Highly opinionated and quite vocal, she was married to two prominent settlers, Dr. Johnston Lykins and artist George Bingham. As a southern sympathizer, she was sent away from Kansas City during the Civil War. Through it all, she retained her frank personality, dignity and sympathetic nature.
Mattie Livingston, related to a signer of the Declaration of Independence and General Stonewall Jackson, was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Her family moved to Lexington, Missouri in 1850. One year later she married widower Johnston Lykins, one of Kansas City's founders and an early mayor. The couple proudly sympathized with the south during the Civil War and Mattie was caught in the midst of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence while nursing a stepson there, returning unharmed. Shortly after, the couple was forced to leave the Kansas City under Order Number Eleven.
The Lykinses returned to Kansas City after the war, where Mattie became involved in helping charitable organizations. Never having children of her own, she focused on raising money for the Widows' and Orphans' Home for Confederate dead, a charity she helped found in 1866. The home stood on 40 acres at 32nd and Locust Streets.
Two years after the death of Dr. Lykins in 1876, Mattie became the third wife of artist George Caleb Bingham, a close friend of her first husband. Sadly, he died just one year after the marriage. After his death, Mattie continued to live with her stepson, Rollins Bingham. She was known for her business capability as one of the founders of the woman's exchange, for her strong mind and for the strength of her intellect.
Mattie Lykins Bingham died after surgery for a stomach tumor that had affected her health for many years. Her obituary stated, "Indeed, throughout her life she was a woman wholly without fear, and under the most trying circumstances she maintained a quiet and dignified reserve."
Written by Susan Jezak Ford
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Lexington Intelligencer, September 27, 1890
[Lexington, Mo.]
THE TOMB
Died---In the Washington hotel, Kansas City, Sept. 20, Mrs. Martha Bingham, aged 67 years.
Mrs. Bingham was born in Shelbyville, Ky., January 24, 1824. She went to Kansas City in 1851 as the wife of Dr. Johnson Lykins, her home having been in this city. Dr. Lykins died, aged 77, in 1866, and two years later his widow married General George C. Bingham, formerly adjutant general of the state, and wifely known as "The Missouri Artist," and some years ago as the professor of art in the Missouri University. He died in 1879. Mrs. Bingham's death resulted from stomach troubles, the direct cause being a tumor which was removed by a difficult operator on Tuesday. She left no children, but a step-son, Rollins Bingham, survives her. Her remains were interred in the Union cemetery, in Kansas City, between graves of General Bingham and Dr. Lykins.
News article provided by Find a Grave member 47526185, 6/16/2016
Mattie Livingston, related to a signer of the Declaration of Independence and General Stonewall Jackson, was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Her family moved to Lexington, Missouri in 1850. One year later she married widower Johnston Lykins, one of Kansas City's founders and an early mayor. The couple proudly sympathized with the south during the Civil War and Mattie was caught in the midst of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence while nursing a stepson there, returning unharmed. Shortly after, the couple was forced to leave the Kansas City under Order Number Eleven.
The Lykinses returned to Kansas City after the war, where Mattie became involved in helping charitable organizations. Never having children of her own, she focused on raising money for the Widows' and Orphans' Home for Confederate dead, a charity she helped found in 1866. The home stood on 40 acres at 32nd and Locust Streets.
Two years after the death of Dr. Lykins in 1876, Mattie became the third wife of artist George Caleb Bingham, a close friend of her first husband. Sadly, he died just one year after the marriage. After his death, Mattie continued to live with her stepson, Rollins Bingham. She was known for her business capability as one of the founders of the woman's exchange, for her strong mind and for the strength of her intellect.
Mattie Lykins Bingham died after surgery for a stomach tumor that had affected her health for many years. Her obituary stated, "Indeed, throughout her life she was a woman wholly without fear, and under the most trying circumstances she maintained a quiet and dignified reserve."
Written by Susan Jezak Ford
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Lexington Intelligencer, September 27, 1890
[Lexington, Mo.]
THE TOMB
Died---In the Washington hotel, Kansas City, Sept. 20, Mrs. Martha Bingham, aged 67 years.
Mrs. Bingham was born in Shelbyville, Ky., January 24, 1824. She went to Kansas City in 1851 as the wife of Dr. Johnson Lykins, her home having been in this city. Dr. Lykins died, aged 77, in 1866, and two years later his widow married General George C. Bingham, formerly adjutant general of the state, and wifely known as "The Missouri Artist," and some years ago as the professor of art in the Missouri University. He died in 1879. Mrs. Bingham's death resulted from stomach troubles, the direct cause being a tumor which was removed by a difficult operator on Tuesday. She left no children, but a step-son, Rollins Bingham, survives her. Her remains were interred in the Union cemetery, in Kansas City, between graves of General Bingham and Dr. Lykins.
