Brief Life History of William B
When William B Mattingly was born about 1829, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, his father, Zachariah Mattingly, was 29 and his mother, Catherine Knott, was 27. He married Susan Mary Worland on 10 January 1852, in Washington, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.
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- William B Mattingly, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Mattingley in Hampshire, named inOld English as Mattinglēah ‘woodland clearing(lēah) associated with (-inga) a man calledMatta’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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