Registered for the World War I draft on September 12, 1918 and Washington County, Kentucky and stated his full name and date of birth as 6-4-1881. He said he lived at RFD 3, Lebanon, and was a farmer married to Mary Leona Mattingly. He could not write so signed his name with the mark of "X". He described himself as being of medium height and built with brown eyes and that he was bald.

His World War II draft records shows him born 6-4-1881. I don't know which year is correct but his headstone also shows 1881.

The Kentucky Standard, Bardstown, KY, Thursday, Dec. 15, 1966:

RETIRED FARMER, F. H. MATTINGLY, LORETTO, DIES - Francis Henry Mattingly, 85, retired farmer, of Loretto, died at 7:15 P.M., Friday, December 9, at Mary Immaculate Hospital, Lebanon. He had been ill about 6 months. A native of Marion County, he was the son of the late John B. and Mary Ella (s/b Laura Ann) Alvey Mattingly. Twice married, Mr. Mattingly's first wife, Leona Mattingly, died a number of years ago. His wife, Mrs. Effie Lee Mattingly, survives. He was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Church, at St. Francis. Other survivors besides the wife, are four daughters and three sons of the first marriage: Mrs. Gertrude Smalley, Ft. Thomas; Mrs. Mae Baker, Newport; Mrs. Marie Sallee, Elmwood, Ohio; Mrs. Genevieve Brockman, Lebanon; Albert Mattingly, Bloomington, ILL.; Bennie Mattingly, Loretto; William Mattingly, Newport; two sons and two daughters of the second marriage, Herbert Lee Mattingly, Raywick; Mary Ella, Charlotte Ann and Charles Mattingly, all at home; one brother, Owen Mattingly, St. Francis. Funeral services were held Monday, at 10:30 A.M. at St. Francis of Assisi Church, St. Francis. Rev. William A. Spalding, pastor, was celebrant of the Requiem Mass. Interment was in the church cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were David Brockman, William Brockman, Steve Brockman, Kenneth Mattingly, Danny Mattingly and Donald Baker. The body was at Mattingly Funeral Home, at Loretto.
Abstracted by Dolores Bohn