> Subject: Re: [MATTINGLY] Henry Matney/Mattingly > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 18:10:46 -0400 > From: "William R. Mattingly" <wmatting@cablenet-va.com> > To: MATTINGLY-L@rootsweb.com > > Henry Mattingly was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his valor > in combat in the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia in 1864 as a part of the Union > forces. He is shown in Hardin County on the 1880 census with wife named > Manda (likely a nickname). All sources do not show the children named > Thomas Green or Ellen (Thomas does not appear with the family on the 1870 > census of St. Mary's, Marion County, Kentucky). It is possible that they > died young as they do not appear on the census. One source shows the child > named Amelda, as Amanda Benedict. Could she have become a Nun and used this > name? Re: J. R. Powell. The Marriage Index shows his wedding as 4-8-1867. > > Son of Ignatius Mattingly and Eliza Madden. If Amanda or Amelda was listed with the family on the census. then she was not in a convent. Once young women entered the convent, they did not live at home anymore. Fr. Blaine