Amanda Alice Mattingly
1880 - 1935 (54 years)
Generation: 1
1. Amanda Alice Mattingly was born on 13 Apr 1880 in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky (daughter of Henry Bruce Mattingly and Amy Sweet); died on 13 Feb 1935 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. Notes:
Mrs. Amanda Hedges
LaBelle, Feb. 15. – (Special.) – Mrs. Amanda Alice Hedge, wife of R.V. Hedges, died Wednesday in the Lee Memorial hospital in Fort Myers after undergoing an operation. Surviving are her husband, R.V. Hedges; two daughters, Mary Alice Booth and Barbara Lee Hedges; four grandchildren of LaBelle; her mother, Amy Lyons, a brother, Robert L. Mattingly, and a half brother, Frank Lyons, all of Maysville, Ky.
The Tampa Tribune, Tampa, Florida. Saturday, 18 February 1935.
Birth:
MHR had birth date as 1882. 1900 US census gives birth date as April 1882
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41273542/amanda-alice-hedgesAmanda married Robert Valentine Hedges in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky. Robert (son of Thomas Edgar Hedges and Loretta Fenton McClure) was born on 9 Oct 1880 in Mason County, Kentucky; died in Mar 1948 in LaBelle, Hendry County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Barbara Lee Hedges was born on 28 Aug 1921 in LaBelle, Henry County, Florida; died on 18 Oct 2013 in Florida; was buried on 23 Oct 2013 in LaBelle, Henry County, Florida.
2. Henry Bruce Mattingly was born on 31 Mar 1841 in Kentucky; died on 24 Feb 1887 in West Louisville, Daviess County, Kentucky; was buried in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1880, Mount Carmel, Fleming County, Kentucky
Notes:
LKH note:
Dates and the reported age of 30 do not agree with dates on Henry Mattingly's headstone. However, Amy (Sweet) Mattingly was his wife, so that points to timing of his death.
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Death of Henry Mattingly.
Mr. Henry B. Mattingly died at the residence of his brother-in-law, Henry Burch, at West Louisville, yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, of typhoid fever. He was ill less than three weeks. He was about 30 years old. He was a very popular young man, and the death of no one in that community would have caused more universal sorrow.
The Owensboro Messenger, Owensboro, Kentucky. Thursday, 17 February 1887.
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H.B. Mattingly Dead.
Owensboro, Ky., Feb. 18 - (Special) - H.B. Mattingly, a prominent citizen of West Louisville, died this morning, aged thirty.
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Mrs. Amy Mattingly has been qualified as administratrix of Henry Mattingly, with Samuel Sweet as surety.
The Evening Bulletin, Mayeville, Kentucky. Friday, 25 March 1887.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116403791/henry-bruce-mattingly
Mason Co. Section 9, lot 2Henry married Amy Sweet in 1875. Amy was born on 9 Jun 1854 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 7 Feb 1941 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Amy Sweet was born on 9 Jun 1854 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 7 Feb 1941 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. Notes:
Amy Sweeet was born June 9, 1854, in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky, the daughter of Samuel "Sam" and Minerva (Story) Sweet.
Amy first married Charles "Henry" Mattingly on February 18, 1875, in Mason County, Kentucky. Henry was born March 31, 1841, in Mason County, Kentucky, the son of Frederick M. and Miranda Mattingly. Amy and Henry had the following known children:
1. Robert Lee Mattingly (1875-1959)
2. Annie Mary Mattingly (ca. 1879-bef. 1941)
3. Amanda Alice (Mattingly) Hedges (1880-1935)
Henry died February 24, 1887, in Kentucky. Amy then married Bruce T. Lyons in 1891. Bruce was born December 31, 1852, in Hillsboro, Fleming County, Kentucky, the son of Samuel Bruce and Martha Ann Lyons. Amy and Bruce had the following known children:
4. William Frank Lyons (1893-1969)
Bruce died July 24, 1915, in Mason County, Kentucky. Amy died February 7, 1941, in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116403791/henry-bruce-mattinglyChildren:
- Robert Lee Mattingly was born on 19 Dec 1875 in Mason County, Kentucky; died on 22 Nov 1959 in Mason County, Kentucky; was buried in Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky.
- Mary Anna Mattingly was born in Feb 1879 in Kentucky; died before 1920.
- 1. Amanda Alice Mattingly was born on 13 Apr 1880 in Plumville, Mason County, Kentucky; died on 13 Feb 1935 in Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida; was buried in Fort Myers Cemetery, Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida.