Nathan[1] Madden[2]

of

Greenup County, Kentucky

 

It must be true. I  seen it in print.

                                               -----Favorite Proverb of Morons.

 

As Donald Lines Jacobus once said, “the correct way to spell your surname is the way you yourself spell it.” For the purposes of this paper the name will be spelled “Madden” unless a particular document is quoted and then the spelling used in that document will be utilized.

 

While most people assume that the name “Madden” is Irish, this is not necessarily true. There are many “Madden’s” of Irish descent, however it is also possible that this branch has Germanic or Scottish origins. In the case of Nathan Madden of Greenup County, Kentucky this author has never seen any official documentation that shows him to be of Irish descent. It is true that some references to him on the internet state that he is Irish,[3] however I have never seen any source quoted to back up this claim except one Kentucky Death Certificate. That certificate is for Nathan’s grandson Jonathan, son of Jonathan. It states that Nathan’s son Jonathan was born in Ireland. The informant was Thomas Madden a great grandson of Nathan. He is obviously wrong but this may be part of the basis for the Irish origins of this family. It is reasonable to SUSPECT that this family had an Irish background.  As will be shown later in this paper it appears that Nathan was born in Maryland and it is POSSIBLE the name was originally spelled “Maiden”, Madding or any one of several phonetic variations that might be Irish, Germanic or Scottish in origin. There are Maryland documents which, over a period of time, show an evolution of the name “Madden” from “Maiden and various similar spellings. Future researchers should keep this in mind when working with Maryland documents.

 

One other point should be made for the benefit of future researchers; don’t rule out the possibility that records on this Madden family MIGHT be found in Pennsylvania. Milton Rubincam, FASG points out in Pitfalls in Genealogical Research that “Maryland claimed the lower fringe of Pennsylvania counties, from a point above Philadelphia. Families who lived in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1763 may have found themselves in Cecil County Maryland, after Mason and Dixon had completed their great survey in 1767.[4]” So it is POSSIBLE that Nathan was born in Maryland about 1770 but records on his parents might be in Pennsylvania.

 

One of the main problems in researching Nathan Madden of Greenup County, Kentucky is the scarcity of ORIGINAL SOURCE RECORDS which mention him by name, in a specific place and at a specific time. In fact I have only found eight(8) definite and one(1) possible record. 

 

They are:

1) 1810 FEDERAL CENSUS OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY

               NATHAN MADDON

               One male under 10 years of age                  Jonathan             1800-1810

               One male 26 to 45 years of age                   Nathan                 1765-1784          

               One female under 10 years of age                              Nancy R.              1800-1810

               Two females 16 to 26 years of age                             Mary Ann & Elizabeth[5]   1784-1794

               One female 26 to 45 years of age                Unknown wife    1765-1784

 

               DENNES MADDON

               One male under 10 years of age

               One male 26 to 45 years of age

               One female under 10 years of age

               One female 26 to 45 years of age

 

2) TAX RECORDS OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY FOR 1811

               Nathan Madden

 

3) MARRIAGES OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY; MICROFILM, SALT LAKE CITY

               James Hosley to Elizabeth Madden

               May 20, 1815

               Nathan Madden, bondsman

 

4) MARRIAGES OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY; MICROFILM, SALT LAKE CITY

               James Sartain and Mary Ann Madden

               July 14, 1818

               Consent of Claborn Sartain father of James

 

5) MARRIAGES OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY; MICROFILM, SALT LAKE CITY

               William Horsely to Nancy Madden

               March 7, 1819

               Nathaniel Madden, bondsman

 

6) 1820 FEDERAL CENSUS OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY

               NATHAN MADDON

               One male 10 to 16 years of age

               One male over 45 years of age

               One female over 45 years of age

 

7) MARRIAGES OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY; MICROFILM, SALT LAKE CITY

               Jonathan Maddin to Elizabeth Horsley

               July 26, 1824

               James Horsley, bondsman

               Consent of Nathan Maddin father of Jonathan

               Consent of James and Joanna Horsley father & mother of Elizabeth

 

8) MARRIAGES OF LEWIS COUNTY, KENTUCKY

               Nathan Maddin to Nancy Malone[6]

               May 31, 1825

               Book A, Page 20

 

9) 1821 TAX RECORDS OF LEWIS COUNTY, KENTUCKY; MICROFILM, SALT LAKE CITY

               Madden, no first name shown. One white male over 21[7] with one horse, total value $20.

Since no first name is given it is impossible to say for sure if this is Nathan, however when we consider that Nathan married 3 years later in Lewis County, it is a strong possibility. Also keep in mind that the Madden’s lived in extreme southwest Greenup County, almost on the line of Lewis County to the west and Carter County to the south.

 

As scant as these clues are regarding Nathan Madden they can provide us with a timeframe for his date of birth. Since the 1810 census gives his age as 26 to 45 it can seen that he was born sometime between 1765 and 1784. Utilization of the 1820 census narrows the timeframe even more since it shows him as at least 45 years of age or older. This means that 10 years earlier he had to be at least 35 years of age or older. However the 1810 census states that he is not over 45 years of age therefore in 1810 he had to be between 35 and 45 years of age which gives a birth year somewhere between 1765 and 1775. This also dispels some internet communications which give him a birth year of 1753.[8]

 

The attached footnote may also be the source for Nathan Madden of Greenup County, Kentucky being the same Nathan Madden that married Ann Hutton on January 21, 1778 in Caroline County, Maryland. It is true that a Nathan Madden married Ann Hutton on that date but it seems EXTREMELY unlikely that it was Nathan Madden of Greenup. At the earliest, Nathan of Greenup was born in 1765 and would have only been 13 years of age in 1778. When you consider that he may have been born later than 1765 the marriage becomes more improbable. There is also the matter of the birth year of his oldest daughter Mary Ann which later census records and her death record give as about 1794. It would be extremely unusual for a couple married in 1778 not to have a child for 15 years. Although Nathan and his wife could have lost children prior to Elizabeth the dates still do not support Nathan of Greenup as the husband of Ann Hutton. Since no record of Nathan or Dennis have been found in the 1790 Federal Census of Maryland showing them as the “heads” of families it would appear that they probably were not married and living on their on at that time. It is possible, of course, that they were married and still living in the household of their father. However it seems more likely that Nathan was married sometime between 1790 and 1793.

 

What we do know about Nathan, mainly from the records of his children, is that he was born in Maryland and as discussed above this was probably sometime between 1765 and 1775. He was presumably married in Maryland and an educated guess for the timeframe of this marriage is 1790 to 1793. His first known child was a daughter named Mary Ann born, about 1794, in the state of Maryland. Based on the birthplaces of his children he was still in Maryland when his daughter Elizabeth was born in about the year 1799/1800. He apparently moved to Ohio shortly after 1800 since his next child, Nancy R. was born in Ohio in about the year 1805/06. With the exception of the 1880 census which gives his son, Jonathan a birth date of 1807, all other census records give Jonathan a birth date of 1806 in Ohio. By 1810 Nathan is living in Greenup County, Kentucky and is enumerated in the 1810 census. In fact he may have been in Greenup for a very short period when the census was enumerated since he does not appear to be living in the Three Prong area at that date. By the time of the 1820 census he is living on Three Prong and is surrounded by families such as the Horsley’s, Zorne’s, Dummit’s and Sartin’s. Not long after the 1820 census and probably about 1824 Nathan lost his wife, presumably to death, and he also married off his last child Jonathan on July 26, 1824. Less than a year after Jonathan’s marriage Nathan also remarried. He married Nancy Malone in Lewis County on May 31, 1825.[9] As previously stated she was a Horsley,  apparently the daughter of James Taylor Horsley, prior to her marriage to Richard Malone and someone that Nathan had known for a number of years. At this point Nathan Madden and his bride seem to disappear from all records.

 

Using these available records it can be determined that Nathan Madden had four children that lived to maturity, they were:

 

1.  Mary Ann Madden      Born circa 1794 to August 30, 1855

 

2.  Elizabeth Madden       Born circa 1799 to Between July 9, 1870 and September 27, 1874

 

3. Nancy R. Madden         Born circa 1805 to Summer 1884

 

4. Jonathan Madden        Born circa 1806 to Between 1880 and 1900

 

Mary Ann Madden

Daughter of

Nathan Madden

 

Mary Ann Madden is the eldest child of Nathan Madden known to live to maturity. She was born in about the year 1794 in the state of Maryland. She was already a child of at least six years of age when her father moved the family to Ohio. By the time she moved with her family to Kentucky she was a teenager.

 

At the time of the 1810 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky she is enumerated in her father’s family as between 16 and 26 years of age.

 

She was approximately 24 years of age when her marriage is recorded in the records of Greenup County, Kentucky.

 

James Sartain and Mary Ann Madden

July 14, 1818

Consent of Claborn Sartain father of James

 

At the time of the 1820 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky she and her husband James Sarton are living next to his father Claborn and one house away from her father Nathan. Mary Ann is enumerated as being between 26 and 45 years of age ( she was probably about 26) and her husband James appears to be between 18 and 26 years of age. Note that at the time of the marriage two years earlier his father had to give his consent so it seems probable that he was younger than his wife. No children are shown in the household.

 

Ten years later the 1830 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky enumerates the James Sartin family as consisting of one male 20 to 30 years of age and one female 30 to 40 years (probably about 36). No children are indicated. They are living within a few houses of the Horsley’s, her brother Jonathan and his father Claborn.

 

No other record has been found by this writer until her record of death recorded in the Vital Records of Greenup County, Kentucky for the year 1855. In the 1840 census she is probably living in someone else’s household and not listed under her name, but this does not explain her not being found in the 1850 census.

 

Name of deceased:           Mary Sartain

Age:                                     61 (this provides a date of birth of about 1794)

Sex:                                     Female

Marital Status:                 Single

Occupation:                      Blank

Place of birth:                  Maryland

Name of Parents:             Unknown

Time of Death:                  August 30, 1855

Cause of Death:                Cancer

Remarks:                           Old Maid

 

Her death record leaves some questions. Since it shows her as single and not widowed there is the possibility that James left her. The remark “old maid” seems to confirm the suspicion that she died without having any children.

 

Since there is no evidence of a tombstone we can only speculate as to her place of burial, but it seems likely that it is in the Three Prong area.

 

 

Elizabeth Madden

Daughter of

Nathan Madden

 

Based on existing records it would appear that Elizabeth Madden was born about 1799 in the state of Maryland. It is possible she is a little older since the 1810 Federal Census of Greenup gives her age as between 16 and 26, however later census records are fairly consistent in giving an age that indicates 1799.

 

She was just a toddler when her father moved the family from Maryland to Ohio and probably about 9 or 10 when they moved to Kentucky. Her future husband, James Horsley, lived right next to the Madden’s and at about 16 years of age the Marriage Records of Greenup County record her marriage to James. They were married in her father Nathan’s home.[10]

 

James Hosley to Elizabeth Madden

May 20, 1815

Nathan Madden, bondsman

 

1820 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

1 Male born 1816 to 1820             Unknown Male

1 Male born 1794 to 1802             James Horsley born about 1794/1795

1 Female born 1816 to 1820         Unknown Female

1 Female born 1794 to 1804         Elizabeth Madden Horsley born about 1799

The reason for showing the male and female children as born between 1816 and 1820 is based on the fact that James and Elizabeth were married in May of 1815 and therefore the earliest a child would have been born, under normal circumstances, is 1816.

 

1830 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

1 Male born 1825 to 1830             Unknown Male

1 Male born 1790 to 1800             Shown as James Hostly

2 Females born 1825 to 1830       Rachel[11] & Elizabeth (Mar. 1828)

2 Females born 1820 to 1825       Leah (1822) & Unknown Female

1 Female born 1815 to 1820         Unknown Female

1 Female born 1790 to 1800         Elizabeth Madden Hostly

 

 

1840 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

1 Male born 1810 to 1820             Unknown Male

1 Male born 1790 to 1800             Shown as James Hosley Jr.

3 Females born 1835 to 1840       Telitha (1835), Basheby (1838), Ruhama (Mar. 1839)

2 Females born 1830 to 1835       Elizabeth (possibly, Mar. 1828), Sarah A. (1833)

3 Females born 1820 to 1825       Leah (1822), Rachel (1826), Unknown Female

1 Female born 1800 to 1810         Unknown Female

2 Females born 1790 to 1800       Elizabeth Madden Hosley and Unknown Female

 

 

1850 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

The First District, August 1, 1850

205/209

James Horsley                  55           Farmer                RE$1000             Kentucky             Cannot R & W

Elizabeth                            51                                                                       Maryland            Cannot R & W

Lear                     Female 28                                                                       Kentucky            

Elizabeth             Female 19                                                                       Kentucky

Sarah A.               Female 17                                                                       Kentucky

Telitha                 Female 15                                                                       Kentucky

Basheby               Female 12                                                                       Kentucky

Ruhama               Female 10                                                                       Kentucky

Jonathan             Male      8                                                                        Kentucky

Jas. D.                  Male      6                                                                        Kentucky

They were living directly next to her brother Jonathan Madden and his family.

 

1860 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Three Prong Post Office, July 5, 1860

428/429

James Horsly                    66           Farmer RE $1784  PE $600          Kentucky

Elizabeth                                                                                                       Maryland

Ruhama               Female 17                                                                       Kentucky

Jonathan             Male      18           Day laborer                                      Kentucky

James                   Male      16           Day laborer                                      Kentucky

William Mullins Male   31           Day laborer            PE $50             Kentucky

Elizabeth             Female 28                                                                       Kentucky

 

1870 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct # 4, Old Town Post Office, July 9, 1870

320/314

James Horsely                  76           Farmer  RE $1000 PE $100         Kentucky  Can R but not Write

Elizabeth                            71           Keeping house                                 Maryland  Cannot R & W

James D.                             26           Common Labor    PE $100           Kentucky  Cannot R & W

Martha J.                           27           Keeping house                                 Kentucky  Cannot R & W

Jonathan                            2                                                                        Kentucky

John H Lawhorn              12           Works on farm                                 Kentucky  Cannot R & W             

They are living within a couple of houses of her brother Jonathan and sister Nancy. Note that his son James D. and James’ wife Martha J. and their son Jonathan are living with them.

 

Elizabeth, wife of James W. Horsley, died sometime between the 1870 Federal Census of Greenup taken on July 9, 1870 and September 27, 1874 when her husband James died and is shown as a widower. The final resting place for William and Elizabeth is not known by this writer.

 

MISC. NOTES ON CHILDREN OF JAMES & ELIZABETH

 

Basheba Hosley died at the age of 16 on August 2, 1854 according to the Vital Records of Greenup County, Kentucky on the Greenup USGenWeb. Her father at that time is shown as James Hosley.

 

The Ruhanna Lee who died in Greenup County on January 23, 1912 at age 72 is undoubtedly Ruhama, the daughter of James W. and Elizabeth Madden Horsley. See Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000. In the 1900 Federal Census of Greenup County she is shown as born in March 1839 and is a widow. She and her sister Elizabeth Mullins are living together.

 

Elizabeth Horsley Mullins was born in March 1828 according to the 1900 Federal Census of Greenup County although most census records show her born about 1831/32.  In the 1900 Federal Census of Greenup County she is widowed and living with her sister Ruhama Lee.

 

The Johnathin Horseley that died in Greenup County on November 23, 1919 at the age of 77 is probably the son of James W. and Elizabeth Madden Horsley. See Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000. In the 1900 Census of Greenup he is shown as born in January, 1842. He has been married 38 years and his wife Rachell is the mother of 14 children, 8 of whom are still living in 1900.  

 

At the time of the 1880 Federal Census of Greenup County James D. Horsley is shown as born about 1844 and married to Martha J. He is living next to his cousin William M. Madden and only one house from his mother’s brother Jonathan Madden. The Carter County Marriage Index shows that he married Martha J. Jordan on January 23, 1862. The 1930 Federal Census of Greenup shows James Horsley age 85 , born in Kentucky, living with the Joseph Lee family and listed as an uncle. Undoubtedly this Joseph Lee is the son of James Horsley’s sister Ruhama Madden Lee.

 

The Marriage Bonds of Greenup County states that Sarah Horsley age 24, born in Greenup County married James J. (T) Horsley who was 40 years of age and also born in Greenup County. The marriage was July 28, 1858 in Greenup County. He is living in Lewis County at the time of the 1870 Federal Census with his daughter Martha 10 years of age and two other children, Sarah E. 8 years of age and Jonathin 6 years of age, but Sarah is not listed and may have died by this time.

 

There are probably other children not yet identified however caution should be used with assigning some of the children in this family because it appears POSSIBLE that another family may have been absorbed in to the James Horsley and William Horsley families between the 1830 and 1840 census.

We know from court records that William Horsley was made guardian of one of Taylor Horsley’s daughters and the James Horsley family in the 1840 census looks as if he may have also taken in a family. In the 1840 census James Horsley has 2 females 40 to 50 years of age and POSSIBLY some children that could be someone else’s. One of the older females is obviously James’ wife Elizabeth but who is the other one and do they also have children shown in the census of this family?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nancy R. Madden

Daughter of

Nathan Madden

 

Nancy R. Madden, the third child of Nathan Madden to live to maturity, was born about 1805/06[12] in the state of Ohio. When she was only 3 or 4 years old her father moved his family to Greenup County, Kentucky. Nancy would live the rest of her life in the southwest corner of Greenup County in an area known as Three Prong.

 

The Nathan Madden family settled near several members of the Horsley family. In 1815 Nancy’s older sister Elizabeth married James W. Horsley and in 1819 Nancy followed suit by marrying William Horsley. She was probably only 14 years of age, 15 at most.

 

William Horsely to Nancy Madden

March 7, 1819

Nathaniel Madden, bondsman

 

By the time of the 1820 Federal Census William and Nancy were the proud parents of a baby boy.

 

1820 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

1 Male born 1810 to 1820             Unknown Male

1 Male born 1775 to 1794             Shown as Wm Horsley Jr.

1 Female born 1804 to 1810         Nancy Madden Horsley

1 Female born 1775 to 1794         Unknown Female

 

By the time of the 1830 Federal Census William and Nancy had added another son and a daughter, Joanna, to their household. Joanna was named after Joanna Dudley Horsley, the wife of James Taylor Horsley, a Revolutionary War veteran.[13] They had also welcomed Nancy’s brother, Jonathan, into the extended family when he married Elizabeth Horsley, a daughter of James Horsley, in 1824. To further complicate matters Nathan Madden, their father, married Nancy Horsley Malone, the widow of Richard Malone and the daughter of James Taylor Horsley.

 

1830 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

1 Male born 1825 to 1830             Unknown Male

1 Male born 1820 to 1825             Unknown Male

1 Male born 1790 to 1800             Shown as William Hostley

1 Female born 1825 to 1830         Joanna (1829)

1 Female born 1800 to 1810         Nancy Madden Hostley

 

By the time of the 1840 Federal Census William and Nancy had added 5 more children to their household. Four sons and one daughter; W. A., Henry C., William, Perry and Rhoda.

 

1840 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

2 Males born 1835 to 1840           W. A. (1838), Henry C. (1839)

2 Males born 1830 to 1835           William (1832), Perry (1835)

1 Male born 1825 to 1830             Unknown Male

1 Male born 1820 to 1825             Unknown Male

1 Male born 1790 to 1800             Shown as W. Hosley Jr.

1 Female born 1830 to 1835         Rhoda (1834)

1 Female born 1825 to 1830         Joanna (1829)

1 Female born 1800 to 1810         Nancy Madden Hosley

 

1850 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

The First District, August 1, 1850

215/219

Wm Horsley       M           55           Farmer                RE $300              Kentucky             Cannot R & W

Nancy                   F            30                                                                       Ohio                     Cannot R & W

Wm                       M           18           Farmer                                              Kentucky             Blank

Joana                   F            21                                                                       Kentucky             Cannot R & W

Rhoda                  F            17                                                                       Kentucky             Blank

Perry                   M           15           Laborer                                                            Kentucky             Blank

W. A.                    M           12                                                                       Kentucky             Blank

H. C.                     M           12                                                                       Kentucky             Blank

Lear                     F            9                                                                        Kentucky             Blank

 

1860 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

Three Prong, July 5, 1860

433/434

William Horsly                65           Farmer                RE $500  PE $200            Ky.         Blank

Nancy                                  54           Blank                                                                Oh.         Blank

William                                             26           Farm labor                                                      Ky.         Blank

Henry C.                             21           Farm labor                                                      Blank    Blank

Cynthi Cole                       16           Mulatto                                                                           Ky.         Blank

 

1870 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct # 4, Old Town Post Office, July 9, 1870

322/316

William Horsely                             80           Invalid                 Kentucky             Cannot R & W

Nancy                                  65           Keeping house   Ohio                     Cannot R & W                                

 

1880 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct # 4, Old Town

297/319

Joanna Reister                 49           Wd/D     Keeping house   Ky.  Ky.  Oh.        Cannot R & W

Nancy                   Dau.       24           S             At home               Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Cannot R & W

Leah                     Dau.       18           S             At home               Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Cannot R & W

John J.                 Son        16           S             Laborer                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Cannot R & W

Henry                   Son        14           S             Laborer               , In sch. Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Cannot R & W

James                   Son        9            S             Blank                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Cannot R & W

Caroline           G-dau      7            S             Blank                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Blank

Elizabeth A.    G-dau        4            S             Blank                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Blank

Nancy Horsley  Mother  74           Wd/D     Keeping house   Oh.  Md. Md.      Blank

 

On May 12, 1881 Nancy gives her deposition, as the widow of William Horsley, who she states died on February 1, 1876. She is making application, as his widow, for pension benefits for his War of 1812  service. She goes on to say that they were married in March 1818 in the home of James Horsley at the mouth of Grassy Creek. The pension goes on to say that Nancy died during the summer of 1884.

