James
Henry
(James Henry)
"Hoppin Jim"
Maddox
Born in Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Joseph Maddox, Mary Ann Frances O. (Maddox) Ware, John B. Maddox, Drucilla Rebecca Maddox, Elizabeth Rebecca (Maddox) Amazon, Mathew Mark Maddox Jr., Jeptha Cornelius Maddox Sr, Laura B. (Maddox) McCollough, Alfred Reed Maddox and Martha Catherine (Maddox) Spurlin
Husband of
Susana Jane (Amason) Maddox
— married
after 1850 (to about 1869) [location unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Giles) Maddox
— married
1870 in Alabama
Descendants 
Father of
Martha Lou (Maddox) Mangum, William Robert Maddox, Ryan Matthew Maddox and Archie Jefferson Maddox
Died
at age 88
in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jan 2016
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Biography
James Henry (Jim) Maddox was born on September 15, 1840, in Hancock, Georgia, and moved to Coffee County, Alabama when he was eight years old. James was 5' 11 tall with grey eyes when he joined to fight for the Confederate Army. There he married Susana Jane Amerson on May 10, 1858, and they had four children together. In July 1869, Susana and their fourth child, William, died during childbirth. James Henry then married Lucy Jane Giles in January 1870 and they had nine children together. After the birth of their daughter, June Etta, they moved to Simpson County, Mississippi in 1873, where the rest of their children were born. He died on May 11, 1929, in Magee, Mississippi, at the age of 88, leaving 217 living descendants.
Sources
- Interview by Bessie Purser with daughter of Dan Hughes
- 1870 Census of Coffee County, Alabama, James was age 29, married to Jane age 21.
- He is buried in the Sharon Cemetery, Simpson County, Mississippi with the inscription on his headstone "CSA Company B 3rd bat, Hilliard Legion.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Steve Maddox
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L257, FTDNA kit #672719
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~6.25%
Phyllis (Maddox) Conrad :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member pmcnrd79
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~6.25%
Jeffery Cornelius Maddox :
AncestryDNA
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~6.25%
Chuck West :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cbwest75
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~3.12%
Amanda (Clayton) Anonymous :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Aubrey Bowdoin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FE3433640 [compare], FTDNA kit #AM38131
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