BIO:  MATTINGLY, John, s/o Henry and J. (Kidwell) Mattingly

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

MATTINGLY   KIDWELL   GOOTEE   WALKER   

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886

Daviess County, Barr Twp., page 821

JOHN MATTINGLY was born in Daviess County, Ind., in 1826, and is a son of
Henry and J. (Kidwell) Mattingly, the former born in 1804 and the latter in
1794, in Kentucky.  They grew to maturity in their native State.  After their
marriage they came to Daviess County and followed the lives of farmers.  Both
parents died in 1871.  John received a limited education, owing to the
undeveloped condition of the schools at that time, and at the age of twenty-
two began to make his own way in the world.  After living on rented farms
for about three years he purchased 145 acres of timber land, which he has
since increased to 185 acres.  In 1853 he was married to Mary A. Gootee, 
born in 1825, daughter of Silas and Barbara (Walker) Gootee.  Her father
was a native of Maryland and her mother of Kentucky.  They were married in
the mother's home State, and came to Indiana where the father farmed.  Mr.
and Mrs. Mattingly became the parents of five children:  James M., Harriet A.,
Silas H., Albert S. and William A.  The family are Catholics, and Mr.
Mattingly is a Democrat and cast his first vote for Lewis Cass, of Michigan.
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