 

MISC. NOTES ON THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND NANCY

 

Perry C. Horsley died in Greenup County died on October 6, 1918 at the age of 83 according to Kentucky Deaths 1911-2000. In the 1870 Federal Census of Greenup he is listed as Perry Horsely  with his wife Mary and three children; Francis age 11, Elizabeth age 9 and Jane age 1. He is listed as 39 years of age and is living next to his brother who is listed as William Horseley.

 

William Horseley is listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Greenup County as 41 years of age, his wife is Mary. They have three children; Rhoda age 6, Barbara A. age 4 and Ruhama age 1. In the 1880 Federal Census of Greenup William is listed as 43 years of age, his wife Mary also as 43 years of age. They have several children and are living next to his brother Watt A. Horsley and within several houses of his mother, his sister Rhoda Mulhall and his sister Leah Reister. By the time of the 1900 Federal Census of Greenup his wife Mary is enumerated as a widow.

 

Leah (shown as Lear in many records) was given a very biblical name. Based on the 1850 Federal Census, which gives her age as 17, she was born about 1834 but this disagrees with most records which give her date of birth as about 1840. Greenup County Marriage Bonds show that on August 11, 1870 a Learh Horsley and Easom Royster were married and the surety was Perry Horsley, presumably her brother. Lear Rister died on May 2, 1927 in Greenup County at the age of 87. See Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000.

 

On April 2, 1868 Wat Andrew Hosley married Margaret Fuget in Scioto County, Ohio.[14] In the 1880 Federal Census of Greenup Watt A. Horsley and his wife Margaret are listed next to his brother William. No children are shown in the household. It appears that the Margaret Horseley found in Hamilton County, Ohio in the 1900 Federal Census may be the wife of Watt A. Horsley. She is 60 years of age, a widow and living with her daughter who is also a widow. Her daughter’s last name is Jameson but she has three children that are named Rhoden indicating that she was married first to a Rhoden.

 

Joanna Horsley married first Rial Rhoden[15] and secondly Skinner Reister. She is definitely married to Skinner Reister by the time of the 1860 Federal Census of Greenup. She is still living at the time of the 1880 Federal Census of Greenup and her mother Nancy is living in her household. Her age varies quite a bit in the census records but the 1850 shows her as 21 and the 1860 as 31 giving an approximate date of birth of 1829.

 

 

   

Jonathan Madden[16]

Son of

Nathan Madden

 

Jonathan Madden, the only known son of Nathan Madden to live to maturity, was born in about the year 1806[17] in the state of Ohio[18]. When Jonathan was about three or four years of age his father Nathan moved the family to Greenup County, Kentucky[19]. It does not appear that they resided in the Three Prong area initially but were living in that area by the time of the 1820 Federal Census[20].

 

Nothing is really known of Jonathan’s early life. He probably was working along side his father and performing many of the chores before the age of ten. William Moore of Carter County wrote in 1840, “I commenced hard work very young, at 12 years of age, grubbing and clearing ground, and would help my father.”[21] As a six year old boy Jonathan would have been caught up in the excitement created by the war of 1812 and the fact that his Horsley neighbors enlisted. He undoubtedly played and worked along side his friends and met his future wife Elizabeth at an early age.

 

 If their living conditions were typical for the time and place then Nathan’s  family of six shared a one room log cabin. It may have been a 1 ½ story and contained a loft which would have provided sleeping space for some or all of the children. Most of the furniture, what little there was, would probably have been homemade. The William Moore referred to in the previous paragraph also wrote in 1840, “ when married, I made my entire outfit for house keeping from the rolling pin to the cupboard.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

Much of the meat for the table would have been wild game supplemented  with beef, pork and mutton.[22] In addition to those foods grown in the garden there was time devoted to gathering wild berries, fruits and nuts. Wild honey and sugar maples  supplied syrup for sweetening.

Gathering from the garden or the wild was a never-ending job.

 

As Jonathan grew into young manhood he spent more and more time visiting the home of the Madden families neighbor James Taylor Horsley. While James Horsley as a veteran of the Revolutionary War was probably very interesting in and of himself, Jonathan’s main interest was his daughter Elizabeth. Jonathan and Elizabeth had known each other all of their lives and the Marriage Bond Records of Greenup County show that they were married on June 26, 1824.  Jonathan was either 18 or 19 years of age.

 

It is possible that Jonathan and Elizabeth began their married life living at the home of his father Nathan Madden. Nathan was probably already a widower at the time of Jonathan’s marriage, at any rate all of Jonathan’s sisters were married and living with husbands leaving the Nathan Madden household with room for a son and daughter-in-law.

 

It is also possible that Nathan had already moved to the adjoining county of Lewis where he married Nancy Malone in May of 1825.

 

Approximately two years after the marriage of Jonathan and Elizabeth, daughter of James Taylor Horsley, started their family with the birth of a son, Matthew D. Madden. After that it appears, as discussed in more detail below, that Jonathan and Elizabeth had three more children before Elizabeth died in early 1834.

 

Slightly less than one year after his first wife’s death Jonathan remarried another Elizabeth Horsley, undoubtedly a cousin of his first wife, and the 19 year old[23] daughter of William Horsley. Their marriage is recorded in the Marriage Bonds of Greenup County, Kentucky as follows:

 

“Jonathan Madden to Elizabeth Horsely on Dec. 13, 1834. William Horsely, bondsman. William Horsely is the father of Elizabeth.” [ This marriage raises some serious questions about the parents of this Elizabeth Horsley, the second wife of Jonathan Madden. If she was the daughter of William and Nancy Madden Horsley then she married her uncle by blood since Jonathan Madden and Nancy Madden Horsley were brother and sister. This Elizabeth Horsley consistently gives her year of birth as 1815 in the census records and in the 1900 Federal Census it is given as March 1815. This is almost exactly 4 years before William and Nancy were married. This might mean that William was married and lost a wife prior to his marriage to Nancy, and that Elizabeth is his daughter by this previous marriage. If William was born around 1794 this is certainly possible but to further complicate matters the William and Nancy Horsley household does not show a female born between 1810 and 1820 in either the 1820 or the 1830 census records. It therefore seems more likely that she is the daughter of William Horsley Sr. who was in Greenup at the time of the 1820 census and appears to be across the river in Adams County, Ohio at the time of the 1830 census and back in Greenup at the time of the 1840 census.]

 

The exact number of children Jonathan Madden had by his two wives is the subject of some controversy. If we consider only documented sources such as census, marriage and tax records then he was the father of a total of 12 children by both his wife’s. If we include those which are probably attributable to family tradition then the total jumps to 14 due to the addition of Louisa and Saphria.

There is also the possible son listed in the 1840 census which would make the total 15. These latter three children will not be discussed in detail since there is no direct documentation regarding them,  and it appears that they died before maturity. They are mentioned here since family tradition does indicate the existence of the two daughters.

 

There is some documentation for at least one of these children since Jonathan’s second wife Elizabeth (Betsy, Bessy) states in the 1900 census that she is the mother of 10 children 6 of whom are still living. Since we can document 9 of her children this would indicate one more that apparently died without showing up in any records, but even this 1900 census record is subject to some controversy since in 1900 she had more than 6 children still living. They were: John, Telitha Jane, Samuel S., David R., William M., Elizabeth, King Hiram and Jonathan. We know for sure that Matthew D., and James were dead from documented records. One researcher states that Issac (Isaac) D. died in 1896. It would also appear that Martha Amanda died prior to 1900 since her husband Samuel V. Clark is shown in the 1900 census of Carter County as a widower. So 8 children were still living at the time of the 1900 census. If she only had a total of 10 children and Louisa was one of them then there is still a question regarding the “unknown male child”. If he was their son then she actually had 11 children.

 

Saphria

               Saphria is mentioned by researcher Mary Sloan of Grayson, Kentucky and Saphria is also                mentioned in a paper apparently written in 1961 and referred to in footnotes of this                document. Since Matthew was apparently born in the latter part of 1826 and Martha                Amanda was born about 1831 there is a 5 to 6 year gap which  may indicate the birth of                another child about 1828. If so then she was dead by the time of the 1830 Federal Census

               of Greenup County since the only female shown at that time is his wife.

 

               There is also, at least in my opinion, some question regarding the name Saphria. A data                base search of the 1850 Federal Census was made for any Saphria born between 1820 and                1830 for anyplace in the United States. Not one single person was found with that name.                However, when the same search was made for the name Sophia there were over 9,000.

                It seems more likely that her name was Sophia and not Saphria. Since family tradition

               shows her name as Saphria, which is the way it will stand in this paper.

 

Louisa

               Louisa is mentioned by researcher Mary Sloan of Grayson, Kentucky with the dates 1842-               1845. This is presumably based on family tradition but there is a gap between Isaac’s birth                about 1841 and that of David R. in 1845 which gives some support to the possibility that a                child was born during that timeframe. If the 1900 Federal Census is correct that Elizabeth                Horsley Madden had 10 children then Louisa might be the other child.

 

Unknown Male Child

               The 1840 Federal Census of Greenup County shows Jonathan’s family with two males                under the age of 5. John H. born in 1836 would be one of these boys. The other one may or                may not be another son. The 1840 census includes every person in the household and not    just family members. Quite often a cousin, nephew or even a non-family member may be            living in the household at the time of a census enumeration, everyone is included. If he was                their son then his placement becomes difficult but would possibly be between John and        Telitha.

 

Based on all research to date (9/12/2005) it appears that Jonathan and his two wife’s had the following children:

 

FIRST WIFE

 

1. Matthew D. Madden                   Circa 1826 to May 1879

 

2. Saphria (Sophia?)                       Apparently died before 1830 census

 

3. Martha Amanda Madden           born about 1831 death date unkown but before 1900

 

4. James Madden                             January 10, 1834 to January 23, 1882

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOND WIFE

 

(1)     5. John H. Madden                born about 1836 to November 3, 1910[24]

 

(2)     6. Unknown Male Child?    born about 1838

 

(3)     7. Telitha Jane Madden       August 10, 1840 to January 17, 1918

 

(4)     8. Isaac D. Madden                born about 1841 to May 14, 1896[25]

 

(5)     9. Louisa Madden                 born about 1842 to 1845

 

(6)   10. David R. Madden              April 15, 1842 to March 20, 1925

 

(7)   11. Samuel Seton Madden     August 15,1847 to August 20, 1913                          

 

(8)   12. William M. Madden        June 2, 1849 to May 27, 1917

 

(9)   13. Elizabeth Madden            June 11, 1851 to January 30, 1905 

 

(10) 14. King Hiram Madden       August 3, 1854 to Still living 1930 Census Greenup County

 

(11) 15. Jonathan Madden              December 19, 1855 to April 3, 1919

 

1830 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Jonathan Maddin

Males under 5 years of age           1 (Matthew Madden born 1826)

Males 20 to 30 years of age           1 (Jonathan Madden born circa 1806)

Females 20 to 30 years of age      1 (Elizabeth Horsley Madden)[26]

 

In the fall of 1831 with the crops harvested Jonathan Madden made the decision to purchase the land that his father had farmed before him and on which Jonathan had spent most of his life[27]. The results of his decision are recorded on page 248 of Greenup County Land & Property, Book E.

 

JONATHAN MADDEN - WILLIAM L. POAGE

 

This indenture made this 10th day of October 1831 between William L. Poage of the County of Greenup of the one part and Jonathan Madden of same county and state of Kentucky of the other part witnesseth that said Poage for and in consideration of the sum of sixteen dollars 2/3 cents to him in hand paid the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold and by these presents doth grant bargain sell alein convey and comfirm unto said Jonathan Maddon all that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the County of Greenup on Three Prong a branch of Tygart containing one hundred acres bounded as follows. Beginning at two white oaks a dogwood______ north corner to James & Wm Horsley thence N 6 W 320 poles to two_________ thence S white oak _______ thence S 30 W (30?) poles to two (bushes?) thence S6E 320 poles to a black oak and dogwood thence N30E (50?) poles to the beginning with the appurtenances unto said Jonathan Maddon his heirs ____ against the claim or claims of him the said Wm L. Poage holding _____ the title of Richard Grayhams 80406/4 acres but against no other shall ___ warrant and ___ defend by these presents and in case the land is lost by any other claim said William L. Poage is to refund the purchase money without interest. In witness whereof said W. L. Poage hath hereto set his hand and seal the day first above written.

 

                                                                                                                                                                                    Wm L. Poage   LS

 

Witness  James (X) Horsley

             Thomas McCleas

 

State of Kentucky

Greenup County: I E. J. Hockaday Deputy for John Hockaday clerk of the county court for said county do certify that this deed from William L. Poage to Jonathan Maddon was produced to me in my office on the 11 day of Oct 1831 & proven to be the act and deed of the said Wm L. Poage by the oath of James Horsley & Thomas J. McClease two subscribing witnesses thereto & the same has been duly recorded in my said office.

 

                                                                                                                        Att: John Hockaday

                                                                                                                     By: E. J. Hockaday D. C.

 

On March 6, 1837 Johnathan Madden purchased one chest for 1.68 ¾ and one kettle for 1.50 from the estate sale of Taylor Horseley.[28]

 

GREENUP COUNTY TAX LIST FOR 1839

 

This is the next official record related to Jonathan. He is enumerated as follows: Jonathan Maddon, lower district, 1 tithe, 100 acres in Greenup county with a value of $200, 1 voter, 1 horse valued at $140 and a total value of  $340.

 

 1840 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

J. Maddin shown as head of family

Males under 5 (1835-1840)          2             John and unknown

Males 5-10 (1830-1835)                1             James

Males 10-15 (1825-1830)                             1             Matthew

Males 30-40 (1800-1810)                             1             Jonathan

Females under 5 (1835-1840)      1             Telitha

Females 5-10 (1830-1835)            1             Martha

Females 20-30 (1810-1820)          1             Elizabeth

 

Jonathan is not listed in the tax records of 1840, 1841 or 1842 tax list for Greenup County.

 

GREENUP COUNTY TAX LIST FOR 1843

 

Jonathan Madden, Lower District, 1 white male over 21, 250 acres located on Three Prong watercourse with a value of $200. 4 horses and mares with a value of $100, 14 cattle with a value over $50 of $35. Three children between the 7 and 17 years of age.

 

This is an increase of 150 acres over his 100 acres reported in 1839. It also means that in 1843 Jonathan had three children in his household that were born between the years 1826 and 1836. This fact fits nicely with Matthew born in 1826, Martha born in 1831 and James born in 1834.

 

 

GREENUP COUNTY TAX LIST FOR 1847

 

In the year 1847 Matthew Madden is listed directly under Jonathan as 1 male over 21 years of age. This is the most compelling evidence that Matthew is indeed the son of Jonathan as will be explained later in this document under Matthew Madden.

 

At the time of the 1850 Federal Census Matthew had left home, married and was living just a few miles away in Carter County. Even with the loss of Matthew the Jonathan Madden household was getting crowded and including both husband and wife it contained 10 people; 8 children and 2 adults. Jonathan’s sister Elizabeth, wife of James Horsley, lives on one side and the Philip Zornes family on the other. His other sister Catharine, wife of William Horsley,  lives a couple of houses away.

 

1850 Census, Greenup County, Kentucky

First District, 1 August 1850

206/211

 

Jonathan Madden             44           Farmer RE Value $250   Ohio      Cannot Read or Write

Elizabeth                            35                                                        Ky

Jas                                       16           Laborer                                             Ky

John                                    14                                                        Ky

Eliza J.                                11                                                        Ky

Isaac                                     9                                                         Ky

D. R.                                    5                                                         Ky

Saml                                    2                                                         Ky

Wm M.                                1                                                         Ky

Martha                              19                                                        Ky

 

By 1880 Jonathan’s long life is beginning to come to an end. He is 74 years of age, he has lived through 3 major wars; the War of 1812, The Mexican War and the Civil War. With his two wife’s he has produced 14 children, possibly 15. They were Matthew D., Martha Amanda, James, John H., Telitha Jane, Isaac D., David R., Samuel Seton, William M., Elizabeth, King Hiram and Jonathan. Of these 14 children 12 lived to maturity and 10 of them gave him 41living grandchildren at the time of the 1880 census. All of them were living within 30 miles of Three Prong and most within 2 or 3 miles. He did it while living in a log cabin, which even two people, in today’s world would consider extremely tiny. He did it without running water, an indoor bathroom, electricity, air conditioning, radio’s, television or phones. There were no cars, planes,  modern highways, or even trains for many of the years. He managed to do it without food stamps, social security, and Medicare or farm subsidies. In short, Jonathan Madden with the help of his family and neighbors accomplished what would be considered impossible in today’s world  of modern conveniences.

 

We do not have a definite date of death for Jonathan although we know he is dead by 1900 when his wife Elizabeth is enumerated as a widow. Although there is no tombstone marking the location of his burial it seems most likely that Jonathan is buried in Three Prong Cemetery at the juncture of Boone Hollow and Three Prong Creek.

 

Matthew D. Madden

Son of

Jonathan, Grandson of Nathan

 

Matthew[29] D.[30] Madden, the first child of Jonathan Madden and his first wife Elizabeth Horsley was apparently born sometime between June 1, 1826 and May 31, 1827.[31] He was undoubtedly born on Three Prong in southwestern Greenup County.[32] No record of his early life is known to exist other than his place in the 1830 and 1840 census in the family of his father Jonathan. He did attend school at least to the point that he learned to read and write.[33]

 

His first mention by name is in the 1847 Tax Records of Greenup County, Kentucky next to his father Jonathan in the southern district. This is an extremely important document since it is the most convincing proof that he is the son of Jonathan.[34]

 

How Matthew came to meet his wife and second cousin once removed, Sophia Estill, is conjecture. The tax records of Greenup County do record Estill’s living in the southern district and possibly in close association with Jonathan Madden’s family. Based on their names it is possible they were brothers or uncles of Sophia. Her family however was from Fleming County and appear to have resided in the Poplar Plains vicinity about 40 miles away although the tax records indicate that Sophia‘s father David R. Estill may have been living on Fox Creek by the time Matthew and Sophia were married. Since Sophia’s grandmother was a daughter of Matthew Horsley there would have been interaction between the family in Fleming and their relatives in Greenup, both Horsley and Madden.

 

Matthew and Sophia were married on September 30, 1849[35] and their first child David Otho was born August 18, 1849 in Carter County, Kentucky[36]. If the date of their marriage and David’s birth are correct then this goes a long way toward explaining why Matthew and Sophia cared for Matthew’s sister Martha Amanda during her pregnancy.

 

Based on the Vital Records of Lewis County, Federal Census records and Death Certificates from Texas and Kentucky it appears that Matthew Madden and Sophia Estill had 10 children; 5 boys and 5 girls.

 

(1)   David Otho Madden                                             August 18, 1849 to August 11, 1932

(2)   John Madden                                          Born circa 1851

(3)   Theodore Adolphus Madden                              May 25, 1855 to January 16, 1926

(4)   Laura A. Madden                                   About 1854

(5)   Edna Bell Madden                                 August 15, 1858

(6)   Luella Amanda Madden                       May 14, 1861[37] to February 12, 1937

(7)   Harriet Madden                                     About 1864

(8)   Charles Madden                                     November 29, 1865 to June 12, 1931[38]

(9)   Annie Lucie Madden                             August 12, 1871 to February 27, 1921

(10) James Franklin Madden                      September 16, 1876 to April 9, 1933

 

By August of 1850 he is living just a few miles away from Three Prong in District 2 of Carter County.

 

1850 Census Carter County, Kentucky

District 2, 24 August 1850

189/189

Matthew Madden             24 (1826)             Farmer                Ky.         Can Read & Write

Sophia                                 21 (1829)             Blank                   Ky.         Can Read & Write

David                                  10/12 (1849)       Blank                   Ky.

 

Interestingly Matthew Maddens wife Sophia is still listed in the family of her parents.

 

1850 Census Fleming County, Kentucky

District 1, 1 October 1850

1070/1110

David R. Estill                  52 (1798)             Gunsmith            $350 RE              Ky.         Can R & W

Mary                                   49 (1801)                                                                         Ky.         Can R & W

Otho                                    25 (1825)             Farmer                                              Ky.         Can R & W

Amanda M.                        24 (1826)                                                                         Ky.         Can R & W

Lucinda                                             22 (1828)                                                                         Ky.         Can R & W

Sophia                                 20 (1830)                                                                         Ky.         Can R & W

Harriet                               16 (1834)                                                                         Ky.         Can R & W

 

By 1855 Matthew and Sophia have moved to Lewis County, Kentucky as evidenced by the following birth entry in the Vital Records of Lewis County for the year 1855.

 

“May 25, 1855 Adolphus Madden, male, born in Lewis Co. to Matthew Madden and Estill (no first name shown), white, resident of parents - Lewis Co.”[39]

 

The reason for their move to Lewis County is unknown but it did place them about an equal distance from her family in Fleming and his family in Greenup County.

