Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Tombstone Tuesday: Wilson and Melvina Mattingly


Joseph James Wilson Mattingly
son of James Edward and Cecelia Ann "Sally" (Cusick) Mattingly
JOSEPH W.
MATTINGLY
Born
Feb. 14, 1832
Died
Mar. 13, 1914
He was a kind
and loving father

*Note: Dates are incorrect on stone. Baptized Joseph James Wilson Mattingly, 8-17-1838, by Rev. Vitalis Giles at St. Charles Catholic Church. Age 9 months. Sponsor, Weekly Mattingly (aunt). Parents, James Mattingly & Sylby Cussik (Cusick). Death certificate gives birth as "January 1832" and a death date of "March 18, 1914". Most researchers agree that the correct date of birth is December 8, 1837.   

Susan Melvina (Tucker) Mattingly
daughter of William Raphael and Elizabeth Maria (Brady) Tucker

MELVINA
wife of
J. W. MATTINGLY
Born
Jul. 10, 1830
Died
Oct. 21, 1899
She was a tender mother
and an affectionate wife.

Wilson and Melvina are buried in Calvert City Cemetery in Calvert City, Marshall Co., Kentucky. They are the paternal great, great grandparents of my husband Mike.  

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