News article provided by Find a Grave member 47526185, 6/16/2016
Highly opinionated and quite vocal, she was married to two prominent settlers, Dr. Johnston Lykins and artist George Bingham. As a southern sympathizer, she was sent away from Kansas City during the Civil War. Through it all, she retained her frank personality, dignity and sympathetic nature.
Mattie Livingston, related to a signer of the Declaration of Independence and General Stonewall Jackson, was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Her family moved to Lexington, Missouri in 1850. One year later she married widower Johnston Lykins, one of Kansas City's founders and an early mayor. The couple proudly sympathized with the south during the Civil War and Mattie was caught in the midst of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence while nursing a stepson there, returning unharmed. Shortly after, the couple was forced to leave the Kansas City under Order Number Eleven.
The Lykinses returned to Kansas City after the war, where Mattie became involved in helping charitable organizations. Never having children of her own, she focused on raising money for the Widows' and Orphans' Home for Confederate dead, a charity she helped found in 1866. The home stood on 40 acres at 32nd and Locust Streets.
Two years after the death of Dr. Lykins in 1876, Mattie became the third wife of artist George Caleb Bingham, a close friend of her first husband. Sadly, he died just one year after the marriage. After his death, Mattie continued to live with her stepson, Rollins Bingham. She was known for her business capability as one of the founders of the woman's exchange, for her strong mind and for the strength of her intellect.
Mattie Lykins Bingham died after surgery for a stomach tumor that had affected her health for many years. Her obituary stated, "Indeed, throughout her life she was a woman wholly without fear, and under the most trying circumstances she maintained a quiet and dignified reserve."
Written by Susan Jezak Ford
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Lexington Intelligencer, September 27, 1890
[Lexington, Mo.]
THE TOMB
Died---In the Washington hotel, Kansas City, Sept. 20, Mrs. Martha Bingham, aged 67 years.
Mrs. Bingham was born in Shelbyville, Ky., January 24, 1824. She went to Kansas City in 1851 as the wife of Dr. Johnson Lykins, her home having been in this city. Dr. Lykins died, aged 77, in 1866, and two years later his widow married General George C. Bingham, formerly adjutant general of the state, and wifely known as "The Missouri Artist," and some years ago as the professor of art in the Missouri University. He died in 1879. Mrs. Bingham's death resulted from stomach troubles, the direct cause being a tumor which was removed by a difficult operator on Tuesday. She left no children, but a step-son, Rollins Bingham, survives her. Her remains were interred in the Union cemetery, in Kansas City, between graves of General Bingham and Dr. Lykins.
News article provided by Find a Grave member 47526185, 6/16/2016
Mattie Livingston, related to a signer of the Declaration of Independence and General Stonewall Jackson, was born in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Her family moved to Lexington, Missouri in 1850. One year later she married widower Johnston Lykins, one of Kansas City's founders and an early mayor. The couple proudly sympathized with the south during the Civil War and Mattie was caught in the midst of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence while nursing a stepson there, returning unharmed. Shortly after, the couple was forced to leave the Kansas City under Order Number Eleven.
The Lykinses returned to Kansas City after the war, where Mattie became involved in helping charitable organizations. Never having children of her own, she focused on raising money for the Widows' and Orphans' Home for Confederate dead, a charity she helped found in 1866. The home stood on 40 acres at 32nd and Locust Streets.
Two years after the death of Dr. Lykins in 1876, Mattie became the third wife of artist George Caleb Bingham, a close friend of her first husband. Sadly, he died just one year after the marriage. After his death, Mattie continued to live with her stepson, Rollins Bingham. She was known for her business capability as one of the founders of the woman's exchange, for her strong mind and for the strength of her intellect.
Mattie Lykins Bingham died after surgery for a stomach tumor that had affected her health for many years. Her obituary stated, "Indeed, throughout her life she was a woman wholly without fear, and under the most trying circumstances she maintained a quiet and dignified reserve."
Written by Susan Jezak Ford
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Lexington Intelligencer, September 27, 1890
[Lexington, Mo.]
THE TOMB
Died---In the Washington hotel, Kansas City, Sept. 20, Mrs. Martha Bingham, aged 67 years.
Mrs. Bingham was born in Shelbyville, Ky., January 24, 1824. She went to Kansas City in 1851 as the wife of Dr. Johnson Lykins, her home having been in this city. Dr. Lykins died, aged 77, in 1866, and two years later his widow married General George C. Bingham, formerly adjutant general of the state, and wifely known as "The Missouri Artist," and some years ago as the professor of art in the Missouri University. He died in 1879. Mrs. Bingham's death resulted from stomach troubles, the direct cause being a tumor which was removed by a difficult operator on Tuesday. She left no children, but a step-son, Rollins Bingham, survives her. Her remains were interred in the Union cemetery, in Kansas City, between graves of General Bingham and Dr. Lykins.
News article provided by Find a Grave member 47526185, 6/16/2016
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MATTIE L. BINGHAM
1824 - 1890
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