 

In 1858 Matthew and Sophia are still living in Lewis County, Kentucky as evidenced by the following birth entry in the Vital Records of Lewis County for the year 1858.

 

“August 15, 1858 Edney Bill Madden, Female, born in Lewis Co., to Mathew D. Madden & Sophia Estill, white, residence of parents - Lewis Co.” [40]

 

In August of 1860 Matthew and his family are enumerated in the Federal Census of Lewis County.

The exact location in the county is not given however the tax records for that year show him as living on a watercourse by the name of

 

1860 Census Lewis County, Kentucky

Area Not Stated, 11 August  1860

1300/1300

Mathew Madden              31 (1829)  Farmer  $600 Real E.  $500 Per. E.  Ky.  Can Read & Write       

Sophia                                 30 (1830)      -                  -                      -             Ky.  Can Read & Write           

David O.                             11 (1849)      -                  -                      -             Ky.   In School

John                                    10 (1850)      -                  -                      -             Ky.   In School

Adolphus                            5 (1855)       -                  -                      -             Ky.   Blank

Laura                                  6 (1854)       -                  -                      -             Ky.   In School

Edmond[41]                           2 (1858)       -                  -                      -             Ky.   Blank

 

Within a week or so of this census Sophia became pregnant with her sixth child, for the Vital Records of Lewis County for the year 1861 record the following birth.

 

“May 14, 1861, Luella A. Madden, Female, born in Lewis Co to Matthew D. Madden, Estill (No first name shown), white, parents residing in Lewis Co.”

 

Sometime during the Civil War Matthew Madden became a Deputy Marshall for the Ninth Congressional District. He also contracted or showed the first signs of a medical condition called Scrofula which eventually took his life.

 

On the 18th day of August 1867 Matthew Madden purchased approximately 326 acres in Carter County on which he was already living. Actually the deed says that he swapped land, presumably in Lewis County, for the land in Carter County. The land was on Trough Camp Branch. At the time this paper is being written the exact location is not known however Trough Camp Branch runs roughly parallel to Interstate 64 north of Olive Hill.

 

Deed Book C , Pages 240 & 241

This indenture made and entered into between John N. Ross of the County of Lewis & State of Kentucky of the one part and Mathew Maden [sic] of the County of Carter and State aforesaid of the other part witnesseth that for and in consideration of a tract of land swapped by the aforesaid Mathew Maden [sic] to the said John N. Ross, the aforesaid Ross hath contracted, bargained and sold unto said Mathew Madden , his heirs or assigns a tract of land situated in the County of Carter on the waters of Tygart and being the same land whereon the Madden now lives and bounded as follows; Beginning at four white oaks corner to a survey granted to James Henderson, thence N 17 W 110 poles to two white oaks & black oak N 33 E 78 poles to a black oak  ??? And a hickory (all down) N 86 ½ E 23 poles to two poplars & white oak S 38 E 83 poles to a dogwood N 24 ½ E 38 ½ poles to two small pines & a persimmon N 58 ½ E 28 8/16  poles to a rock or set stone(?) thence with the lines of John Ratcliffs land S 29 ½ E 33 ½ poles to a small poplar by a branch, S 38 ½ E 72 poles to a red oak and black oak on ridge, N 86 E 16 poles to two black oaks and white oak, S 20? E 43 poles to two black oaks S 69 E 61 poles to a black oak and gum, S 71 ¼ W 15 poles to a white oak and maple thence with David Gorman’s lines S 75 W 41 poles to two white oaks S 14 W 68 poles to 3 dead white oaks, thence with a line of two hundred acres survey crossing Trough Camp Branch to two white oaks and an elm corner to William Millers land and with the lines thereof N 76 ½ W 111 ½ poles to two white oaks near the County Road, thence S. W. Scotts lines N 14 ¾ W 139 poles to the beginning, by estimate 326 acres ?? The 241 same ??? Or sess(?) to have and to hold the above described tract of land with all and singular appurtenances their unto belonging unto the said Mathew Madden and his heirs forever, and the aforesaid John N. Ross doth bind himself, his heirs & to warrant and defend the title to the above lands against the claim or claims of all  and every person or persons whatsoever in witness thereof the aforesaid John N. Ross together with Nancy Ross, his wife, who doth hereby relinquishes her right of dower in and to the lands conveyed in this deed, given under our hands and seals this 18 day of August 1867.

                                                                                                                                       John N. Ross

                                                                                                                                       Nancy Ross

 

State of Kentucky, Carter County

I, Elias P. Davis, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State aforesaid do certify that this deed from John N. Ross & Nancy Ross to Mathew Madden was produced to me in my office on the 18th day of August 1867 and the said John N. Ross acknowledged his signature to be his act and deed hand and seal for the purpose herein mentioned and the said Nancy Ross was examined by me separate from her husband and she on her own free will and consent acknowledged her signature to be her act and deed hand and seal and also relinquished her right of dower to the within conveyed land and premises and said she did not wish to retract the same ???? The said deed together with this certificate are duly recorded and stamped according to law, given under my hand this 18 day of August 1867.

                                                                                                                                       E. P. Davis, Clk.

                                                                                                                                       By Oliver Miller, DC

 

Two day before Christmas of 1869 the Madden household celebrated the marriage of their eldest daughter and sister Laura A. to George E. James.[42]

 

1870 Census Carter County, Kentucky

Precinct #5, P.O. Grayson, 26 June 1870

134/124

Mathew Madden              45 (1825)  Farmer $2000 Real E. $600 Per. E.  Ky. Can Read Cannot Write

Sophia                                 41 (1829)  K. H.                                                      Ky. Can Read & Write

David                                  20 (1850)  Farmer                                                 Ky. Can Read & Write

John                                    17 (1853)  Farmer                                                 Ky. Can Read & Write

Theodore                            15 (1855)  Farmer                                                 Ky. In School

Edna                                    12 (1858)  At Home                                               Ky. In School

Amanda                              9 (1861)   Blank                                                                    Ky. Blank

Harriet                               6 (1864)   Blank                                                                    Ky. Blank

Charles                               1 (1869)   Blank                                                                    Ky. Blank

 

By 1870 Matthew and Sophia Madden’s eldest daughter Laura had married George E. James and was living just 3 families away from her parents. In a letter dated March 10, 1974 Cleff Madden, the son of James Franklin Madden, wrote David K. Tucker (me) the following: “Yes my fathers name was James Franklin Madden & I told you I thought there was another girl and that her name was Laura madden she married a man by the name of James. They lived in Fleming Co. & she was buried there. My Great Gran Father Johnathan Madden lived at Three Prong in Greenup Co.”

 

1870 Census Carter County, Kentucky

Precinct #5, 26 June 1870

130/119

George James                   23 (1847)  Farmer $0 Real E. $225 Per. E.     Ky. Can Read cannot Write

Laura                                  21 (1849)  K. H.                                                 Ky. Can Read & Write

 

It is impossible to say if Laura intentionally misrepresented her age or if there is just a mistake, but the 1860 census gives her age as 6 (1854) and the 1880 census gives her age as 28 (1852). It could be either one but the 1852 date seems more reasonable since she probably would have been listed in the Vital Records if born in 1854.

 

On August 12, 1874 Matthew and Sophia Madden became the proud parents of another daughter. They named her Annie Lucie.

 

Just a few months later on the 19th of January 1875 Matthew and Sophia attended the wedding of  their first born, David Otho Madden. He married Saran Ann Counts, daughter of Christopher S. Counts and Mary Ann Bishop.

 

The following year Matthew and Sophia’s last child, James Franklin  Madden was born on September 16, 1876.

 

During the month of May 1880 Matthew D. Madden’s life came to an end. The 1880 Mortality Schedule of Carter County, Kentucky provides the following information regarding his death.

 

               Name:                                                Matthias Madden

               Age:                                                    53

               Race:                                                  White

               Sex:                                                    Male

               Marital:                                            Married

               Born:                                                 Kentucky                                                         

               Father Born:                                    Va.

               Mother Born:                                  Va.

               Occupation:                                     Farmer

               Date of Death:                                  May

               Primary Cause of Death:                              Scrofula[43]

               Immediate Cause of Death:           Exhaustion         

               Years Resident of County:            13 yrs resident of the county

               Physician:                                         Wm R. York

 

               Remarks by Dr. York:

“Matthias Madden served as deputy marshall in the 9th Congressional District in this state for 18 months. It was during this time that the disease made its appearance which eventually ended his life. This was during the War of the Rebellion.”

 

It is not known if Dr. York simply made a mistake in giving his name as “Matthias” or if Matthew was called Matthias by his family and friends. This is the only time I have seen the name “Matthias” used in any document.

 

The following month, August 1880, Matthew Madden’s family are enumerated in their several households in Carter County Kentucky.

 

1880 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Precinct 3, Olive Hill, 21 June 1880

78/78

Sophia Madden                 50  Widowed  Keeping house                      Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Charles                               12  Son             Works on farm                      Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school

Aurire L.                              8  Daughter                                                    Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

James Franklin                  6  Son                                                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

 

One family researcher working on the Estill family of Fleming County, Kentucky reports that Sophia Estill Madden moved back to Fleming County and died there before 1900. This seems very possible since she had sisters and a brother still living there. It is possible she made the move when her daughter Laura Madden James, wife of George E. James, moved to with her husband to Muses Mill, Fleming County. It seems likely, although undocumented, that she was dead prior to 1887 when her minor daughter Annie Lucy was married in Rowan County, Kentucky to William Horsley.

The reason for this suspicion is due to the fact that Annie Lucy’s oldest brother, still living in Kentucky, Theodore Adolphus gave his permission for the marriage. It is of course possible that Annie Lucy remained behind and was living with her brothers family and that Sophia was still alive in Fleming County at the time. She was not enumerated at the time of the 1900 Federal Census of Kentucky and was presumably dead at that time. 

 

David Otho Madden

Son of Matthew,

Grandson of Jonathan, Great grandson of Nathan

 

As previously stated it appears that David Otho Madden was born on August 18, 1849, about a month and a half before his parents were married.[44]  His death certificate gives his place of birth as Carter County. Since he is listed as 10/12 months old at the time of the Federal Census of Carter County, Kentucky it is possible that he was born in there. However his mother Sophia is also shown in the 1850 Federal Census of Fleming County, Kentucky living with her parents. This confusion might come from the fact that census takers often recorded members of a family during the 12 month period prior to the census. If Sophia had been living at home anytime during the year 1849 then her parents may have given her name to the census taker. It is also possible that if she was unmarried at the time of David Otho’s birth that he was born in Fleming County at the home of her parents.

 

Although there is no written or oral tradition regarding his name it was most likely taken from his mothers father, David R. Estill and her brother Otho Estill.

 

Most of David Otho Maddens early life was spent in Lewis County. The 1860 Federal Census of Lewis County shows him to be 11 years of age and attending school. It is presumed that he worked on his fathers farm and possibly those of his neighbors.

 

In the year 1867[45] the then 18 year old David moved with his family to Carter County, Kentucky. What prompted the family to move is not known, but it would be Carter County where David  met his future wife and continued to live until he moved to Texas.

 

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census of Carter County, Kentucky David Otho was still living at home with his parents. He is enumerated as 20 years of age and a farmer.

 

Five months and one day after David Otho turned 25 he married Sarah Ann Counts on January 19, 1875. Sarah Ann was the daughter of Christopher S. Counts and Mary Ann Bishop. Sarah was born on February 8, 1856 in Carter County, Kentucky. Sarah was just a couple of weeks shy of her 19th birthday at the time of her marriage to David Otho Madden.

 

David was a farmer his whole life and Sarah was a housekeeper. This is confirmed by the census records and statements of his daughters Ida (my grandmother) and Ruby. Ruby did however remember her mother saying that she taught school some in Kentucky, but I have never found any other documentation to confirm this fact.

 

There are no deed records indicating that David ever bought property in Carter County, Kentucky.

Like many others he may have rented his land or possibly farmed land owned by his father-in-law Christopher Counts, who owned several thousand acres in Carter County.

 

Two and a half years later, David and Sarah’s first child, a daughter named Florence was born on August 24, 1877. On March 12, 1880, she was followed by a brother that they named George Walter Madden.[46]

 

The joy brought about by the birth of his first son was short lived, for two months later David’s father Matthew passed away. 

 

The family record of David Otho Madden and his wife Sarah Ann Counts[47] is as follows: (spelling and punctuation left as written)

 

David Otho Madden                                                                                   O. C. Madden deceased

and Sarah Ann Counts                                                                              November the 7th 1900

was married on the 19th                                                                             at five O’clock and twenty

of January 1875.                                                                                         five minutes.

 

David Otho Madden was                                                                           Bertha Elizabeth Gillean

born August the 18th 1849                                                                         deceased February the 16th

Sarah Ann Counts was born                                                                     1906 on Friday morning at

February the 8th 1856.                                                                               about 2:30 O’clock.

 

Florence Madden was born                                                                     John Wilson Gillean deceased

August the 24th 1877.                                                                                 Dec the 4th 1906

 

George W. Madden was born                                                                   wored by Sarah Madden thes

March 12th 1880.                                                                                         the 1st day of Dec 1926

 

Bertha Elizabeth Madden                                                                        copied by Ruby 1931 Oct 15

was born July the 12th 1882

 

Ethel L. Madden was born                                                                       Sarah Ann Madden (Mama)

January Tuesday the 19th 1886                                                                deceased June the 3th 1931

                                                                                                                        at 10:30 by her O’clock and

Ida Lee Madden was born                                                                        15 till 11 by Dudies watch

December the 2nd on Sunday                                                                     Wed night

1888

                                                                                                                        D. O. Madden deceased Aug

Premature birth Sept 1st 1891                                                                  11 1932 at 11 Oclock at Ruby’s

 

O. C. Madden was born October

13th 1893.

 

Ruby Lee Ora Madden was born

February Thrusday 4th 1897

 

The 1880 Federal Census of Carter County, Kentucky enumerated the David Otho Madden family as follows:

 

1880 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Deer Creek, Precinct 6

190/190

David Madden                   30           Farmer                Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Sarah                                   24           Keeping house   Kentucky             Virginia                             Virginia

Florence                              2           Daughter             Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

George                               3/12       Son                       Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

 

A little over two years later David and Sarah welcomed a new daughter into the world. Her name was Bertha Elizabeth Madden and she was born on July 12, 1882 in Kentucky.[48]

 

At the time of Bertha’s birth David Otho Madden was one month shy of his 32nd birthday, his family was growing and he was hearing about great farm lands in Texas.[49] Shortly after Bertha’s birth in July of 1882 the Maddens left Kentucky for their new home in Texas.[50]

 

One interesting aspect regarding David Otho’s reason for leaving Kentucky is contained in a letter written about 90 years after they left.  The letter is from David Otho’s nephew Cleff Madden, the son of David Otho’s youngest brother James Franklin Madden. The letter is dated March 10, 1974 from Olive Hill, Ky. and in it Cleff states, “I thank you very much for sending me Uncle Dave’s bible record of his family. I heard my Dad talk about him he said they were making cross ties back on top of a hill & uncle Dave said he was going to leave Ky. For he said when a man got old he could not climb these hill’s, he left and they never heard from him for 35 yr’s.[51]

 

How they got to Texas is subject to a little family controversy. David and Sarah’s eldest daughter Florence related to the family that they came by wagon. Depending on the year of departure Florence would have been somewhere between 4 and 7 years of age, certainly old enough to have some memory of the event. David and Sarah’s daughter, and my grandmother, Ida Lee Madden Tucker remembers her parents stating that they “came from Lexington, Kentucky by train”. Their daughter Ruby Lee Ora Madden Lanier stated that “they settled near Parks Schoolhouse within 1 mile of where they got off the train from Kentucky”.[52] It is possible that there is some truth in both statements. The family may have traveled from Carter County to Lexington by wagon and then on to Texas by train. Florence as a young child may have just remembered the wagon part of the trip.

They apparently leased land for a few years or possibly worked the land on a share basis since the first deed recording a land purchase is in December of 1894.

 

Not long after arriving in Texas another daughter, Ethel L., was born on Tuesday, January 19, 1886.

Then on December 2, 1888 David and Sarah added a fourth daughter to their household. They named her Ida Lee Madden; she was my grandmother. I asked her one time where her name came from and she told me that she was named after Ida Parks, wife of William Parks. I am not sure what Ida Parks maiden name was but obviously she was someone that the Maddens knew and considered a friend. She was born in 1872 and lived in the same Precinct as the Maddens.[53]

 

On September 1, 1891 David and Sarah lost a child due to premature birth. Then on October 13, 1893 David and Sarah celebrated the birth of their second son, O. C. Madden.

 

With the birth of O. C. their family now contained 6 children although the oldest were already grown. David and Sarah decided it was time to own their own place and on December 24, 1894 they gave themselves a Christmas present of 70 acres.[54]

 

The land they bought was near the Parks Schoolhouse on the east side of Waxahachie and they were members of the Christian Church located on Main Street in Waxahachie. According to their daughter Ruby they grew corn, maize, cotton and had a garden. Their livestock consisted of a mule for plowing, hogs and 4 milk cows. They also raised and sold chickens and eggs.

 

On Thursday, February 4, 1897 David and Sarah welcomed into the world their last child, Ruby Lee Ora Madden. Their family was complete. Any happiness at buying their own farm and completing their family would not last for long.

 

On October 13, 1900 little O. C. celebrated his 7th birthday, less that a month later he was dead. While helping his father he was kicked in the head by their mule. He lived for a few days[55] but died at 5:25 PM on November 7, 1900.

 

His father now made another land purchase that he had not planned on so soon. On November 10, 1900 David Otho Madden purchased Part of 26, Block 10 in the Waxahachie City Cemetery.[56] Little O. C. was the first to be laid to rest in this plot. Shortly afterward his father planted a rose bush on his grave.[57]

 

Copy Of A newspaper Clipping

In Ida Tucker’s Possession

 

MRS MADDEN

PIONEER DIES

AT AGE OF 75

 

Death Claims Ellis County

Woman During Wednesday Night

 

Mrs. D. O. Madden, 75 years old, died at her home on the Brodhead Pike about 10:45 o’clock Wednesday night. She was well known in the Waxahachie community and had lived here many years.

 

Mrs. Madden was a native of Kentucky. She was a member of the Christian Church.

 

The following children survive her: G. W. Madden, Waxahachie; Mrs. Florence Gillean, Big Springs; Mrs. Ida Tucker, Leonard, and Mrs. Ruby Lanier, Waxahachie.

 

Funeral services were announced for the residence at 3 p. m. Thursday, with Dr. E. S. Bledsoe, pastor of the Main Street Christian Church, officiating, interment following the City Cemetery here.

 

Pallbearers were announced as follow: Gene Kidd, M. Willig, Jim Adair, J. S. Shinpaugh, G. A. Thomas, and D. A. Wakefield.

 

Copy Of A Newspaper Clipping

In Ida Tucker’s Possession

 

AGED WOMAN

LAID TO REST

IN THIS CITY

 

With Dr. E. S. Bledsoe, pastor of the Main Street Christian Church of Waxahachie, officiating last sad rites for the late Mrs. D. O. Madden, 75 years old, were held at the home on the Brodhead Pike Wednesday afternoon.

 

Many friends and relatives attended. There were numerous floral offerings.

 

Interment took place in the city Cemetery in Waxahachie. Mrs. Madden, a native of Kentucky, has lived in this community many years.

 

Copy of a Newspaper Clipping

In Ida Tucker’s Possession

 

Friday Afternoon, August 12 1932

Waxahachie, Texas

 

DAVID MADDEN

LAID TO REST

IN THIS CITY

 

County Pioneer Dies

At Home of Daughter

Here Thursday

 

Funeral services for David Otho Madden, aged 83 years, who died at the home of his daughter Mrs. C. C. Lanier, Parks Street, were solemnized Friday morning at 10 o’clock.

 

Mr. Madden, one, of the pioneers of this county, died at the home of his daughter, where he had been visiting recently, at 11 a. m. Thursday, morning.

 

Funeral services, with Rev. E. S. Bledsoe conducting, were held at the home of his daughter, and interment was in the City Cemetery.

 

Mr. Madden is survived by five children Mrs. C. C. Lanier, Waxahachie; G. W. madden of near Waxahachie; Mrs. Ethel McMullen, Chatfield; Mrs. Ida Tucker, Leonard, and Mrs. R. L. Gillen (sp) of Big Springs, Texas.

 

Mr. Madden came to Texas from Carter County, Kentucky in 1882 first settling on the Park School House road where he lived until his wife died on June 3, 1931.

 

Mr. Madden has been in failing health for the last several years and a hard fall in recent months is thought to have hastened his death.

 

Ida Madden Tucker, daughter of David Otho Madden, related the following to her grandson, David K. Tucker, in the 1970’s. “Daddy’s death was hastened by a fall in which he hit his head against a cement or brick pillar in front of Ruby’s (his daughter) house. Late one night after everyone had gone to bed Ruby heard the front door slam. Upon checking they found him laying on the ground in front of the house. Later he said that he had been awakened by Sarah calling to him in the night and he had gotten up and gone to her.” In a way I suppose that he did go to her.[58]

 

TEXAS DEATH CERTIFICATE

#33882

Place of Death:                 Ellis County, Texas

                              Parks Street

Full Name:         David Otho Madden

                              White, Male, Widowed

Date of Birth:    Aug. 18, 1849, 1849 crossed out and 1852 inserted

Age:                      79 years, 11 months, 23 days

Occupation:       Farmer

Time in this Occupation:              50 years

Birthplace:         Carter Co., Ky.

