Hello William---- Again, thanks for the note about Cosmas Mattingly in the 1910 census information. Could you provide any other information about Cosmas from this census entry? Ralph In a message dated 5/16/04 5:56:58 PM, wmatting@cablenet-va.com writes: << Have been scanning the 1910 census of Missouri and found a Cosmos Mattingla, aged 78, born Kentucky, residing in Moreland, Scott County, page 96B. His wife is shown aged 80 and her named looks to me to have been Parsina, born Tennessee. That this was Cosmas Mattingly, son of Felix and Matilda Spalding Mattingly, seems certain enough although I was admittedly surprised to find him there. >>

I find myself a little confused about recent posting concerned with Cosmos Mattingly, In one place Cosmos Mattingly has been referred to as the son of Felix Mattingly and Mathilda Spalding. In another place a Cosmas Mattingly is referred to as the father of Phillip Mattingly who is identified as a black widower, with children referred to as black Later he seems to be remarried -- to a mulatto and has several mixed blood children. Were Felix Mattingly and Mathilda Spalding black?