Well I don't know about rewriting history but a better understanding of it would be something I'd love to achieve. William C. and Teresa did have a son named Charles William and so far as I can tell this son did marry a girl named Nancy but I have never been able to find her maiden name. They were married about 1866 and had at least six children. That this Nancy was a daughter of Martin Monarch might very well be true. I haven't looked closely at this line except to note that I see no presence in Union County from 1820 through 1850. Charles William Mattingly and Nancy (I carry Unknown) did name a son William Martin on 2-20-1874. I know of at least one Martin Monarch, son of Thomas Monarch and Susanna Davis (Both Thomas and Susanna had Mattingly mothers) but have not traced this Martin. He was born about 1840 so was not likely the father of the Nancy we're discussing. On James Alen; I think he married 1st, Martha Smith who bore him 4 children. In 1895, he married Ruhama Mills, but I haven't found any children by her. Some of the notes I have in my files are as follows and perhaps they'll either help or hinder. Not sure which. "There is a record of William Mattingly and Trecy Gertin getting married on 9-30-1827 in Gallatin County, Illinois. His land in Kentucky was at Claybeatte Springs, on the line between Union and Webster Counties and was called "Gertin Land". He must have come to own the land through Teresa's family. Many sources show most, and sometimes all, of his children as born in Union County but Church records do not support this claim. On the census of 1850, he and his wife appear with seven children in Union County. He and family were in Morganfield, Union County in 1860 with five children at home: Leonard 15, Nancy 17, William 12, Martin 8, and Thomas 5. The Union County census of 1870 shows William as 63 years old and his wife as Irena, age 59. Two children are in the home: Martin 18; and Thomas J. 15. William is buried in what used to be called St. Vincent Cemetery, now Waverly." "In the name of God, amen. I William C. Mattingly of Union County in the State of Kentucky being sick but of sound mind and disposing memory make this, my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other or former wills. I wish after my death that my wife Teresa have my farm & all my property to use as she pleases as long as she lives for the support of herself and my son, Thomas. After the death of my wife I wish all my property sold, including my land. Out of the proceeds of the sale I want Thomas to have one thousand dollars to be put out at interest by a trustee hereafter appointed for his use. At his death the amount not used for his benefit during his lifetime is to revert back to my heirs at law. I also will my son Thomas the cash notes that I now have on hand to be used by said trustee with and as the $1,000 is directed to be done and to revert at his death in the same way to my heirs, these notes are also to be subject to my wife's control & use if she should need it during her life. I hereby appoint Robert A. Spalding Executor of this my last will and also trustee for my son Thomas and authorize him to sell my land & the coal privilege which I have under the Girtin land and to convey the title to the purchaser. Out of the notes now due me I want my debts paid which are few. Witness my hand this 6th day November 1875." William C. X Mattingly His Mark" Transcribed by Judith Burger. (Will was recorded in Morganfield, Ky. on April 3, 1876.) NOTE ON THOMAS: "Family story on Tom, is that he was normal in every respect except that his legs did not develop. In his will, William C. left most all of his property to his wife, Teresa and the son, Tom. It may be that Tom never married at all. On the Union County census of 1900, he was residing with his mother and shown as a farm hand, age 48. This would put his birth in 1852, not 1855."