Fathers Name:   Matthew Madden

Fathers Birthplace:  Carter Co., Ky.

Mothers Name: Sophia Estill

Mothers Birthplace: Ky.

Informant:          G. W. Madden

Address:              Waxahachie, Texas

Burial Place:     Waxahachie Cemetery

Burial Date:       August 12, 1932

Date of Death:    Aug. 11, 1932

Principal Cause of Death:  Senility

Contributory Cause:  Fall

 

I (David K. Tucker) once ask my grandmother, Ida Lee Madden Tucker, how she met my grandfather. She stated that she was at a “play party” and happened to be sewing a button back on a friends dress. He walked up and said, “I’ve been looking for a girl that knows how to sew”. She said that was the first time they ever spoke.

 

“The play party was a popular form of American folk entertainment that included songs, dances, and sometimes games. Though based upon European and English antecedents, play parties were truly an American phenomenon, first mentioned in print in 1837. The last play parties were performed in the 1950s. Though documented in rural and frontier areas throughout the United States, they seem to have been most popular and lasted the longest in the rural South and Midwest. "Skip to My Lou" and "Pig in a Parlor" are still sung today but without the movements and games.”[59]

 

 

John Madden

Son of Matthew Madden

Grandson of Jonathan, great grandson of Nathan

Brother of David Otho Madden

 

Almost nothing is known of John Madden, the second son of Matthew Madden and Sophia Estill.

In the 1860 Federal Census of Lewis County, Kentucky he is enumerated with his family as 10 years of age (1850) and attending school.

 

In the 1870 Federal Census of Carter County, Kentucky he is again enumerated with his family as 17 years of age, a farmer and able to read and write.

 

That is the last written record found on John Madden, son of Matthew and Sophia.

 

There is an interesting possibility based entirely on information in the 1880 Federal Census of Carter County. About 4 or 5 families from Laura Madden James (John Madden’s sister) and her husband George E. James is the James Harris family. They are also just about 20 families away from the Sophia Madden family. In the James Harris family is a Catherine Madden, 31 years of age and shown as either widowed or divorced. Catherine is shown to be the daughter of James Harris. Also enumerated is Corah Madden, 8 years of age and the grand daughter of James Harris.

 

Could it be that John Madden married a Catherine Harris about 1870 or 1871 and then they had a daughter Corah about 1872. No marriage record has been found for them or any death or census record for John. If Corah lived and a marriage record can be found for her it might be possible to find a death certificate for her that would give her fathers name.

 

Theodore Adolphus Madden

Son of Matthew Madden

Grandson of Jonathan, Great grandson of Nathan

Brother of David Otho Madden

 

“May 25, 1855 Adolphus Madden, male, born in Lewis Co. to Matthew Madden and Estill (no first name shown), white, resident of parents - Lewis Co.”

This entry in the vital records of Lewis County, Kentucky marks the birth of Matthew and Sophia Estill Maddens third son, Theodore Adolphus Madden. The basis for his somewhat unusual name has not been found. Most of his life he was simply called Adolph or more often simply Dolph.

 

In the 1860 Federal Census of Lewis County, Kentucky he is enumerated in his father Matthew’s family as; Adolphus, five years of age and born in Kentucky.

 

In the 1870 Federal Census of Carter County, Kentucky he is again enumerated in his father Matthew’s family as; Theodore, fifteen years of age, born in Kentucky and attending school.

 

He may be the following Madden found in Fleming County, Kentucky in the 1880 Federal Census but this subject to additional research.[60]

 

1880 Federal Census Fleming County, Kentucky

Precinct No. 3, Popular Plains, June 9, 1880

58/60

T. A. Meadden    26           Married                             laborer                Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

Sophia                  2?           Married                            housekeeper        Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

 

1900 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, June 16, 1900

246/253

Adolph Madden          May 1855  45  married 22 yrs  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Blacksmith            Can R & W

Maggie M.          wife  May 18??  33                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  4children, 4 living Can R & W

Otho E.                son   Aug  1880  19  single                 Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In Sch.                      Can R. & W

Edith                    dau  Jan   1886  14  single                 Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In Sch.                      Can R & W

Marie                   dau  June 1889  10  single                 Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In Sch.                       Can R & W

Pierce                  son  Aug  1899 9/12  single               Ky.  Ky.  Ky. 

 

1910 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Upper Tygart, April 28, 1910

195/195

Theodore A. Madden  54 Married 1 30 yrs             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Blacksmith               Can R & W

Maggie wife                48                                               Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  5 children 4 living  Can R & W

Pierce   son                  10                                               Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Bert       son                   8                                                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Theodore, his brother Charles, sister Luella Amanda and brother James Franklin are all listed on the same page in 1910.

 

1920 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Dolf Madden

Magie                    wife

Bertie                    son

Marie Howard     dau

Wilber Howard   gson

Pierce Madden    son

Lorane                 d-i-law

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.     

County:

Vot. Pct.

Full Name:

Sex:

Color or Race:

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:

Date of Birth:

Age:

Occupation:

Birthplace:

Name of Father:

Birthplace of Father:

Maiden Name of Mother:

Informant:

Resident of Informant:

Date Filed:

Registrar:

Date of Death:

I attended deceased from:

I last saw alive:

Death occurred on the date stated above at

Cause of Death:

Duration:

Contributory:

Duration:

Signed:

Date Signed:

Location of MD:

Place of Burial or Removal:

Date of Burial:

Undertaker:

Address:

 

EAGLE HALL CEMETERY

Carter County, Kentucky

T. A. Madden                     5-25-1855 to 1-16-1921                 aged 65 yrs 7 mos 21 days

Maggie Madden                              9-6-1862   to 7-12-1935

Otho E. Madden               8-24-1880 to 5-25-1902

 

Several plots away in the same cemetery is their son Bert.

Bert Madden                     1-17-1902 to 3-15-1977

Ethel Madden                   2-24-1906 to 10-29-1959

The SS Death Index confirms the birth and death dates for Bert Madden and show his last residence as Soldier, Carter County, Kentucky.

 

The WWI Registration Card for Pierce Earl Madden gives his date of birth as July 27, 1899. He is living in Soldier, Kentucky and gives his place of employment as the Ashland Fire Brick Co. of Soldier, Ky. His nearest relative is listed as Maggie Madden but no relationship is shown, although it must be his mother. He signs his name in a clear and very neat manner. Ohio Deaths 1958-2000 on Ancestry.com state that Pierce E. Madden died in Muskingum County, Ohio on May 2, 1966. The SS Death Index shows that he was born on July 27, 1899 and died in May 1966 in Zanesville, Ohio.

 

Otho E. Madden is buried next to his parents in Eagle Hall Cemetery in Carter County, Kentucky.

His dates are shown as August 24, 1880 to May 25, 1902.

 

Edith Madden married Zavan (Van) Gearheart sometime between 1910 and 1920. When Theadore Adolphus Madden died in 1921 there were two death certificates filled out for him. On one the informant was his wife Maggie and on the other the informant was Van Gayheart, his son-in-law.

Edith and Zavan are buried in Trumbo Cemetery.

 

TRUMBO CEMETERY

Carter County, Kentucky

Zavan Gearheart                             July 25, 1877 to January 16, 1945

Edith M. Gearheart                        January 21, 1883 to July 18, 1962

Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000 confirms her date of death and gives her age as 79. Her place of death is given as Carter County. Certificate # 17268.

 

Marie Madden was born in June 1889 according to the 1900 census. In the 1920 census she is shown as a widow with a son Wilbur. According to Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2000 a Wilbur Howard was born to a woman with the maiden name Marie Madden on March 26, 1912.

 

Based on available records it appears that Theodore Adolphus and Maggie Madden had the following children.

 

(1)   Otho E. Madden                      August 24, 1880 to May 25, 1902

(2)   Edith Madden                          January 21, 1883 to July 18, 1962

(3)   Marie (Mary?) Madden        June 1889

(4)   Pierce Earl Madden                              July 27, 1899 to May 2, 1966

(5)   Bert Madden                            January 17, 1902 to March 15, 1977

 

 

Laura A. Madden

Daughter of Matthew Madden

Granddaughter of Jonathan,

Great granddaughter of Nathan

 

Two day before Christmas of 1869 the Madden household celebrated the marriage of their eldest daughter and sister Laura A. to George E. James.

 

By 1870 Matthew and Sophia Madden’s eldest daughter Laura had married George E. James and was living just 3 families away from her parents. In a letter dated March 10, 1974 Cleff Madden, the son of James Franklin Madden, wrote David K. Tucker (me) the following: “Yes my fathers name was James Franklin Madden & I told you I thought there was another girl and that her name was Laura Madden she married a man by the name of James. They lived in Fleming Co. & she was buried there. My Great Gran Father Johnathan Madden lived at Three Prong in Greenup Co.”

 

1870 Census Carter County, Kentucky

Precinct #5, 26 June 1870

130/119

George James                   23 (1847)  Farmer $0 Real E. $225 Per. E.     Ky. Can Read cannot Write

Laura                                  21 (1849)  K. H.                                               Ky. Can Read & Write

 

1880 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Precinct # 5, June 10 1880

103/103

Geo. E. James                   32           Farmer                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       Cannot Read & Write

Laura                   wife       27           Keeping house   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       Can Read & Write

Dora Belle          dau         10           In school             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       Can Read & Write

Amos R.               son         7            In school             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       Can Read & Write

Lillie M.             dau         4                                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Lue M.                 dau         2                                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Hattie Madden sis n law 15                                        Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       Can Read & Write

 

1900 Federal Census Fleming County, Kentucky

Muses Mill Precinct, M. D. # 4, June 13, 1900

193/194

George E. James              Feb 1848  52  Married 1 yr  Farmer                        Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Can R & W

Anna ?                  Wife    May 1874  26  Married 1 yr.   Sch Teach     Ky.  Va.  Va.         Can R & W

Claude R.            Son      Apl 1886  14  Single                In school        Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Can R & W

Clarence A.         Son      Sept 1887  12  Single              In school        Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Can R & W

Nettie Thacker Servant Sept 1882  17  Single             In school        Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Can R & W

Just a house over are the two daughters of George E. James and his wife Laura.

 

1900 Federal Census Fleming County, Kentucky

Muses Mill Precinct, M. D. # 4, June 13, 1900

191/192

William Mauk           Aug 1874  25  Married 4 yrs.  Farmer                            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Can R & W

Lily M.                wife Sep  1876  23  Married 4 yrs.  2 child/2 living  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.    Can R & W

Dennis                 son  Aug  1896   3                                                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Minnie                 dau Oct   1898   1                                                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Minnie L. James S-in-law May 1878 Single             Teacher             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Can R & W

 

The WWI Registration Card for Amos Ransom James gives his date of birth as January 16, 1873 and his wife as Nancy Susan. He is living in Muses Mill, Fleming County, Kentucky. He is possibly the same Amos that died in Martin County, Kentucky at the age of 91 on May 7, 1964. See Kentucky Death Record Certificate #11464. However if it is the same person then his SS Death Record give his date of birth as October 30, 1872  and not January 16, 1873.

 

The WWI Registration Card for Clarence Arkemdis James gives his date of birth as September 2, 1887. It states that he is single and is living in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky.

 

The WWI Registration Card for Claude James gives his date of birth as April 12, 1885 and his wife as Maude Lee. He is living in Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky. He is probably the same Claude that died in Boyd County, Kentucky at the age of 33 on October 23, 1918. See Kentucky Death Record Certificate # 24801. The Boyd County USGenweb site shows that he is buried in the Ashland Cemetery and that his stone is marked, Claude E. James, 1885-1918.  This leave a question about his middle initial, is it “E” or “R”?

 

Based mainly on the 1880 Census of Carter County and the 1900 Census of Fleming County, Kentucky it appears that Laura A. Madden and her husband George E. James had the following children. The gap between 1878 and 1885 might indicate other children were born and died or were gone by the time of the 1900 census. 

 

(1)   Dora Belle James                   Born about 1870

(2)   Amos R. James                        January 16, 1873

(3)   Lillie M. James                       September 1876

(4)   Minnie Lue James                  May 1878

(5)   Claude R. James                     April 12, 1885 to October 23, 1918

(6)   Clarence Arkemdis James    September 2, 1887

 

 

 

 

 

Edna Bell Madden

Daughter of Matthew Madden

Granddaughter of Jonathan

Great granddaughter of Nathan

Sister of David Otho Madden

 

 

“August 15, 1858 Edney Bill Madden, Female, born in Lewis Co., to Mathew D. Madden & Sophia Estill, white, residence of parents - Lewis Co.” [61]

 

She is listed with her parents in the 1860 Federal Census of Lewis County, Kentucky as 2 year old “Edward”.

 

1860 Census Lewis County, Kentucky

Area Not Stated, 11 August  1860

1300/1300

Mathew Madden              31 (1829)  Farmer  $600 Real E.  $500 Per. E.  Ky.  Can Read & Write       

Sophia                                 30 (1830)      -                  -                      -             Ky.  Can Read & Write           

David O.                             11 (1849)      -                  -                      -             Ky.   In School

John                                    10 (1850)      -                  -                      -             Ky.   In School

Adolphus                            5 (1855)       -                  -                      -             Ky.   Blank

Laura                                  6 (1854)       -                  -                      -             Ky.   In School

Edmond[62]                           2 (1858)       -                  -                      -             Ky.   Blank

 

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census of Carter County, Kentucky she is still enumerated with her family and this time under her correct name.

 

1870 Census Carter County, Kentucky

Precinct #5, P.O. Grayson, 26 June 1870

134/124

Mathew Madden              45 (1825)  Farmer $2000 Real E. $600 Per. E.  Ky. Can Read Cannot Write

Sophia                                 41 (1829)  K. H.                                                      Ky. Can Read & Write

David                                  20 (1850)  Farmer                                                 Ky. Can Read & Write

John                                    17 (1853)  Farmer                                                 Ky. Can Read & Write

Theodore                            15 (1855)  Farmer                                                 Ky. In School

Edna                                    12 (1858)  At Home                                               Ky. In School

Amanda                              9 (1861)   Blank                                                                    Ky. Blank

Harriet                               6 (1864)   Blank                                                                    Ky. Blank

Charles                               1 (1869)   Blank                                                                    Ky. Blank

 

This is the last record I have found on Edna. I have not found a marriage record on her at this date (January 13, 2006). It is possible she married and can be found under that name. It is also possible that she died and no records exist.

 

 

 

Luella Amanda Madden

Daughter of Matthew Madden

Granddaughter of Jonathan

Great granddaughter of Nathan

Sister of David Otho Madden

 

1900 Federal Census Rowan County, Kentucky

Hoggtown, No. 4, June 5, 1900

66/66

Loran Abbott                    Mar 1857  43  Md.  21 yrs.  Ky.  Ky.   Pa.  Farmer                                 Can R & W

Ella                      wife       Mar 1861  39  Md.  21 yrs   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  8 children, 7 living Can R & W

Winfield              son         Jan  1880  20   Single          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Nora                     dau         Dec  1882  17  Single           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Bruce                   son         Jul   1885  14  Single           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Lucy                     dau         ???  1887  12  Single           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                               Cannot R & W

Howard                              son         Mar 1893   7  Single            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                                Cannot R & W

Ora                       son         ???  1894   5  Single            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                                Cannot R & W

Willie A.             son         Apr  1898  2  Single             Ky.  Ky.  Ky                                 Cannot R & W

 

 

1910 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Upper Tygart, April 28, 1910

201/201

Ella Abbott                        48  Wd.                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        10 children, 8 living        Can R & W

Howard     son                   17  Single            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Working out                      Can R & W

Ora S.        son                   13  Single            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        In school                            Can R & W

Willie        son                   11  Single            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        In school                            Can R & W

Dolpha      son                    9   Single            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        In school

Ella’s family in 1910 is living between her brother’s Charles and James F. and just a few houses from her brother Theodore Adolphus.

 

1920 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Upper Tygart, January 15, 1920

Ella Abott                          58  Wd.                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Housework                        Can R & W

 

1930 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Upper Tygart, April 7, 1930

121/122

Ella Madden       Head      60  Single            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        None                                    Can R & W

Living next to her nephew Cleff Madden

 

Carter County Deaths 1930 - 1959, A - C

First name  Last       Volume Certificate County of Residence Year Month Day Age

Ella               Abbott    007          03450           Blank                            37      02        12   075

 

ABBOTT, W. R.----- Ironton Tribune NOV. 27, 1955
Winfield R. Abbot, 76, of South Point, died Saturday in the General Hospital. He was born Jan. 8, 1880 at Olive Hill, Ky., son of the late Loren and Ella Madden Abbott. On July 6, 1906 he was united in marriage to Ethel Chatfield. . . he operated a truck farm at South Point. Surviving are the wife, Ethel Abbott; a daughter, Mrs. Sherman Kizzee of Ironton; two brothers, Bruce Abbott, Soldier, Ky. And Howard Abbott, Coal Grove, and four grandchildren. A son, Russell P. Abbott preceded him in death in 1950 and two other children died in infancy. Interment in Woodland Cemetery.

 

Bruce Abbott and his wife May are buried at Eagle Hall Cemetery in Carter County, Kentucky.

 

Eagle Hall Cemetery, Carter County, Kentucky

Abbott, Allie G.                               Mar 10, 1919-Mar 12, 1919 s/Bruce & May

Abbott, Bruce C.              1885-1975 h/May S

Abbott, Corinne               Sep 23,1918-Nov 28,1919 d/Bruce & May

Abbott, May S.                  1889-1975 w/Bruce

 

Bruce Abbott was born on July 25, 1884 according to his WWI Registration Card filed in Carter County, Kentucky and showing his nearest relative as May Abbott.

According to Kentucky Death Records Bruce C. Abbott a resident of Carter County died on January 21, 1975 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Certificate #04591.According to Kentucky Death Records May S. Abbott a resident of Carter County died on February 1, 1975 in Rowan County, Kentucky. Certificate #04589.

 

William Arthur Abbott (Willie) was born on April 23, 1898 according to his WWI Registration Card filed in Carter County, Kentucky. California Death Records show that William Arthur Abbott, born in Kentucky on 3/23/1899 died in Los Angeles, California on July 12, 1954. The record gives his fathers last name as Abbott and his mother’s maiden name as Madden.

 

Charley Howard Abbott was born on March 4, 1893 according to his WWI Registration Card filed in Carter County, Kentucky. In 1920 he is shown in Carter County census records with his wife Laura and in the 1930 census of Boyd County. The Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2000 indicate that his wife’s maiden name is “Bear”.

 

Oro S. Abbott was born on November 23, 1895 according to his WWI  Registration Card filed in Carter County, Kentucky. According to Kentucky Death Records Orra Abbott died on February 19, 1930 in Carter County, Kentucky. Certificate #03147.  Ora Abbott is buried in Bellow Cemetery, Carter County. His stone reads, Ora Abbott 1895-1930 h/Jessie Bellow. 

 

Dolphie Abbott was born on August 5, 1899 according to his WWI Registration Card filed in Carter County, Kentucky and showing his nearest relative as Ella Abbott. There are two Kentucky Death Certificates filed for Dolphie, both in Elliott County, Kentucky. Both give his date of death as July 4, 1930. Certificate # 16101 gives his age as 27 and Certificate # 16382 gives his age as 28. It is possible, although unproven, that he is the “D. Abbott” buried in Patton Cemetery with no dates.

 

Winfield Ross Abbott was born on January 8, 1880 according to his WWI Registration Card filed in Lawrence County, Ohio and showing his nearest relative as Ethal Abbott.

 

Lucy M. Clark died on September 24, 1953 at the age of 65 according to Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000, Certificate # 24391. She died in Carter County and Carter County is given as her place of residence. Her husband at the time of the 1930  census was Zebb Clark. Lucy M. Clark and her husband Z. B. Clark are buried in the Clark Cemetery in Carter County, Kentucky.

Lucy M. Clark                  November 16, 1887 to September 24, 1958 (error, known to be 1953)

Z. B. Clark                         August 14, 1879 to April 16, 1933

 

On February 26, 1974 I (David K. Tucker) addressed a letter to Bruce Abbott requesting information on his family and his mother Ella’s family. The following reply to that letter was received in November of 1975.

 

Nov 3, 1975

Jim Bowen

RR 7, Box 255F

Anderson, Indiana 46011

 

Dear Mr. Tucker,

 

               My husband, Jim Bowen is the grandson and administrator to the Estate of Bruce & May Abbott.

 

               Bruce passed away Jan. 21, 1975 and May passed on Feb 1, 1975. We found your letter postmarked Feb. 26, 1974 in their personal effects and do not know if your letter has been answered.

 

               Bruce Chandler Abbott was the 3rd child born to Loren Abbott and Ella Madden Abbott, July 25, 1885. Ella Madden was born in Carter Co., Kentucky and mother’s name was Sophia.

 

               Ella Madden Abbott is buried in the Patton Cemetery, town of Soldier, Carter Co, Ky. This Sophia Madden may be the one that married Matthew Madden, I wouldn’t know for sure. It may be on Ella Madden Abbott’s gravestone.

 

               Cliff Madden has a brother Clyde Madden, Soldier, Kentucky, 41173 that may have some information for you. Clifford & Clyde were first cousins to Bruce Abbott.

