wife of the Christian Church. Matthews Browning Eubank Johnson Stawther Ubank Waller = Glasgow-Scotland VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/barren/matthews.jw.txt