Sarah (Irwin) Mattingly (abt. 1852 - abt. 1934)

Born about Dec 1852 in Charlotte, North Carolina

Wife of Cyprian Peter Mattingly — married 11 Jun 1874 in St. Joseph Church, Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky

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Biography

Sarah was born about 1852 near Charlotte, North Carolina, daughter of James Irwin, Jr.

For her time, Sarah received more education than most women, having graduated from the Nazareth Academy in Bardstown, Nelson, Kentucky, and then in 1874 graduating from Union Female College in Oxford, Mississippi.^[1] Her belief in education was to last through her life.

Shortly after her graduation, Sarah Irwin was married to Dr. Cyprian Peter Mattingly on June 11, 1874 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Bardstown.^[2]

From 1876 to 1886, Sarah established and ran a school for negro children in Bardstown. That school seems to have ended with Dr. Mattingly's death in 1886.

She passed away on January 6, 1934, in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

An obituary was published in the New York Times on July 7, 1934.

MRS. MATTINGLY, 82, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD

Headed Washington College for Women Before Turn of the Century

FORMER MAGAZINE EDITOR

Devoted Many Years to Writing on the History of Religious Orders in U.S.

Mrs. Sarah Irwin Mattingly, who was president of the Washington College for Women at Washington from 1896 to 1899, died yesterday at a hospital in Stamford, Conn., after a long illness at the age of 82 years. She was the widow of Dr. Peter Cyprian Mattingly of Bardstown, Ky., and mother of Mrs. William Brown Meloney, editor of The New York Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine.

Mrs. Mattingly is said to have been the first woman to be editor of an American publication devoted to literature and science, The Kentucky Magazine, copies of which for 1880 were on view at the recent Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. She was a frequent contributor to literary magazines and devoted many years of research to the history of religious orders in the United States.

Besides being a descendant of Colornel Robert Irwin, who served on Washington's staff during the Revolution, Mrs. Mattingly had three signers of the Mecklenberg Declaration of Independence as ancestors. She was a member of the Mary Ball Chapter, D. A. R.

Mrs. Mattingly's son, Judge Carroll Mattingly of Washington, died several years ago from injuries received in a football game during his student days at Georgetown University.^[3]

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Time Line

1870 - Education - Listed under the name of Sallie Irwin, an 18-year-old pupil in the Nazareth Academy, a boarding school operated by the Sisters of Charity in Nazareth, Nelson County, Kentucky.^[4]

1874 - Education - Graduate of Union Female College in Oxford, Mississippi.

June 11, 1874 - Marriage - Married to Dr. Cyprian Peter Mattingly at St. Joseph Church, Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky.

1880 - United States Census - C.P. Mattingly, 67, is a physician in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, when the 1880 census is enumerated. Living with him is his wife, Sallie I., 29, daughter Marie I, 1, and son, Carroll F., 4. Also with the family are Sallie's two sisters, Mary J. Irwin, 31, and Emma Irwin, 28.^[5]

December, 1891 - Residence - Washington, D.C. "Mrs. Sarah Irwin Mattingly, widow of the late Dr. C.C.[sic.] Mattingly of Kentucky, has located permanently in Washington and leased the residence 1455 Massachusetts avenue.^[6]"

July 1, 1893 - Residence - Washington, D.C. "Mrs. Sarah J. Mattingly, son and daughter and Miss Mary Irwin of this city have taken apartments at The Woodmont, 13th street and Iowa circle.^[7]"

1900 - United States Federal Census - In the 1900 federal census, Francis Mattingly, 24, is the head of household in Washington, D.C. Living with him are his mother, Sarah I. Mattingly, 48, and his sister, Marie Mattingly, 21. Also in the household is Ida M. Daly, 35, a lodger. There is no occupation shown for any of the Mattinglys. Daly is a school teacher.^[8]

February 6, 1934 - Death - Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Sources

1. ↑ Edward T. and Janet Wilson James and Paul S. Boyer, Notable American Women, 1607 - 1950 (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1971), Vol. 1: p. 525.
2. ↑ FamilySearch, "Kentucky, Marriages, 1785-1979," database, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org), C. P. Mattingly and Sallie Irvine; citing Nelson County, Kentucky, reference; FHL microfilm 1,004,531.
3. ↑ "Mrs. Mattingly, 82, Educator, is Dead," New York Times, 7 Jan 1934, online archives, p. 31.
4. ↑ 1870 U.S. census, Nelson, Kentucky, population schedule, Bardstown, p. 7, dwelling 2, family 2, Sallie Irwin; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll FHL microfilm 545,990.
5. ↑ 1880 U.S. census, Nelson, Kentucky, population schedule, Bardstown, enumeration district (ED) 205, p. 188C, C P. Mattingly; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0435.
6. ↑ "Social Matters," Evening Star, 25 Dec 1891, p. 1, col. 4; digital images, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com), historic newspapers.
7. ↑ "No title," Evening Star, 1 July 1893, p. 5, col. 3; digital images, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com), historic newspapers.
8. ↑ 1900 U.S. census, Washington, District of Columbia, population schedule, Washington City, enumeration district (ED) 12, sheet 32B, dwelling 550, family 637, Francis Mattingly; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623.