 

Sincerely,

Mrs. Jim Bowen[63]

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.  3450         

County:  Carter

Vot. Pct.  Soldier # 17

Full Name:  Ella Abbott

Sex:  Female

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Widow

If married, widowed or divorced, spouses name:  Loren Abbott

Date of Birth: March 4, 1861

Age:  75 yrs. 10 mos. 9 days

Occupation:  Blank

Birthplace:  Ky.

Name of Father:  Mathew Madden

Birthplace of Father:  Ky.

Maiden Name of Mother:  Sophia Estil Madden

Birthplace of Mother:  Ky.

Informant:  Bruce Abbott

Resident of Informant:  Soldier, Ky.

Date Filed:  Feb. 15, 1937

Registrar:  Mrs. L. S. Vincent

Date of Death:  February 12, 1937

I attended deceased from:  February 8, 1937 to February 12, 1937

I last saw alive:  February 12, 1937

Death occurred on the date stated above at: Unable to read

Cause of Death:  Lobar pneumonia

Duration:  Blank

Contributory:  Blank

Duration:  Blank

Signed:  Dan Fortune, MD

Date Signed:  Blank

Location of MD:  Soldier, Ky.

Place of Burial or Removal:  Soldier, Ky.

Date of Burial:  February 13, 1937

Undertaker:  Blank

Address:   Blank

              

 

                  

 

 

 

Harriet Madden

Daughter of Matthew Madden

Granddaughter of Jonathan

Great grand daughter of Nathan

Sister of David Otho Madden

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles Madden

Son of Matthew Madden

Grandson of Jonathan

Great grandson of Nathan

Brother of David Otho Madden

 

On January 21, 1891 Charley Madden and Julia Messer were married. Their surety was David Medley.  Actually their marriage bond or license was issued on January 21 in Rowan County and the return filed on January 22, 1891, also in Rowan County.[64]

 

1900 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, 18 June 1900

283/291

Charles Madden               30  Mar 1870 Md. 10 yrs.  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.     Farmer                  Can R & W

Julia                     wife       26  May 1874 Md. 10 yrs.  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  4 children/4 living Can R & W

Edker                   son         7   Jul   1892  S                    Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Ethel                    dau         6   Jan  1894  S                    Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Minnie                 dau         4   Nov  1896  S                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Tinny[65]                 dau         1   Feb  1899  S                    Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

 

1910 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Upper Tygart, April 28, 1910

200/200

Charles Madden               39  Married 1  19 yrs      Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Clay miner            Can R & W

Julia      wife                      36  Married 1  19 yrs      Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  6 children 6 living Can R & W

Edgar    son                        19  Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Clay miner               Can R & W

Ethel     daughter              16  Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Minnie  daughter             14  Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Tinnie   daughter              10  Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Dewey G.   son                   8   Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school

Edith     daughter              5   Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

 

1920 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Voting Precinct # 7, Upper Tygart

January 13, 1920

107/109

Charles Maden                 54                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       Laborer               Can R & W

Julia                                    46                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       None                     Can R & W

Minie                   dau         23                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       Housework         Can R & W

Dewie                  son         18                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       None                     Can R & W

Edith                    dau         15                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       In school             Can R & W

Violet                   dau         9                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       None                     Blank

Ruth                     dau         2 ?/12                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                       None                     Blank

 

1930 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Upper Tygart Precinct

Soldier Road, April 5, 1930

99/100

Charlie Madden                              64  Wd.  21 when wed.     Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Farmer                Can R & W

Reuth                   dau.        11  S                                    Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        None                     Can R & W

Dewey                  son         27  Md.  26 when wed.     Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Clay Miner         Can R & W

Letha           dau in law     20  Md.  19 when wed.     Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        None                     Can R & W

Herbert                      grand son     1 ?/12                                  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Charles is living near to his brothers and children along Soldier and Rail Roads.

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No. 16257        

County:  Carter

Vot. Pct.  Soldier # 17

City:  Soldier

Full Name:  Chas. Madden

Sex:  Male

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced: Widowed

If married, widowed, or divorced name of husband or wife:  Julia Madden

Date of Birth:  Nov. 29, 1865 

Age:  65 yrs.  6 mos.  13 days

Occupation:  Day Laborer

Birthplace:  Carter Co.

Name of Father:  Mathew Madden

Birthplace of Father:  Ky.

Maiden Name of Mother:  Blank

Birthplace of Mother:  Ky.

Informant:  Isom Eden

Resident of Informant:  Soldier, Ky.

Date Filed:  June 22, 1931

Registrar: Mrs. L. S. Vincent

Date of Death:  June 12, 1931

I attended deceased from:  May 1, 1931 to June 12, 1931

I last saw alive:  June 11, 1931

Death occurred on the date stated above at 12 ( no PM or AM shown)

Cause of Death:  Tuberculosis of the Lymth glands

Duration: 2 yrs

Contributory:  None listed

Duration: Blank

Signed: Dan Fortune, MD

Date Signed: June 22

Location of MD:  Soldier, Ky.

Place of Burial or Removal: Blank

Date of Burial:  Blank

Undertaker:  Blank

Address:  Blank

 

The WWI Registration Card of Edgar Madden gives his date of birth as July 5, 1892 and his home address as Soldier Kentucky. He is married but wife’s name not mentioned. He is a clay miner working for the Ashland Fire Brick Co. in Soldier, Ky. His named is typed in the signature spot with no signature. In the 1920 Census of Rowan County Edgar, his wife Effie and son Roy are living in Rowan County. The Birth Records of Kentucky 1911-2000 show that his wife was Evie Trumbo. In the 1910 census of Carter County she is shown as Eva and living just a short distance from her future husband. She died sometime between 1920 and 1930 when he is shown as a widower and his son Roy is living in Carter county with his aunt and uncle. The SS Death Index shows that Edgar Madden was born on July 5, 1892 and died in August 1962 in Indiana. His SS card was issued in Kentucky.

 

Dewey Madden is buried at Bowen Chapel Cemetery in Carter County, Kentucky. His dates are         

March 1, 1902 - February 29, 1976. His wife Letha June 16, 1909 - September 13, 1973. His date of death is confirmed by Kentucky Death Certificate # 04551 which gives his place of death as Carter County. It is further confirmed on the SS Death Index. According to Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2000 Dewey was married to a Price. It is possible that he and his sister Ruth were married to a brother and sister.

 

Sadie Ethel Madden was married first to Ora Eden and second to Claude Jessee.[66] She is buried in Trumbo Cemetery in Carter County, Kentucky next to her first husband.

Sadie E. Eden                    1-22-1894 to 6-13-1977                

Ora M. Eden                      5-27-1888 to 1-20-1921

Kentucky Death Certificate # 18696 states that Sada E. Jessie died on 6-13-1977 in Carter County and that her place of residence was Carter County.

 

Violet Madden died on April 16, 1934, at 24 years of age, in Carter County, Kentucky according to Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000.  At the time of the 1930 Carter County census she was living in the household of her cousin Bert, son of Adolphus, and listed as 20 years old and a servant.

 

Minnie Madden married Mason Jessee on December 20, 1920 in Carter County, Kentucky. She was born on November 22, 1895 and died on November 20, 1976 in New Castle, Henry County, Indiana.[67] Her dates and place of death are confirmed by the SS Death Index. Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2000 also confirm she was married to a Jessee.

 

Tinnie Madden in the 1900 and 1910 census records is actually shown as Tina Madden Fannin in Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2000. In the 1930 census of Carter County she is listed, as Tina,  with her husband Ernest Fannin. Tina and her husband William E. Fannin are buried in Garvin Ridge Cemetery, Carter County.

Tina M. Fannin                 February 28, 1899 to February 7, 1980

William E. Fannin           May 10, 1894 to June 14, 1965

 

According to Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2000 Ruth Madden was born on June 2, 1917 in Carter County. From the Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2000 it appears that Ruth Madden was married to a Price. The SS Death Index states that a Ruth Price died in Indiana on January 19, 1991 and that she was born on June 2, 1917. Her SS Card was issued in Indiana.

 

From the available records it appears that Charles Madden and his wife Julia Messer had 8 children.

 

(1)   Edgar Madden                         July 5, 1892 to August 1962

(2)   Sadie Ethel Madden                              January 22, 1894 to June 13, 1977

(3)   Minnie Madden                       November 22, 1895 to November 20, 1976

(4)   Tina M. Maden                        February 28, 1899 to February 7, 1980

(5)   Dewey G. Madden                  March 1, 1902 to February 29, 1976

(6)   Edith Madden                          About 1905

(7)   Violet Madden                         About 1911 to April 16, 1934

(8)   Ruth Madden                           June 2, 1917 to January 19, 1991

 

 

              

 

Annie Lucie Madden

Daughter of Matthew Madden

Granddaughter of Jonathan

Great granddaughter of Nathan

Sister of David Otho Madden

 

 

On November 9, 1887 Lucy Madden and William F. Horsley were married. Their surety on the bond form was shown as “Dolfus Madden“ but signed T.M. Madden (probably a transcription error since his middle initial is “A“, the transcriber also wrote Theodophpus?.  Actually their marriage bond or license was issued on November 9 in Rowan County and the return filed on November10, 1887, also in Rowan County.[68]

 

1900 Federal Census Clark County, Kentucky

2nd Magisterial District, 12 June 1900

120/130

William M. Horseley      May 1864  36  Md. 10 yrs.   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.   RR laborer         Can R & W

Lucy                     wife       Aug  1873  27  Md. 10 yrs.   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.   Blank                   Can R & W

Ethel                    dau         Jul    1889  10                        Ky.  Ky.  Ky.   Blank                    Can R & W

Pearl                    dau         Mar  1891   8                         Ky.  Ky.  Ky.   Blank                    Can R & W

Rosa M.                              dau         Dec   1894   5                         Ky.  Ky.  Ky.   Blank                    Can R & W

Lillie                   dau         Feb   1900  3/12                    Ky.  Ky.  Ky.   Blank                    Can R & W

 

 

1910 Federal Census Clark County, Kentucky

North Winchester Precinct, Winchester, April 26, 1910

21/21

William M. Horseley      40  Married 1  30 yrs      Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  RR foreman              Can R & W

Anna                     wife       34  Married 1  30 yrs[69]   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  5 children, 4 living Can R & W

Effie                     dau         20  Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                                      Can R & W

Pearl                    dau         18  Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                                      Can R & W

Rose                     dau         15  Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

Lillian                 dau         10  Single                           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                   Can R & W

 

1920 Federal Census Fayette County, Kentucky

Lexington, January 6, 1920

265/288

W. M. Horsley                  50           married                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        RR watchman    Can R & W

Lucy      wife                      47           married                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                                      Can R & W

Mary     daughter              6            single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                                      Can R & W

 

Annie Lucy Madden Horsley, the youngest sister of David Otho Madden passed away on February 27, 1921 in Fayette County, Kentucky. She was 49 years of age.

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.  02995

Place of Death   

County:  Fayette

City:  Lexington

Address:  455 Shelby

Vot. Pct.  Blank

Full Name:  Mrs. Annie Lucie Horsley

Sex:  Female

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Married

Date of Birth:  August 12, 1871

Age:  49 years, 6 months, 15 days

Occupation:  Housekeeper

Birthplace:  Carter County, Kentucky

Name of Father:  Mathew Madden

Birthplace of Father:  Greenup County, Ky.

Maiden Name of Mother:  Sophia Estill

Birthplace of Mother:  Fleming County, Ky.

Informant:  William Horsley

Resident of Informant:  455 Shelby St., Lexington, Kentucky

Date Filed:  Blank

Registrar:  Blank

Date of Death:  February 27, 1921

I attended deceased from:  December 1st 1920

I last saw alive:  December 14, 1920

Death occurred on the date stated above at:  9:15 A.M.

Cause of Death:  Unable to read

Duration:  Blank

Contributory:  Blank

Duration:  Blank

Signed:  Asa P. Taylor, M.D.

Date Signed:  February 28, 1921

Location of MD:  Lexington, Kentucky

Place of Burial or Removal:  Winchester, Ky.

Date of Burial:  March 1, 1921

Undertaker:  Henry H. Hall

Address:  Winchester, Kentucky

 

MISC. NOTES ON CHILDREN OF WILLIAM & LUCIE HORSLEY

 

Mary M. Horsley was born on April 13, 1914 in Fayette County, Kentucky according to Kentucky Birth Records 1911-2000.

 

Pearl Horsley died on February 25, 1914 in Fayette County, Kentucky according to Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000, at the age of 23. Certificate # 03927.

 

 

James Franklin Madden

Son of Matthew Madden

Grandson of Jonathan

Great granddaughter of Nathan

Brother of David Otho Madden

 

On December 6, 1895 Frank Madden and Georgia Ely were married. Their surety was H. L. Turner.  Actually their marriage bond or license was issued on December 6 in Rowan County and the return filed on December 8, 1895, also in Rowan County. It is not known if they were actually married on the 6th, 7th or 8th, without seeing the actual paperwork.[70]

 

1900 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, June 18, 1900

284/292

Frank Madden                  Sep 1875  24  Married 4 yrs. Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Clay miner        Can R & W

Georgie                              wife       Jun 1878  21  Married 4 yrs. Ky.  Va.  Ky.  1child/1 living Can R & W

Claud                   son         Oct 1898   1                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                Can R & W

 

1910 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Upper Tygart, April 28, 1910

202/202

James F. Madden             35  Married 1  14  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Retail Merchant/Gro. Store Can R & W

Georgia     wife                 32  Married 1  14  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  6 children, 6 living               Can R & W

Claud         son                   11  Single               Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school                                  Can R & W

Cloe          daughter          9   Single               Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school

Clyde        son                    7   Single               Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school

Laura       daughter           5   Single              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  In school

Cleff          son                    4   Single              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Pearle       daughter      6/12  Single              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

 

1920 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Voting Precinct # 7, Upper Tygart

January 14, 1920

116/118

Frank Maden                    45           M           Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Farmer                Can Read & Write

Georgia                              wife       41           M           Ky.  Va.  Ky.                                      Can Read & Write

Claud                   son         21           S             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Fire Clay Miner               Can Read & Write

Chloe                   dau         19           S             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        In school             Can Read & Write

Clide                    son         17           S             Ky.  Ky.  Ky         Fire Clay Miner               Can Read & Write

Laura                   dau         15           S             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        In school             Can Read & Write

Cleff                     son         13           S             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        In school             Can Read & Write

Mable                  dau         7            S             Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Blank                   Blank

 

1930 Federal Census Carter County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 4, Upper Tygart, April 7, 1930

112/113

Frank Madden                  53  18 when married  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.             Clay mine           Can R & W

Georgie                              wife       50  15 when married  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.                                           Can R & W

Mable                  dau         17                                  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.               In school             Can R & W

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.  8545         

County:  Carter

Vot. Pct.  Soldier # 17

Full Name:  J. F. Madden

Sex:  Male

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Married

If married, name of spouse:  Georgia Madden

Date of Birth:  September 16, 1876

Age:  56 yrs.  6 mos. 24 days

Occupation:  Miner, Weight Master

Birthplace: Kentucky

Name of Father:  M. Madden

Birthplace of Father:  Kentucky

Maiden Name of Mother:  Blank

Informant:  Claude Madden

Resident of Informant:  Soldier, Ky.

Date Filed:  March 10, 1933

Registrar:  Mrs. L. S. Vinsent

Date of Death:  April 9, 1933

I attended deceased from:  March 1, 1933 to April 9, 1933

I last saw alive:  April 9, 1933

Death occurred on the date stated above at 9 PM

Cause of Death: Tuberculous ??enitis

Duration:  1 year 8 months

Contributory:  Blank

Duration:  Blank

Signed:  Dan Fortune, MD

Date Signed:  April 10, 1933

Location of MD:  Soldier, Ky.

Place of Burial or Removal:  Blank

Date of Burial:  Blank

Undertaker:  Blank

Address:  Blank

 

PATTON CEMETERY

Carter County, Kentucky

J. F. Madden                      September 16, 1878 (not sure if 1878 is error, Dead Cert. says 1876)

                                             April 9, 1933

Georgie Madden              June 26, 1879

                                             September 24, 1942

 

Pearl Madden, daughter of James Franklin and Georgia Ely Madden shown as 6 months old in the 1910 Federal Census died on April 15, 1914 at four years of age according to Kentucky Death Records 1911 - 2000. Death Certificate # 11975. Pearl is buried at Eagle Hall Cemetery next to her cousins the Abbot’s. Her stone says daughter of Frank and George(Georgie) Madden  1909 - 1913.

Not sure if the 1913 is a transcription error or stone cutter error but her death was in 1914.

 

Kentucky Birth Records 1911 - 1999 show that James Franklin and Georgia Ely Madden had a daughter Irene born on March 5, 1915. Kentucky Death Records 1911 - 2000 show that she died on the same day.

 

Kentucky Birth Records 1911 - 1999 show that James Franklin and Georgia Ely Madden had a daughter Mable C. born on July 29, 1912.

 

Claude Madden, son of James Franklin and Georgia Ely Madden died in Rowan County, Kentucky on March 31, 1966 at the age of 67. Shown as a resident of Rowan County. Kentucky Death Certificate # 09378. The SS Death Index gives his date of birth as October 10, 1898 and his last residence as Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky. The WWI Registration Card for Claud William Madden gives his date of birth as October 10, 1898 and his residence as Soldier, Kentucky. He is working for the Ashland Fire Brick Company and he gives his nearest relative as his mother, Georgie Madden. He signed his name. He is buried alone in:

Garvin Ridge Cemetery.

Claude Madden                1898 to 1966

 

Clyde A. Madden, son of James Franklin and Georgia Ely Madden died in Rowan County, Kentucky on October 14, 1999 at the age of  97. Shown as a resident of Carter County. Kentucky Death Certificate # 33388. The SS Death Index gives his date of birth as September 9, 1902 and his last residence as Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky. Clyde and his wife Stella are buried in the Bradley-Dean Cemetery in Carter County.

Clyde Madden                   September 9, 1902 to October 14, 1999 h/Stella

Stella Madden                   April 24, 1903 to December 21, 1987 w/Clyde

 

Cleff Madden, son of James Franklin and Georgia Ely Madden died in Rowan County, Kentucky on October 22, 1993 at the age of 87. Shown as a resident of Carter County. Kentucky Death Certificate # 28585. The SS Death Index gives his date of birth as May 18, 1906 and his last residence as Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky.            

 

Laura Madden has by 1930 married William Kegley and is living in the Hoggtown area of Rowan County where her husband is working at a brick works. The SS Death Index gives her date of birth as July 27, 1904 and her death as January 1987 in Orlando, Florida. A family researcher on RootsWeb’s World Connect Project gives the date of death as January 25, 1987.

 

Chloe Madden is undoubtedly the same as shown having two children in Boyd County in the 1920’s and according to the 1930 census of Boyd County is married to Ross Keith. The age, location and unusual first name “Chloe” fit  very well.

 

Based on the available records it appears that James Franklin Madden and his wife Georgia Ely Madden had the following children.

 

(1)   Claude William Madden       October 10, 1898 to March 31, 1966

(2)   Chloe Madden                         About 1901

(3)   Clyde A. Madden                     September 9, 1902 to October 14, 1999

(4)   Laura Madden                         July 27, 1904 to January 25, 1987

(5)   Cleff Madden                           May 18, 1906 to October 22, 1993

(6)   Pearl Madden                          1909 to April 15, 1914

(7)   Mable C. Madden                   July 29, 1912 Still living at home in 1930 census

(8)   Irene Madden                          March 5, 1915 to March 5, 1919

 

This would seem to agree with a letter from Cleff Madden to David K. Tucker dated March 10, 1974. In that letter Cleff stated, “I have one brother living (Clyde) & 3 sisters (Chloe, Laura, and Mable) & one brother dead (Claude) and two sisters (Pearl & Irene)”. The names in parentheses are mine. This accounts for 7 plus Cleff which makes eight children.                                          

 

Martha Amanda Madden

Daughter of

Jonathan, Granddaughter of Nathan

 

Very little is known of Martha Amanda[71] Madden. The 1850 Federal Census of Greenup County shows her in the household of her father Jonathan as “age 19, born in Kentucky”.  She was presumably born at home on Three Prong in about the year 1831[72]. Her mother would therefore be Jonathan’s first wife Elizabeth Horsley the daughter of James Taylor Horsley and Joanna Dudley. Since the Jonathan Madden family is not enumerated in the 1860 census the next record is of her marriage in Lewis County on June 20, 1857 to Samuel V. Clark[73]. It is also interesting to note that her marriage to Samuel shows up in Fleming County marriage records with the same date. Possibly they were married in one county and the marriage was filed in the other county. Based on a birth year of 1831 Martha was 26 or 27 at the time of her marriage. At the time and in this area her marriage was later that the norm.

 

It appears from the records available to us that Martha became pregnant during the summer of 1856 since she gave birth to Henry J. Clark in either March or May of 1857[74]. It seems likely that she moved to Lewis County and resided with her brother Matthew during the pregnancy[75]. The question then becomes, was Samuel the father or did he simply marry a young unwed mother. It is a question that will probably never be answered and really doesn’t need to be since Henry was raised as his son.

 

In the 1860 Federal Census of Lewis County the Samuel V. Clarke family is listed as follows:

 

1459/1459           Samuel V. Clarke             35 (1825)             Farmer                Born Ohio

                              Martha                               29 (1831)                                           Born Ky

                              Henry J.                               3 (1857)                                           Born Ky

 

The Lewis County Vital Records for the year 1864 record the following birth:

“Dec 3, 1864, Sophia W. Clark, Female, born in Lewis Co. to Saml V. Clark and Martha Madden, white, parents residing in Lewis County.”

