John Jackson Maddox (1797 - 1876)

Born 23 Dec 1797 in Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Amelia Basford (Render) Maddox — married 1 Jul 1819 in Ohio County, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1876 at age 78 in Ohio, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Rev. John Jackson Maddox (sometimes referred to as "John Maddox IV") was born 23 December 1797^[1] to John Maddox and Eleanor Aston^[1] in Kentucky.^[2]

On 1 July 1819, he married Amelia Render in Ohio County, Kentucky.^[3]

John and Amelia had several children, including but perhaps not limited to:

• Mary Boyd Maddox, b. abt. 1820^[1][4]
• Eleanor Aston Maddox, b. 1822^[1][4]
• Azariah Peck Maddox, b. 1824^[1][4]
• Elizabeth Richey Maddox, b. abt. 1828^[1][4][2]
• Susannah Hadden Maddox, b. 1829^[4]
• Paulina Figg Maddox, b. abt. 1832^[1][4][2]
• Joseph Louis Render Maddox, b. abt. 1834^[1][4][2]
• David Jarell Kelly Maddox, b. abt. 1836^[1][4][2]
• Charlotte Maddox, b. abt. 1839^[1][4][2]
• Sarah Caroline Maddox, b. abt. 1842^[1][4][2]

John died 10 June 1876 in Rockport, Kentucky.^[1] In his will, dated 17 June 1873, he asked to be buried next to his late wife Amelia and to have evergreens planted by their graves instead of tombstones, and he named his descendants D.J.K. Maddox, A.P. Maddox, J.L.R. Maddox, Sarah Brown and husband Alfred, Mary B. Rowe, Eleanor A. Taylor, Elizabeth R. Casebier, Susannah H. Stroud, Charlotte H. Tichenor, and the children of daughter Paulina F. Baker dec'd, made E.G. Render executor, and requested the sermon at his funeral be preached by Bro. A.B. Smith, witnessed by Byram Tichenor, John Render and G.W. Anderson.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLR-W3KB : accessed 12 February 2015), Rev John Jackson Maddox, 1876; Burial, Rockport, Ohio, Kentucky, United States of America, Old Maddox Cemetery; citing record ID 104534636, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65J-2PR : accessed 3 November 2015), John Maddox, Ohio county, Ohio, Kentucky, United States; citing family 19, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWBZ-Y22 : accessed 12 February 2015), John Maddox Jr. and Amelia Render, 01 Jul 1819; citing Ohio, Kentucky, reference p 34 n 223; FHL microfilm 494,956.
4. ↑ ^{4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10} "Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-20738-7547-79?cc=1875188 : accessed 3 November 2015), Ohio > Will records, 1862-1912, Vol. D > image 66 of 290; county courthouses, Kentucky.