 

It is possible, although unproven, that Sophia was named for Sophia Estill Madden, the wife of Matthew Madden and probably the person that showed her the most compassion during the difficult period of her pregnancy. The reason for this compassion might become more obvious when the circumstances surrounding the birth of Matthew and Sophia Madden’s first child David Otho are considered.

 

I have never found Samuel or Martha in the 1870 or 1880 Federal Census records nor have I found any record of their daughter Sophia’s marriage at a later date. However, Samuel and Martha Amanda Clark’s son Henry J. Clark is enumerated in the 1880 Federal Census of Lewis County, Kentucky. That record is shown under Henry J. Clark.

 

Samuel V. Clark was enumerated in the 1890  Special Schedule of Veterans in Carter County, Kentucky as follows:

 

Page No 1, Supervisor’s District No 5, Enumeration District No 27

Iron Hill Precinct, Carter County, Kentucky

House No 6, Family No 7

Samuel V. Clark                              Private Company I  Regiment 16 Ky Inf  Enlisted 1862   Discharged 1863

 

In the 1900 Federal Census of Carter County, Kentucky Samuel Clark is enumerated as follows:

 

Iron Hill District No 8

June 1, 1900

7/7 Samuel V. Clark, Boarder, Born Dec 1825, 75 yrs,  widow,  Ohio, Pa., Ohio

He is a boarder in the household of Alfred Tailor.

 

This indicates that Martha Amanda is dead. Her death would have occurred sometime between her daughter Sophia’s birth in 1864 and the 1900 census. It is possible she is buried in Garrison, in the same Murphy lot as Samuel, but this is pure conjecture until supporting evidence can be found. A search of the several volumes of  Lewis County Kentucky Cemeteries does not show either Martha or Samuel.

 

A search of the National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors shows Samuel V. Clark as a member of the 16th Kentucky Regiment, Company I. He is shown as having an alternate name of Samuel V. Clarke.

 

An Ancestry Message Board listing under the name Madden dated Feb 25, 2001 and submitted by Sue Madden states that Samuel Clark is buried in Garrison, Kentucky in the Murphy lot. No information is given to explain the relation to the Murphy’s, if any, nor is there any source provided for this statement. It appears that the data provided by Sue Madden comes from a paper written in 1961 by another researcher. Much of the data in this paper would probably have been statements and traditions passed on by the elder members of the family. This same listing shows his middle initial incorrectly as “D”[76]. This would be an easily mistake to make since a “D” and “V” can sound very similar when spoken.

 

 

Henry J. Clark

Son of Martha,

Grandson of Jonathan,

 Great grandson of Nathan

 

As discussed under Martha Amanda Madden Clark it appears that Henry was born in either May or March of 1857.

 

He is listed with his parents as 3 years of age in the 1860 Federal Census of Lewis County. I have never found him or his family in the 1870 Census records.

 

By 1880 Henry is married, has two children and is living in Quincy, Lewis County, Kentucky. He is living next door to his wife’s family, John W. and Sarah Lambert.

 

Quincy, Precinct No 4

June 8, 1880

86/89

Henry Clark                      23           Farmer                Ky          Ky          Ky

Mary                    wife       23           Keeping H.          Ky          Ky          Ky

Francis                daug        2                                         Ky          Ky          Ky

William W.         son         9/12 born Sept                  Ky          Ky          Ky

 

By the time of the 1900 census of Lewis County, Kentucky, Henry and Mary’s oldest two children are missing but the family has grown considerably and now contains eight more sons and daughters. Living next door is Mary’s mother Sarah and two of Mary’s sisters; Lake and Cora.

 

Magisterial District No 3

July 21, 1900

431/436

 

Henry Clark       Head                     May       1857  43               married 23 yrs.

Mary                    Wife                     Jan         1857  43               married 23 yrs.

Charly                 Son                       Sept       1880  19               Single

Bertha                 Dau                       May       1885  15               Single

Lake                     Son                       Apl         1887  13               Single

Amos                    Son                       Mar       1889  12               Single

Walker                Son                       May       1892    8               Single

Nellie                   Dau                       June      1895    4               Single

Vesti                     Son                       Jan         1897    3               Single

Orval                   Son                       Oct        1899  7/12           Single                 

 

When a search was done for the name Henry J. Clark on WorldConnect another researcher working on this same family did show another daughter named Bertha born in 1885. This same researcher gave Henry J. Clark’s date of birth as March 15, 1857 in Lewis County, Kentucky and his date of death as April 26, 1922. This date of death needs to be verified since the Death Records of Kentucky show the Clark that died on April 26, 1922 as Henry T. Clark and not Henry J. Clark and the place of death as Daviess County, Kentucky. Henry J. Clark was still living in Lewis County at the time of the 1920 Federal Census. This same researcher gives his wife’s maiden name as Mary Ann Lambert and her place of birth as Carter County, Kentucky.

 

James Madden

Son of

Jonathan, Grandson of Nathan

 

James Madden[77], the last child of Jonathan Madden and his first wife Elizabeth Horsley, was born on January 10, 1834 on Three Prong.[78] It is possible that Elizabeth died in child birth or certainly very soon afterward for 11 months and 3 day later Jonathan married his second wife, Elizabeth Horsley, the daughter of William Horsley. As a result James never knew his birth mother.

 

Like most young men in that time and place James started working at an early age to help support the family, there simply wasn’t much time or need to attend school and James never received a formal education.[79]

 

The first document to mention James by name is the 1850 Federal Census of Greenup County when he is listed in the household of his father Jonathan as, Jas. Madden, 16 years of age, born in Kentucky and a laborer.

 

How, when and where James met Nancy T.[80] Howard is not known, but the result was marriage. The Marriage Records of Lewis County, Kentucky record: “March 20, 1855, James Madden, resident of Carter County, 22 years old, to Nancy Howard a resident of Lewis County, 21 years of age, single and a resident of Lewis County.” According to the Civil War Pension record for James Madden they were married by Mathias C. Merideth, Esq.

 

Even though the marriage records state that James was a resident of Carter County it seems likely that he was already living in Lewis at the time of their marriage or at least they continued to live there from that time, for less than a year later their first child was born in Lewis County.

 

Sarah E. Madden was born on January 12, 1856. Unfortunately little Sarah E. died just a few months after birth and was laid to rest in Black Oak Cemetery just outside Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky.[81]

 

Black Oak Cemetery

Sarah E. Madden

Daughter of Jas. & Nancy

7 mos 6 days

7-18-1856

 

Black Oak Cemetery is located along Rt. 10 East of Vanceburg in the Black Oak area beside the Methodist Church. This would also seem to indicate the area in which the James Madden family was living in 1856.

 

Nancy Madden became pregnant shortly after the death of her first child Sarah and on July 10, 1857 gave birth to Lucinda Alice.  The Madden’s continued farming just outside Vanceburg, surrounded by friends and relatives from Greenup County.[82] On February 17,1860 they welcomed their third daughter Emily into the family. 

                                                                            

1860 Federal Census Lewis County, Kentucky

17 July 1860

877/877

James Madden                  26           Farmer                $100 PE                              Kentucky

Nancy                                  26                                                                       Kentucky

Lucinda A.                         3                                                                        Kentucky

Emily                                  5/12                                                                   Kentucky

 

On April 2, 1862 the Madden’s household grew by one more with the birth of another daughter, Harriet A., she was to be the last child for four years.

 

The nation was now gripped in a mighty war of north against south and the area along the Kentucky-Ohio border was strongly pro-union. James with a young and growing family stayed on the sidelines for a time but in August of 1864 he told his family goodbye and made the trip to Cincinnati, Ohio where he enrolled in Company “F”, 1st Regiment of Heavy Artillery Ohio Volunteers, to serve one year. In a manner of speaking it was the beginning of the end for James Madden.

 

By the first of December 1864 James and his Regiment were on a march from Flat Creek Station to Bean’s Station, in the State of Tennessee. During that march James became ill and was diagnosed with pneumonia. According to the regiments assistant surgeon James’ pneumonia assumed a chronic form from which he never recovered sufficiently to be able to perform the ordinary duties of a soldier. He was in the Regimental Hospital at various dates from December 1864 to June 1865. He was discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee on June 20, 1865.[83]

 

Not long after James returned home he moved his family across the river from Vanceburg, Kentucky into a flat area known as Irish Bottom, Adams County, Ohio.[84]  Nancy also became pregnant for the fifth time, for on April 23, 1866 she gave birth to another daughter that they named Lucy Bell.  It was also about this time that James consulted his family physician, W. A. Frizell, and was eventually diagnosed with pulmonary consumption.

 

Although James’ health gradually grew worse he continued farming while his family grew by one more daughter on July 9, 1868. They named her Mary Ellen.

 

1870 Federal Census Adams County, Ohio

Green Township, Stouts Post Office, 4 June 1870

34/35

James Madden                  36           Farmer                $250 RE  $400 PE            Kentucky

Nancy                                  36           Keeping house                                                Kentucky

Lucinda                                             10           At Home                                                           Kentucky

Emily                                  9            At Home                                                           Kentucky

Harriet A.                          7            At Home                                                           Kentucky

Lucy B.                               4            At Home                                                           Ohio

Mary                                   1                                                                                       Ohio

 

 

Shortly after the 1870 Census Nancy became pregnant again and on April 22, 1871 Martha Rebecca was born at Irish Bottom, Adams County, Ohio. James’ health continued to worsen to the point that by 1880 he really could not do any manual labor.[85]

 

1880 Federal Census Adams County, Ohio

East end of Green Township, 10 June 1880

137/141

James Madden                                 45           Farm Labor  Consumption           Ky.         East Va.     Ky.

Nancy T.                              wife      45           Keeps house                                      Ky.         Ky.             Ky.

Harriet A.                          Dau.       18           House Servant                                  Ky.         Ky.              Ky.

Lucy Bell                           Dau.       14           School                                                Oh.         Ky.              Ky.

Mary Ellen                        Dau.       12           School                                                Oh.         Ky.              Ky.

Martha Rebecca                              Dau.        8            School                                                Oh.         Ky.              Ky.

 

On January 23, 1882 James Madden died and was buried in the Sandy Springs Cemetery, Green Township, Adams County, Ohio. He had just celebrated his 48th birthday. Slightly over four years later Nancy followed him in death.              

 

SANDY SPRINGS CEMETERY[86]

James Madden                  10 Jan 1834 - 23 Jan 1882             1OHA[87]

Nancy w/o James              6 Aug 1834 - 29 May 1886

 

On January 25, 1882 an obituary, for James Madden, appeared in THE VANCEBURG COURIER. 

“James Madden died at his residence near Rockville[88] last Friday morning. Born Carter Co. Buried Sandy Springs.”[89]

 

Based on census records and the one cemetery record it appears that James Madden and his wife Nancy Howard had the following seven children.[90]

 

(1)  Sarah Elizabeth[91] Madden                    January 12, 1856 to July 18, 1856

(2)  Lucinda Alice Madden                          July 10, 1857 to August 2, 1923, Hamilton, Ohio                

(3)  Emily (Emma) Madden                         February 17, 1860 to June 1912, Normal, Illinois

(4)  Harriet A. Madden                                 April 2, 1862 to September 7, 1943, Garrison, Kentucky

(5)  Lucy Bell Madden                                  April 23, 1866 to August 22, 1912, Madison, Missouri

(6)  Mary Ellen Madden                               July 10, 1868 to June 28, 1903, Frost, Texas

(7)  Martha Rebecca Madden                      April 22, 1871 to April 28, 1891, Atlanta, Illinois

 

John H. Madden

Son of

Jonathan,

Grandson of Nathan

 

At the time of the 1850 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky John Madden was enumerated in the household of his father Jonathan as 14 years of age (1836) and born in Kentucky.

 

No. 475  March 17, 1859

John Madden to Cyntha Ann Horsley

This is to certify that on the 17 day of March 1859 the Rites of Matrimony were legally solemnized by me between John Madden and Cyntha Ann Horsley at Hiram Horsley’s in the County of Carter in the presence of

                                             Signed F. M. Jacob, Evangelist[92]

 

1870 Federal Census, Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct 3, 30 June 1870

152/147

John Madden     31           Works on Farm                $500RE                             $250 Per.            Kentucky

Ann                       28           Keeping house                                                                              Kentucky

Mary E.                7                                                                                                                     Kentucky

Louisa                  5                                                                                                                     Kentucky

Dora A.                3                                                                                                                     Kentucky

Anna R.                1                                                                                                                     Kentucky

 

1880 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct 3, Liberty Post Office, 9 June 1880

139/142

John H. Madden                              44           Farmer                Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Cynthia A.           wife       44                                         Kentucky             Ohio                     Kentucky

Mary E.               Dau.                      17                                         Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Louisa J.             Dau.       15                                         Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Dora A.                Dau.       13                                         Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Rebecca W.         Dau.       11                                         Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Fielden C.           Son        8                                          Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

John B.                Son         2                                          Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

 

Sometime between Francis Marion Maddens birth on February 27, 1882 and the 1900 Federal Census John H. Madden lost his wife.

 

1900 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

District # 3, Kenton Furnace, 26 June 1900

380/390

John Maddin                     Dec        1835[93]   64  Farmer  Kentucky  Virginia    Virginia    Can R & W

Marion                son         Feb        1883      17                  Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky Can R & W

 

1910 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 5, 18 April 1910

34/35

John H. Madden               74           Widow  Farmer Kentucky  Virginia  Kentucky  Can R & W

John is living next door to his son Fielden C. Madden at the time of the 1910 census.

 

John H. Madden died just a little less than 8 months later, on November 3, 1910.[94] John and his wife Cynthia Ann presumably are buried together, but I have not found any reference to the location.

 

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON CHILDEREN OF JOHN H. MADDEN

 

MADDEN - MCGINNIS GRAVEYARD[95]

Fielden C. Madden,         born Mar. 16, 1873

                                             died  Mar. 30, 1958

India E. Madden               wife of F. C. Madden

                                             born Jan. 25, 1872

                                             died Oct. 25, 1909

Fielden W. Madden, Jr.  born Jan. 20, 1896

                                             died  Apr.  7, 1940

 

ANDERSON CEMETERY

John B. Madden  1878 - 1946

 

The following Kentucky Death Certificate is for Mary Elizabeth Madden who married Robert M. Howard on July 21, 1883 in Greenup County, Kentucky.

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No. 20181        

County:  Lewis

Vot. Pct.  Garrison

Full Name:  Mary Howard

Sex:  Female

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Married

Name of Spouse:  Robert M. Howard

Date of Birth:  Dec. 12, 1882

Age:  68 years, 7 months, 18 days

Occupation:  Housework

Birthplace:  Ky.

Name of Father:  John Madden

Birthplace of Father:  Ky.

Maiden Name of Mother:  Cynthia Horsley

Birthplace of Mother:  Ky.

Informant:  R. M. Horsley

Resident of Informant:  Garrison, Ky.

Date Filed:  Unreadable

Registrar:

Date of Death:  July 30, 1931

I attended deceased from:

I last saw alive:

Death occurred on the date stated above at

Cause of Death:  Burned to death (accidental)

Duration:

Contributory:

Duration:

Signed:

Date Signed:  Herbert M. Bertram, MD

Location of MD:  Vanceburg, Ky.

Place of Burial or Removal:  Lewis County

Date of Burial: July 31, 1931

Undertaker:  K. Stanley Kimble

Address:  Vanceburg, Ky.

 

Based on the census records and information supplied by ML Sparks John H. Madden and Cynthia Ann had the following children.

 

(1)   Anna R. Madden                      Born late 1859 or early 1860[96]

(2)  Mary E. Madden                      December 12, 1862 to July 30, 1931[97]

                                                            Married Robert M. Howard July 21, 1883[98]

(3)   Nellie Madden                         December 12, 1862[99]

(4)  Louisa Jane Madden                              December 12, 1864[100]

(4)  Dora Ann Madden                    May 27, 1867[101]

(5)  Rebecca  W. Madden                              April 29, 1869[102]

(6)  Fielden C. Madden                  March 16, 1873 to March 30, 1958[103]

                                                            Married India Ella McGinnis March 27, 1895[104]

(7)  John Berry Madden                August 4, 1877 to 1946[105]

(8)  Francis Marion Madden        February 27, 1882[106]

 

 

Telitha Jane Madden

Daughter of

Jonathan, Granddaughter of Nathan

 

Telitha Jane Madden was born on August 10, 1840[107] to Jonathan and his second wife Elizabeth Horsley, daughter of William Horsley. She is shown in various Federal Census records as Telitha J.,

Eliza J. and as Jane[108]. She, like several of her siblings never had an opportunity to attend school. Jane never married and lived her whole life with her parents and after their deaths she lived alone but within one or two houses of several of her brothers and other in-laws. In the vernacular of the times and as stated on her death certificate she was an “old maid”.  She died on January 17, 1918 at the age of 78 in Greenup County, undoubtedly at Three Prong. Although there does not appear to be a tombstone record for her or her parents it seems likely that they are buried together in the same cemetery. Her death certificate says she was buried in the Roiston Cemetery. This may be the Rhoden Roister Cemetery off Three Prong in a farmer’s field under two tulip poplar trees. In the year 2000 Scott Weisman found only three stones that were recognizable although a number of plain stones marked grave sites.

 

The 1850 Federal Census of Greenup County lists her as Eliza Jane, 11 years of age and born in Kentucky. She is enumerated with her parents and siblings in the 1st district on August 1, 1850.

 

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census of Kentucky Telitha Jane is enumerated in the household of her father Jonathan as 29 years of age, born in Kentucky and works at home.

 

At the time of the 1880 Federal Census of Kentucky Telitha J. is enumerated in the household of her father Jonathan as 40 years of age, born in Kentucky and at home. She cannot read or write.

 

At the time of the 1900 Federal Census Jane and her mother are living together and next door to her brother Samuel.

1900 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

District 3, Kenton Furnace, 29 June 1900

444/459

Bessy or Betsy   May 1815  85  Wd.  10 children 6 living  Farmer  Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

Jane (daughter   Aug 1839  60   Single                                 HK         Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

 

 

 

1910 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Three Prong Rd., District #5, Part of Kenton, 26 April 1910

97/97

Eliza Jane   70  Single  Kentucky  Father: Ohio  Mother: Ohio  Cannot read or write

She is living within a couple of houses of her brothers Jonathan and King H. Madden

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

 

Death Certificate No.:  1034                                                    

County:  Greenup

Vot. Pct.:  Leatherwood

Full Name:  Jane Madden

Sex:  Female

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Single, Maid

Date of Birth:  Aug 10, 1840

Age:  78 yrs. 3 mos. 27 days

Occupation:  Housework

Birthplace:  Greenup County, Ky

Name of Father:  Jonathan Maden (Spelled this way)

Birthplace of Father:  Ohio

Maiden Name of Mother: Elizabeth Horsley

Birthplace of Mother:  Clark Co Ohio

Informant:  E H Green 

Resident of Informant:  Lowder Ky

Date Filed:  Jan 18, 1918

Registrar:  E. E. Warnock

Date of Death:  Jan 17, 1918

I attended deceased from:  no physician

I last saw alive:  Blank

Death occurred on the date stated above at:  Blank

Cause of Death:  Lagrippe and Senility

Duration:  Blank

Contributory:  Old age

Duration:  5 yrs. ?

Signed:  J W Willard? & E E Warnock

Date Signed:  Jan. 18, 1918

Location of MD:  Warnock, Ky

Place of Burial or Removal:  Roiston grave yard

Date of Burial:  Jan. 18, 1918

Undertaker:  Blank

Address:  Blank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David R. Madden

Son of

Jonathan, Grandson of Nathan

 

On May 30, 1867 David R. Madden married Elizabeth Dummitt in Greenup County, Kentucky.

 

1870 Federal Census, Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct 4, Old Town P.O.

9 July 1870

316/310

David R. Madden              25           Teamster             $100 Per.            Kentucky

Elizabeth                            22           Keeping house                                 Kentucky

Ezekiel                                2                                                                        Kentucky

Sarah A.                              4/12                                                                   Kentucky   Born in Jan.

At the time of the census David R. and his family are living next door to his father Jonathan.

 

1880 Federal Census Greenup County

Precinct 4, Oldtown Post Office

279/300

David R. Madden              39           Farmer                Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Elizabeth                            30           At Home              Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Ezekiel                                12           Son                       Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Sarah A.                              10           Dau.                      Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Telitha                                8            Dau.                      Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

Elizabeth                            5            Dau.                      Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

David                                  2            Son                       Kentucky             Kentucky             Kentucky

They are living between his father Jonathan and his bother King H.

 

1900 Federal Census Greenup County

Kenton Furnace, June 29, 1900

David Madden                   April 1845  55  Married 34 yrs       Ky. Oh.  Ky.  Can Read & Write

Elizabeth             wife       Mar. 1848  52  Married 34 yrs       Ky. Oh.  Ky. 11 children 9 living

David                   son         Feb.  1879  21

Scott                     son         Oct.  1880  19

George                son         Sept  1882  17

Nancy                   dau.        Jul.   1884  15

Henry                   son         Aug. 1887  12

 

1910 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

 

1920 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

 

At the time of the 1900 Federal Census of Kentucky Elizabeth is stated to have had 11 children with 9 still living. They were.

 

(1)   Ezekiel Madden                       Born 1868 to February 18, 1950[109]                          

(2)   Sarah A. Madden                     About 1870

(3)   Telitha Madden                       About 1872

(4)   Elizabeth Madden                   About 1875

(5)   David Madden                         February 1879

(6)   Scott Madden                           October 1880 to March 16, 1939[110]

(7)   George Madden                      September 1882

(8)   Nancy Madden                         July 1884

(9)   Henry Madden                         August 1887 to February 3, 1948[111]

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.:  5719       

County:  Carter

Vot. Pct.:  Carter

Full Name:  David Madden

Sex:  Male

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Widowed

Date of Birth:  April 15, 1842

Age:  82 yrs. 11 mos. 5 days

Occupation:  Farm work, Farmer

Birthplace:  Kentucky

Name of Father:  Johnathin Madden (Spelled this way)

Birthplace of Father:  Ohio

Maiden Name of Mother:  Elizabeth Alice Horseley (Spelled this way)

Birthplace of Mother:  Kentucky

Informant:  Scott Madden

Resident of Informant:  Carter, Ky.

Date Filed:  March 21, 1925

Registrar:  Bertha Carver

Date of Death:  March 20, 1925

I attended deceased from:  Blank

I last saw alive:  Blank

Death occurred on the date stated above at 1 am.

Cause of Death:  Fracture of hip joint

Duration:  1 month

Contributory:  Hypostatic Pneumonia

Duration:  5 days

Signed:  H. M. Fults, M. D.

Date Signed:  March 21, 1925

Location of MD:  Carter, Ky.

Place of Burial or Removal:  Dummitt Cemetery

Date of Burial:  March 22, 1925

Undertaker:  Frank Green

Address:  Lowder, Ky.

 

 

Samuel Seton Madden

Son of

Jonathan, Grandson of Nathan

 

The basis for the name Samuel Seton Madden is not known however at the time of the 1840 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky a “Samuel Seaton” is enumerated only three pages from the Jonathan Madden family. It is not known if this is the basis for the name and, if so, what was the connection with this Samuel Seaton family. Samuel S. Madden was born on August 15, 1847[112]

 

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky Samuel Madden is enumerated in the household of his father Jonathan as 23 (1847) years of age, born in Kentucky and working on farm.

 

Two years later Samuel Madden, who had just turned 25, married Mary Fisher on August 29, 1872 in Greenup County, Kentucky.[113]

 

1880 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct # 4, Old Town, Page not dated

281/302

Samuel Madden                32           Laborer                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Cannot read or write

Mary S.                               31           House Keeper    Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Can read and write

Albert M.            son         6                                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.        Attended school in year

Isaac F.                son         4                                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

John S.                 son         1                                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

 

1900 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

29 June 1900

445/460

Samuel Madden                 Aug 1847  52  Married 28 yrs.     Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Farmer Cannot R or W

Mary                    wife       Apr 1847  51  Married 28 yrs.      Ky.  Ky.  Pa.   8 Children, 5 living

Mason                  son         Jun. 1873  26  Married 0 yrs.        Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Shaver

Isaac                     son         Jul.  1879  24  Single                       Ky. Ky.  Ky.        Day laborer

John                     son         Mar.1881  18 Single                        Ky. Ky.  Ky.        Farm labor

Ransom                              son         Jul.  1881  18 Single                        Ky. Ky.  Ky.        Blank

Mary                    dau         May 1883  17 Single                       Ky. Ky.  Ky.        At School

Myrtle  dau. in law          Oct. 1882  17 Married 0 yrs.                                       0children

They are living next to his mother Betsy and sister Jane and his sister Elizabeth and her husband James Lawhorn.

 

1910 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 5, Part of Kenton, 29 April 1910

Three Prong Rd.

129/129

Samuel S. Madden            Head      62  Md. 1  37 yrs.  Ky.  Oh.  Ky.  Farmer  Cannot read or write

Malinda J.                         Wife      60  Md. 1  37 yrs.  Ky.  Va.  Ky.  None       8 children, 5 living

                                                                                                                                       Can read & write

Albert M.                           Son        36  Md. 2  6  yrs.   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Farm labor Can R & W

Malinda J.          Dau in Law        24  Md. 1  6  yrs.   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  None         4 children, 4 living

Minnie M(?)      Grand dau          8                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Can R & W, School in yr.

Harvey D.            Grand son          5                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Nola B.                Grand dau          3                              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Lucy B.                Grand dau          1 6/12                     Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Charles C.           Grand son          1/12                        Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Note that Albert’s first child Minnie is 8 years old and apparently by his first wife Mary Lawhorn since he and Malinda have only been married 6 years.

 

Marriage Records Greenup County, Kentucky[114]

1851 - 1900

Albert M. Madden to Mary L. M. Lawhorn on 15 April 1900

Note by DKT: Albert M. Madden is “Mason” in the 1900 Census.

 

Albert M. Madden was born June 24, 1873 according to his WWI Registration Card and his wife was also shown as Malinda. Albert died in Boyd County, Kentucky on November 6, 1951.[115] According to the 1910 census Albert M. had been married twice. Therefore Mary L. M. Lawhorn was his first wife and Malinda J. Dummit was his second wife.

 

John in the 1900 Census is shown to be John S. Madden on his WWI Registration Card and born on March 5, 1879. His wife is shown as Rachel. According to GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY CEMETERIES by Jacob and Bertha Savage. John Madden 3/5/1879 to 3/9/1934 is buried in the Dummitt Cemetery on Three Prong. According to GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY MARRIAGE RECORDS 1904 TO 1920 found on the Greenup USGENWEB site John S. Madden 24 years of age married Rachel M. Jordan 16 years of age on January 21, 1904.

 

Ransom Madden in the 1900 census is buried in the Riverview Cemetery off U.S. 23 in Greenup according to Greenup County, Kentucky Cemeteries by Jacob and Bertha Savage. He is shown as Rance C. Madden 1881-1915.

 

THREE PRONG/EAST REISTER CEMETERY[116]

Samuel S. Madden

    1847 - 1913

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.:  23347     

County:  Greenup

Vot. Pct.:  Leatherwood

Full Name:  Samuel Seton Madden

Sex:  Male

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Married

Date of Birth:  Blank

Age:  Blank

Occupation:  Farmer, Farming

Birthplace:  Kentucky

Name of Father:  Johnathin Madden  (Spelled this way)

Birthplace of Father:  Ohio

Maiden Name of Mother:  Betsy Horseley (Spelled this way)

Birthplace of Mother:  Kentucky

Informant:  John Madden

Resident of Informant:  Lowder, Ky.

Date Filed:  September 30, 1913

Registrar:  E. E. Warnock

Date of Death:  August 20, 1913

I attended deceased from:  August 17, 1913 to August 20, 1913

I last saw alive: August 18, 1913

Death occurred on the date stated above at:  11:30 am.

Cause of Death:  Typhoid fever

Duration:  11 days

Contributory:  Blank

Signed:  H. M. Fults, M. D.

Date Signed:  August 21, 1913

Location of MD:  Carter, Kentucky

Place of Burial or Removal:  3 Prong Cemetery

Date of Burial:  August 22, 1913

Undertaker:  W. F. Carter

Address:  Carter, Kentucky

(P.S. No burial permit applied for, E. E. W.)

 

Mary S. Madden, wife of Samuel Seton Madden, was living with her son Albert’s family at the time of the 1930 Census of Greenup County and listed as 80 years of age. Nine years later Mary passed away on December 12, 1939 at 90 years of age.[117] She is probably buried next to her husband at Three Prong Cemetery, however no tombstone record exist.

 

At the time of the 1900 and 1910 census’ Samuel’s wife Mary states that she has had 8 children 5 of whom are still living. ML Sparks also supplies 3 additional children which are covered in the footnotes.

(1)   Albert Mason Madden           June 24, 1873 to November 6, 1951

(2)   Isaac Fielden Madden            Jul 14, 1875 to October 8, 1953

(3)   Rachel J. Madden                   December 6, 1877 to March 16, 1879

(4)   John S. Madden                       March 5, 1879

(5)   Ransom C. Madden                July 13, 1881 to March 5, 1915

(6)   Mary A. Madden                     May 25, 1883

(7)   Baby Boy Madden                   June 9, 1885

(8)   Baby Boy Madden                   June 5, 1888 to June 5, 1888

 

Ashland Daily Independent, Saturday, Apr. 26, 2003
Anna Madden
Anna Smith Madden, 86, of Murfreesboro, Tenn., formerly of Leatherwood Road in Greenup County, died Friday, April 25, 2003, at her residence.
Mrs. Madden was born in Greenup County, a daughter of the late Lewis and Amanda Burns Smith.
She was a member of Lower Grassy Church of Christ in Grayson and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Clifford Madden, on March 4, 1991; two daughters, Phyllis Ann Madden and Virginia Huffman; a son, Clifford Nolan Madden; six brothers, Riley, George, Thurman, Herman, Brady and Marce Smith; and five sisters, Mary Sloas, Sally Madden, Clarice Holland, Lorraine Motley and Hannah Ashe.
Mrs. Madden is survived by two daughters, Sue McBrayer and Madlyn Petrillo, both of Murfreesboro; a brother, Paul Smith, of Dearborn, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Lower Grassy Church of Christ with Larry Barrell, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Logan Cemetery in Garrison.
Friends may call at Roberson Funeral Home in South Shore from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday and at the church an hour before the service Tuesday.[118]

 

Charles Clifford Madden, the son of Albert M. Madden and grandson of Samuel S. Madden, died at 7 AM on March 4, 1991 in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. His Ohio Death Certificate #021535 states that he was born on February 28, 1910.[119]

 

Portsmouth Daily Times, Monday, September, 14, 1967
Madden
Virgie Brown Madden, 81, of Grove City, a former South Webster resident, died Saturday at a Columbus hospital.
A native of Greenup County, Ky., she was a member of Southwestern Church of Christ of Grove City.
Surviving are her husband, Harvey Dillard Madden; a son Dillard Mason Madden of Grove City; a foster son, Joseph Lawhun of Lucasville; three daughters, Mrs. Arthur (Kathryn) Raynard of Canal Winchester, Mrs. Ray (Lucille) Nutter of Lockbourne and Mrs. Donald (Mary) Arnold of Wheelersburg, Route 2; three brothers, Woodrow Brown of Portsmouth, and Jarve Brown and Fred Brown; three sisters, Icy Kinker of Lucasville, Flora Hill of Ashley Corner and Leota Ruth of New Boston; 16 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Service is 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church, with Jim Mitchel, minister, officiating, and interment in Vernon Cemetery.
Friends may call at Schoedinger Funeral Home 3920 Broadway Grove City, from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. today.

 

 

 

Isaac D. Madden

Son of

Jonathan,

Grandson of Nathan

 

Isaac D. Madden[120] is somewhat of a mystery. He is shown in the 1850 Federal Census in the household of his father Jonathan Madden. He is shown as 9 years of age and therefore born about 1841. He was undoubtedly born at Three Prong in Greenup County. From this point on there is no census record found for Isaac. The whole Jonathan Madden family was missed in the 1860 census of Greenup.

 

Isaac apparently moved to Lewis County, Kentucky sometime after 1860 but prior to his marriage to Lucy Ann Stricklett on July 12, 1866 in Lewis County. It is possible that he initially lived with one of his older siblings Matthew, James, or Martha Amanda since they all lived in Lewis County at that time.

 

There is no record indicating that Isaac ever enlisted in the service during the Civil War.

 

Neither Isaac nor any of the members of his family are found in the 1870 or 1880 census of Lewis County although Isaac is shown in the tax records of Lewis County during that time period. With the exception of the 1850 census records of Greenup County and the 1866 marriage record in Lewis County all of the following information on Isaac comes from the records of Marilyn S. Walters referenced in a previous footnote.

 

Ms. Walters’s records indicate that Isaac D. Madden and Lucy Ann Stricklett[121] had a total of eight children:

 

(1)  Richard Daniel Madden         March 17, 1868 to March 7, 1888                             Lewis County

(2)  Samuel Madden                        October 12, 1870 to July 15, 1918[122]         Lewis County

(3)  Flora Mack Madden                              November 21, 1872 to 1902                         Lewis County

(4)  Nem Rod Madden                    March 7, 1874 to July 1, 1875                     Lewis County

(5)  Lafayette Madden                    September 17, 1877 to March 1, 1879       Lewis County

(6)  John Marion Madden             March 8, 1878[123] to January 18, 1941       Lewis County

(7)  Verinda Jane Madden             April 21, 1883 to January 10, 1960            Martin, Lewis County

(8)  Rosigro Madden                      October 8, 1887 to July 17, 1888                              Lewis County

 

Lucy Ann Stricklett Madden died on March 24, 1888, just 5 months after Rosigro was born. A little less than 4 months later baby Rosigro died at 9 months of age.

 

In analyzing the records of Ms. Walters’s, note that an exact date of birth is given for every child and an exact date of death is also given for every child except Flora. There is also an exact date of death for Isaac and Lucy Ann but not for their dates of birth. This would seem to indicate that the information comes from a bible or family record put together by one of the children, possibly Verinda since this is the only child with an exact “place of birth”. If it were from a bible record started by Isaac and Lucy it would probably have included their dates of birth but if put together after their deaths it is possible that their children might not have known the exact date of birth for their parents.

 

There is some circumstantial evidence that Isaac D. Madden may have resided in the general vicinity of Martin Community from before the time of his marriage. Martin is located just to the northwest of Vanceburg on Martin Creek. There is a small branch that runs into Martin Creek called Stricklet Branch. It seems likely that the branch got its name from Lucy’s family who probably lived in that area. Verinda Jane Madden Kennedy’s death certificate indicates that she had lived in the same area all her life.

 

Samuel Madden

Son of Isaac D.,

Grandson of Jonathan,

Great grandson of Nathan

 

At the time of the 1910 Federal Census Samuel Madden is living in Mayville City, Mason County, Kentucky. He is 39 years of age, married twice and is working in a cotton mill. His current wife is Tabitha J., 31 years of age and they have been married 3 years. He has a step-son Harlan J. Hale, 6 years of age and a son William I., 2 years of age.

 

Sam Madden died on August 13, 1918 in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky at the age of 48 and is buried in the Maysville Cemetery.

 

In the 1920 Census of Fleming County, Kentucky his widow Tabitha J. Madden is living in Fairview Precinct, Fleming County, Kentucky with two sons; John S. who is 8 years of age and William I. who is 12 years of age.

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.  23758       

County:                 Mason

Vot. Pct.:  1st Ward

Full Name:  Sam Madden

Sex:  Male

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Married

Date of Birth:  Blank

Age:  48 years

Occupation:  Labor

Birthplace:  Kentucky

Name of Father:  Casey Madden

Birthplace of Father:  Kentucky

Maiden Name of Mother:  Lucie Strickle

Birthplace of Mother:  Kentucky

Informant:  C. A. Slattery

Resident of Informant:  Maysville, Kentucky

Date Filed:  August 14, 1918

Registrar:  Rose L. Haffey

Date of Death:  August 13, 1918

I attended deceased from:  July 1, 1918

I last saw alive:  August 8, 1918

Death occurred on the date stated above at: 8 A.M.

Cause of Death:  Aortic insufficiency

Duration:  4 years

Contributory:  Hydrothorax (?)

Duration:  1 year

Signed:  J. H. Samuel, M.D.

Date Signed:  August 13, 1918

Location of MD:  Maysville, Kentucky

Place of Burial or Removal:  Maysville Cemetery

Date of Burial:  Blank

Undertaker:  H?ggins & Slattery

Address:  Maysville, Kentucky

 

 

 

John Marion Madden

Son of Isaac D.,

Grandson of Jonathan,

Great grandson of Nathan

 

John M. Madden was born on March 8, 1879 in Lewis County, Kentucky undoubtedly in the vicinity of Martin’s Run and Quick’s Run. The Madden family has not been located in the 1880 Federal Census of Lewis County.

 

His mother died just a week after his 9th birthday.

 

After their father’s death in 1896 the four remaining children; Samuel, John, Verinda and Flora remained together as a family unit. After Verinda’s marriage to Oscar Kennedy in 1899 the three remaining children including John continued to live together and are found in the 1900 Federal Census living in Martin, Lewis County[124].

 

Martin, Lewis County, Kentucky

5th June 1900

74/74

Samuel Madden                Head        M  Oct 1870  29  Single  Ky  Ky  Ky  Farmer  Rent  Can R & W

Flora                                   Sister      F   Nov 1872  27 Single  Ky   Ky  Ky   Blank              Can R & W

John M.                                             Brother  M  Mar 1879  21 Single  Ky   Ky  Ky  Farmer            Can R & W

 

In the 1910 Federal Census of Illinois John M. Madden and his wife Goldie E. are living in Vance Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. He is 31 and she is 18, they have been married one month.

 

In the 1920 Federal Census of Mason County, Kentucky John M. Madden and his wife Golda are living back in Mason County in the Dietrich Precinct. John is 41, a laborer and cannot read or write.

They have 4 children, all born in Illinois; Opal L. who is 7, Loyd W. who is 5, Johny H. who is 4 5/12 and Dorthy M. who is 1 11/12. All of the children were born in Illinois. They also have Annie Walker, a cousin, who is 17 and born in Kentucky living with them.

 

In the 1930 Census of Mason County, Kentucky John M. Madden, a widower, age 51 is living on Clark Street in Maysville, Kentucky with two of his sons; Floyd W. who is 15 and John H. who is 14. He and Floyd are working at odd jobs and John is working in a tobacco factory.

 

It appears that John remarried sometime after 1930 as his son refers to him as married to Elizabeth age 50 on his death certificate.

 

John Marion Madden died on January 18, 1941 in the Hayswood Hospital in Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. His cause of death was cancer of the intestine.

 

Lewis County, Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. 6 provides documentation on the last resting place of John M. Madden, the fourth born of Isaac Madden and Lucy Ann Stricklett. Concord is just a short distance from Martin and the area where he apparently grew up.

 

Pine Grove

Located beside Pine Grove Church near Concord, Ky.

John M. Madden 1879 - 1941

Goldie H. Madden 1892 – 1920

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No. 2774          

Place of death, County:  Mason

Place of death, City:  Maysville

Place of death, Hospital or Institution:  Hayswood Hospital

USUAL RESIDENCE OF DECEASED:

State:  Kentucky

County:  Mason

City or town:  Rural

Street No.:  516 Clark St. Dieterich Pct.

Vot. Pct.

Full Name:  John Marion Madden

Sex:  Male

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Married

Name of wife:  Elizabeth Madden

Age of wife if alive:  Elizabeth Madden

Date of Birth:  March 8, 1878

Age:  62 years, 10 months, 10 days

Occupation:  Farmer

Birthplace:  Lewis County, Kentucky

Name of Father:  Isaac Madden

Birthplace of Father:  U.S.A.

Maiden Name of Mother:  Lucy Ann Stricklett

Birthplace of Mother:  U.S.A.

Informant:  John Madden Jr.

Resident of Informant: Maysville, Kentucky

Date Filed: January 20, 1941

Registrar:  Rex Parker

Date of Death:  January 18, 1941

I attended deceased from:  January 13, 1941

I last saw alive:  January 14, 1941

Death occurred on the date stated above at:  8:20 PM

Cause of Death:  Cancer of Intestine

Duration:  Blank

Contributory:  Blank

Duration:  Blank

Signed:  H. N. Parker, M.D.

Date Signed:  January 20, 1941

Location of MD:  Maysville, Kentucky

Place of Burial or Removal: 

Date of Burial:  January 21, 1941

Undertaker:  J. W. Porter & Sons

Address:  Maysville, Kentucky

 

 

 

 

Verinda Jane Madden,

Daughter of Isaac D.,

Granddaughter of Jonathan,

Great granddaughter of Nathan

 

Verinda Jane Madden[125] the 8th child of Isaac D. Madden and Lucy Ann Stricklett was born on April 21, 1883 Lewis County, Kentucky. She was probably born in or near Martin Community just northwest of Vanceburg. She was only 5 years old when her mother and baby brother passed away. Since there is no record indicating that her father remarried it is probable that her 11 year old sister Flora took over many of the responsibilities of caring for Jane.

 

On August 18, 1899 Jane married Oscar Kennedy in Lewis County. She was 4 months past her 16th birthday and had probably been living with one of her older siblings since her father Isaac’s death on May 14, 1996.

 

Oscar and Jane remained in the Martin area the remainder of their lives and reared a family of seven children to maturity. The census records of 1910, 1920 and 1930 all record Oscar’s occupation as “farmer”.

 

On January 10, 1960 Jane Madden Kennedy passed away, at her home on Martin Fork, she was the last of the children of Isaac D. Madden and Lucy Ann Stricklett.  Three days later on October 10, 1960 she was laid to rest in Aill’s Cemetery a short distance from her lifelong home.

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.:  1248       

County:  Lewis

City or Town:  Vanceburg RR #5

Length of Stay in this location:  Life

Residence on a farm:  Yes

Full Name:  Jane Kennedy

Sex:  Female

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Married

Date of Birth:  April 21, 1883

Age: 77 years

Occupation:  Housekeeping

Birthplace:  Kentucky

Name of Father:  Issac Madden

Birthplace of Father:  Not Given

Maiden Name of Mother:  Lucy Ann Stricklett

Informant:  William Kennedy

Resident of Informant: Not Given

Date Filed:  1/14/1960

Registrar:  Margaret Lykins

Date of Death:  January 10, 1960

I attended deceased from: 1/7/1960 to 1/10/1960

I last saw alive:  1/7/1960

Death occurred on the date stated above at:  9:30 PM

Cause of Death:  Massive Arinal? Hemorrhage

Duration: Not Given

Contributory:  Hypertension

Duration: Not Given

Signed: O Esham? MD

Date Signed:  1/12/1960

Location of MD:  Vanceburg, Ky.

Place of Burial or Removal:  Ailes Cemetery, Vanceburg, Ky.

Date of Burial:  1/13/1960

Undertaker:  Eugene Dickerson

Address:  Vanceburg, Ky.

 

MRS. OSCAR KENNEDY
Mrs. Jane Madden Kennedy, 77, wife of Oscar Kennedy, a retired Lewis County farmer, died at 9:30 Sunday night at the home of a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. & Mrs. William Kennedy of Martin Fork of Quick's Run. Mrs. Kennedy leaves 70 descendants.
Ill for the past 4 years, Mrs. Kennedy suffered the last of three strokes Wednesday of last week. She had not been well for a number of years. She was born April 21, all who knew her for her many kindnesses and considerations despite her years of ill health.
Surviving in addition to her husband and son at whose home she died are one other son, Earl Kennedy of Rt. 5 Vanceburg; five daughters, Mrs. Ethel Gasaway of West Union, OH, Mrs. Mae Himes of Concord, KY, Mrs. Beatrice Himes of Hillsboro, KY ; Mrs. Pearl Walker of Trinity and Mrs. Esther Walker of Trinity. Also she leaves 29 grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Aill’s Christian Church with the Rev. Fred Calvert, of Tollesboro, officiating. Burial was in the Aill’s cemetery, under the direction of Dickerson Funeral Home.

 

Slightly over four years later Oscar passed away. Oscar and Jane’s son Thomas Earl Kennedy had passed away the previous year.

 

OSCAR KENNEDY DIES AFTER YEAR'S ILLNESS
Oscar Kennedy, 91, retired farmer of Lewis County, died at 8:50 a.m. August 19th, following an illness of one year. Mr. Kennedy died at the home of his son, William Kennedy, of Rt. 5 Vanceburg.
Death was attributed to complications incident of age.
The deceased was born March 23....in Manchester Ohio, son of the late Richard and Lorainne Hughes Kennedy and was a member of Pine Grove Christian Church, Concord, and was active in all its affairs until his health began failing.
Sine the death of his wife, the former Jane Madden, in January 1960, he has been residing with his son.
Mr. Kennedy, whose keen sense of humor and alert mind even to the last endeared him to many, will be remembered by all who held him in such high esteem.
Survivors besides the one with whom he resided are 5 daughters; Mrs. Mae Himes, Mrs. Charles Walker, and Mrs. Luther Walker, all of Concord, Mrs. Beatrice Himes of Ripley and Mrs. Ethel Gasaway of West Union, OH; 30 grandchildren, 4-great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at Aill’s Christian Church, Vanceburg with the Rev. Walter Gilpin ,pastor of Martin Christian Church, officiating. Burial will be in Aill's Cemetery.

 

Lewis County Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. 6 shows the following stones in Aill’s Cemetery on Quick’s Run Road.

 

            Oscar Kennedy     1872 - 1964

           Jane Kennedy 1882 - 1960[126]

                                                                Thomas E. Kennedy  1902 - 1963

 

 

William M. Madden

Son of Jonathan,

Grandson of Nathan

 

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky William M. Madden is enumerated in the household of his father Jonathan as 21 years of age, born in Kentucky and working at an iron furnace.

 

William M. Madden and Sarah J. Burtram were married on August 1, 1872 in Greenup County, Kentucky.[127]

 

1880 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct No. 4, Old Town, Blank day of June, 1880

277/298

William M. Madden        31           Farmer                Ky.         Blank    Blank                   Can R & W

Sarah J.               wife                      25           Keeping house   Ky.         Va.         Ky.                        Can R & W

Minis M.             son         7                                          Ky.         Ky.         Ky.         School

Jonathan             son         5                                          Ky.         Ky.         Ky.

Mary E.               dau                        4                                           Ky.         Ky.         Ky.

Jacob I.                son         1                                          Ky.         Ky.         Ky.

Bertram Lafayette           19           Boarder/labor   Ky.         Ky.         Ky.                       Cannot R & W

 

1900 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

District No. 3, Kenton Furnace, 29 June 1900

William Madden      April   1849   51 Married  28               Ky.  Kentucky  Kentucky  Farmer  Can R & W

Jacob          son        March  1879  21  Single           Ky.  Kentucky  Kentucky  Shaver? Can R & W

Marshall    son             July  1881  18  Single           Ky.  Kentucky  Kentucky                    Can R & W

William                    son             May  1887  13  Single            Ky.  Kentucky  Kentucky  School    Can R & W

Robert       son              Jan  1890   10  Single           Ky.  Kentucky  Kentucky  School    Can R & W

This census shows William as married and not widowed but there is no wife listed.

 

1910 Federal Census Lewis County, Kentucky

Quincy Precinct, 27 April 1910

70/70

William Maden                60           Divorced             Ky.         Ky.         Ky.  Odd Jobs   Can R & W

Willie           grand son    10                                         Ky.         Ky.         Ky.                      Cannot R & W

He is living next door to his son Jonathan Madden and family. Nearly every family on the page is from the Three Prong area of Greenup County, Kentucky.

 

Minis M. Madden                           About 1873

Jonathan Oliver Madden                             November 6, 1874

Mary E. Madden                              About 1876

Jacob I. Madden                                             March 1879          

Marshall Madden                           Born July 1881 to January 21, 1912[128]

William C. Madden                        April 18, 1887 to October 14, 1969[129]

Robert Bruce Madden                   December 15, 1890         

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.:  17616     

County:  Lewis

Vot. Pct.:  Quincy

Full Name:  William Madden

Sex:  Male

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Widower

Date of Birth:  June 2, 1849

Age:  68 yrs. 0 mos. 0 days

Occupation:  Farmer

Birthplace:  Unknown

Name of Father:  Jonathan Madden

Birthplace of Father:  Ohio

Maiden Name of Mother:  Elizabeth Horsley

Birthplace of Mother:  Ohio

Informant:  Jonathan Madden 

Resident of Informant:  Rexton, Ky.

Date Filed:  July 7(?), 1917

Registrar:  K. B. Chapman

Date of Death:  “Supposed about May 27, 1917”

I attended deceased from:  Blank

I last saw alive:  Blank

Death occurred on the date stated above at:  Blank

Cause of Death:  Blank

Duration:  Blank

Contributory:  “Jury decided deceased died of heart Failure”

Duration:  Blank

Signed:  Thomas Howard, JPLC (Justice of the Peace, Lewis County)

Date Signed:  June, 1917

Location of MD:  Blank

Place of Burial or Removal:  Madden Cemetery

Date of Burial:  “June 2 or 3rd, 1917

Undertaker:  None

Address:  Blank

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Madden

Daughter of Jonathan,

Granddaughter of Nathan

 

At the time of the 1870 Census of Greenup County, Kentucky Elizabeth Madden is enumerated in the household of her father Jonathan as 19 years of age, born in Kentucky and works at home.

 

At the time of the 1880 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky Elizabeth madden is enumerated in the household of her father Jonathan as 28 years of age, born in Kentucky and able to read and write.

 

On February 20, 1881 Elizabeth Madden married a cousin, James S. Lawhun[130] in Greenup County, Kentucky. She was just about four months shy of her 30th birthday.[131]

 

1900 Federal Census Greenup County, Kentucky

District No. 3, Kenton Furnace, 29 June 1900

446/461

Scott Lawhorn   May  1849  51 Married 19 yrs.     Farmer                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Can R & W

Elizabeth             Jun   1851  48 Married 19 yrs.  0 children/0 living  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Can R & W

Samuel  nephew                 Mch 1881  19  Single                     at school              Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Can R & W

Lucy      niece      Mch 1886  14  Single                      at school            Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Can R & W

They are living next to her brother Samuel and his family and one house from her mother and sister.

 

Elizabeth Madden Lawhum died on January 30, 1905, just three weeks shy of her and James’ 24th wedding anniversary. Elizabeth and James never had children, or at least any that lived passed infancy.

 

3 Prong Cemetery/East Rister Cemetery

3 Prong Road at the mouth of Boone Hollow Greenup Co. KY

Elizabeth Lawhun w/o Scott Lawhun June 11th, 1851 - Jan. 30th, 1905

 

On May 11, 1909 James S. Lawhun  now 60 years of age married 23 year old Nancy Madden, his first wife’s niece and his cousin, in Greenup County, Kentucky.

 

 

 

King Hiram Madden

Son of Jonathan,

Grandson of Nathan

 

VITAL RECORDS OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY[132]

Date of Birth:                   Aug. 3, 1853

Name:                                 Hiram Madden

Place of Birth:                  Greenup Co.

Father:                                              Jonathan Madden

Mother:                              Elizabeth Horsley

Residence of Parents:     Greenup County

Remarks:                           “a very fine boy”

 

MARRIAGE BONDS OF GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY[133]

King H. Madden, farmer, 23, birthplace, Ky.

Bersheba Zornes, 17, birthplace, Ky.[134]

Birthplace his father, Ohio, Mother, Ky.

Birthplace her parents, Unknown

Residence, Greenup County

Place of Marriage, Kentucky

Date of Marriage, 18 April 1877

 

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky King Hiram Madden is enumerated in the household of his father Jonathan as 16 years of age, born in Kentucky and working on farm.

 

1880 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct # 4, Old Town, Page Undated

280/301

King H. Madden                              27           Married              Laborer               Ky.         Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Can R & W

Bersheba                            21           Wife                     Keeping house   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Cannot R & W

Jonathan                            2            Son                                                     Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

James          Born Nov     6/12        Son                                                     Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

 

1900 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

Kenton Furnace, District # 3, 29 Jun 1900

449/464

King Madden              Aug 1853  46  Farmer   married 23 yrs.  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Can R & Write

Bersheba             wife  Jul   1859  40                 married 23 yrs.  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  10 Children/9 living

Jonathan             son   Mar  1878 22                  single                  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

James                   son   Nov  1879  20                 single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Annie                   dau  Mar 1882  18                  single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Grover                son  Oct   1884  15                  single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Louisa                  dau  Apl  1887  13                   single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

William               son  May 1889  11                  single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

David                   son  Jul   1893   6                    single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Ezekial                 son  Sep  1895   4                    single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Rosella                dau May 1898   2                    single                   Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

 

1910 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 5, Part of Kenton,

26 April 1910

93/93

King H. Maddon               56           Married 1  33 yrs. Farmer  Ky.  Oh.  Oh.  Can Read & Write

Basheba               wife       51           Married 1  33 yrs. K. H.      Ky.  Ky.  Ky. 11 Children 10 alive

Jonathan             son         32           Single                      laborer  Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Can Read & Write

Annie B.              dau         28           Single                      None      Ky.  Ky.  Ky.  Read but not Write

King D.                son         16           Single                      Labor    Ky. Ky.  Ky.   Can Read & Write

Ezekiel C.            son         14           Single                      None      Ky. Ky.  Ky.   Can Read & Write

Rosella                dau         11           Single                      None      Ky. Ky.  Ky.    Can Read & Write

Freddie                              son         6            Single                      None      Ky. Ky.  Ky.     Cannot R & W 

 

1920 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

Leatherwood Precinct, Three Prong Rd.

105/107

King H. Madden               66           Farmer                Kentucky  Maryland  Kentucky  Can Read & W.

Basheba               wife       60                                         Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky  Cannot R & W

Jonathan             son         41           Single                  Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

Grover C.           son         35           Divorced             Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

David                   son         26           Single                  Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

Ezekiel                 son         24           Single                  Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

Rosella                dau         21           Single                  Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

Fred                     son         16           Single                  Kentucky  Kentucky  Kentucky

 

 

1930 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky

Magisterial District # 5, 22 April 1930

200/200

King H. Madden                              76           Widow  Farmer                Ky.  Maryland  Ky.  Cannot R & W

Jonathan             son         52           Single                                 Ky.  Ky.            Ky.   Cannot R & W

Note by DKT: Note that previously King H. Madden could read & write.

 

In the 1900 Census Bersheba stated that she was the mother of 10 children 9 of whom were still living. In 1910 she stated that she was the mother of 11 children 10 of whom were still living. It appears most likely that she lost a child in the time period between 1889 and 1893.[135]

 

The 10 known children of King Hiram Madden and his wife Bersheba Zornes were:

  (1)   Jonathan Madden                 March 24, 1878[136]

  (2)   James Madden                       November 1879[137]

  (3)   Annie B. Madden                  March 1882[138]

  (4)   Grover C. Madden                              October 15, 1884[139]

  (5)   Louisa Madden                      April 1887[140]

  (6)   William Madden                   May 1889[141]

  (7)   King David Madden             July 14, 1893[142]

  (8)   Ezekiel C. Madden                September 18, 1895[143]

  (9)   Rosella Madden                    About 1899[144]

(10)   Fred Madden                         About 1904 to January 20, 1946 in Greenup County[145]

 

Jonathan Madden

Son of Jonathan,

Grandson of Nathan

 

Jonathan Madden, the last known child of Jonathan Madden and his second wife Elizabeth Madden was born when his father was 49 years of age and his mother was  40 years of age. He was almost a Christmas baby coming into the world on December 19, 1855.[146]  He was undoubtedly born at home on Three Prong.  The Vital Records of Greenup County, Kentucky record his birth as follows:

 

Date of Birth: December 19, 1855

Name:  Jonathan Madden

Place of Birth: Greenup County

Father:  Jonathan Madden

Mother: Elizabeth Hosley (Spelled this way)

Residence of Parents: Greenup County

 

Since this Madden family was missed in the 1860 Federal Census of Greenup County the first definite record we have of Jonathan, after his birth record, is the 1870 Federal Census of Greenup in which he is enumerated in his fathers family as 14 (1856) years of age and working on a farm, presumably his fathers. He was certainly old enough to be aware of the impact of the Civil War in his area of the country during the early and mid 1860’s.

 

By the time of the 1870 Federal Census Jonathan had received some education and can read but cannot write. Later census records indicate that he can both read and write. In fact none of the children in the family are attending school in 1870. There is apparently a school in the area since several families in the immediate vicinity have children “attending school”. Since the 1870 census indicates that Jonathan’s mother Elizabeth can read and write it is possible that he received his basic education at home.

 

At the time of the 1870 Federal Census Jonathan would probably not have believed it but his future wife Nancy A. Dummitt was just 4 years old and living just a family away from the Maddens. Jonathan is enumerated as 14 years of age, born in Kentucky and works on farm.

 

1880 Federal Census

Greenup County, Kentucky

Precinct 4, Oldtown Post Office

317/311

 

Jonathan Madden is living with his family, is 23 years of age and single. He and his parents are all shown to be born in Kentucky.

 

In 1885 Jonathan Madden and Nancy A. Dummit were married in Lewis County, Kentucky. The marriage records of Lewis County show the marriage as being on 25 March 1885 however a researcher submitting data to FamilySearch. Com states that the date is 18 March 1885.

 

 

 

 

1900 Federal Census

Greenup County, Kentucky

Post Office: Kenton Furnace

29 June 1900

 

Johnathin(Sp) Madden  Born Oct  1856  45 yrs of Age   Farmer Married 15 yrs      Ky.  Oh.  Ky.

Nancy  (Wife)                             Mar 1867  38    Married 15 yrs.  6 ch. 6 living             Ky.   Ky.  Ky.

E  (?)    (Dau)                              Feb 1886  14            School                                                Ky.   Ky.  Ky.

Nancy  (Dau)                              Feb  1889 11             School                                                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Lucy    (Dau)                              Feb 1891   9               School                                                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Telitha (Dau)                             Feb 1893   7              School                                                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Thomas (Son)                             Jan 1896   4                                                                          Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

Johnathin (Sp) (Son)                 Jul   1899   11/12                                                                Ky.  Ky.  Ky.

 

By the time of the Federal Census in 1910 Jonathan’s wife Nancy states that she has had 8 children, 7 still living. Since only one additional child, Sarah, is shown in the 1910 census this means that one child, probably born after Sarah did not live. It also appears that the eldest daughter, E (?), shown in the 1900 census has probably married.

 

1910 Federal Census

Greenup County, Kentucky

Part of Kenton, Three Prong Rd.

26 April 1910

93/95

Jonathan Madden             Head  54  Married  Md. 1  25 yr  Can read & write             Ky. Oh. Oh.

Nancy Ann                          Wife  44   Married  Md. 1  25 yr  8 children/7 living           Ky.  Ky. Ky.

Nancy E.                             Dau   21   Single                                                                            Ky.  Ky. Ky.

Lucy A.                               Dau   19   Single                                                                            Ky.  Ky. Ky.

Telitha J.                            Dau   17   Single                                                                            Ky.  Ky. Ky.

Thomas A.                          Son   14   Single                                                                            Ky.  Ky. Ky.

Jonithan (Sp)                    Son   11   Single                                                                            Ky.  Ky. Ky.

Sarah                                   Dau    8   Single                                                                             Ky.  Ky. Ky.

 

Slightly less than 9 years later Jonathan Madden, the youngest child of Jonathan Madden and Elizabeth Madden, was laid to rest in Horsley Cemetery in Greenup County, Kentucky. He died on April 3, 1919. Only two of his siblings were still living at the time of his death; David R. and King Hiram. Although at times he may have lived for short periods in Lewis County, it appears that he spent his whole life in the vicinity of Three Prong, Greenup County, Kentucky.

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.:  18248     

County:  Greenup

Vot. Pct.:  Leatherwood

Full Name:  Johnathin Madden (Spelled this way)

Sex:  Male

Color or Race:  White

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:  Married

Date of Birth:  August 6, 1855

Age:  63 yrs. 7 mos. 18 days

Occupation:  Farm work, Farming

Birthplace:  Kentucky

Name of Father:  Johnathin Madden (Spelled this way)

Birthplace of Father:  Ireland[147]

Maiden Name of Mother:  Elizabeth Horseley (Spelled this way)

Birthplace of Mother:  Kentucky

Informant:  Thomas Madden

Resident of Informant:  Lowder, Ky.

Date Filed:  July 9, 1919

Registrar:  E. E. Warnock

Date of Death:  April 3, 1919

I attended deceased from:  March, 1919 to April 3, 1919

I last saw alive: March, 1919

Death occurred on the date stated above at: 3 am.

Cause of Death:  Organic disease of heart mitral (sp.) valve

Duration:  6 months

Contributory:  Blank

Duration:  Blank

Signed:  H. M. Fults, M. D.

Date Signed:  April 4, 1919

Location of MD:  Carter, Ky.

Place of Burial or Removal:  Horseley Cemetery

Date of Burial:  April 4, 1919

Undertaker:  W. F. Carter

Address:  Carter, Ky.

 

Based on the census records of 1900 and 1910 we can see that Jonathan and Nancy Ann Madden had a total of eight children.

 

(1)   E. Madden                                February 1886

(2)   Nancy E. Madden                   February 1889

(3)   Lucy A. Madden                      February 1891

(4)   Telitha J. Madden                   February 14, 1893 to May 12, 1974

(5)   Thomas A. Madden                 January 28,  1895[148]

(6)   Jonathan Madden                   July 4, 1899[149]

(7)   Sarah Madden                          About 1902      

 

Jonathan Maddens son Jonathan Madden who was enumerated in the 1900 census as born in July 1899 is shown on his WWI Registration Card to have been born July 4, 1899 and is 19 years of age. He is still single and living in Lowder, probably with his father. He states that his nearest relative is his father Jonathan Madden. He has to make his mark and therefore cannot write.

 

Jonathan Maddens son Thomas Madden who was enumerated in the 1900 census as born in January 1896 is shown on his WWI Registration Card to have actually been born on January 28, 1895 and is 21 years of age. He is still single and living in Lowder. He has to make his mark and therefore cannot write.

 

 

According to GREENUP COUNTY KENTUCKY MARRIAGES 1904-1920 ON USGenWeb Talitha Madden 24 years of age married Charles VanBibber 50 years of age on November 17, 1918. The Social Security Death Index states that Telitha Vanbibber , born February 14, 1893 died in May of 1974 and that her last residence was Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio. It further states that her SS Card was issued in Ohio.  Ohio Deaths 1958 to 2000 found on Ancestry.com states that Telitha J. Vanbibber died on May 12, 1974 at about 82 years of age. Her county of death is given as Scioto County, Ohio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KENTUCKY DEATH CERTIFICATE

Death Certificate No.     

County:

Vot. Pct.

Full Name:

Sex:

Color or Race:

Single, Married, Widowed or Divorced:

Date of Birth:

Age:

Occupation:

Birthplace:

Name of Father:

Birthplace of Father:

Maiden Name of Mother:

Informant:

Resident of Informant:

Date Filed:

Registrar:

Date of Death:

I attended deceased from:

I last saw alive:

Death occurred on the date stated above at

Cause of Death:

Duration:

Contributory:

Duration:

Signed:

Date Signed:

Location of MD:

Place of Burial or Removal:

Date of Burial:

Undertaker:

Address:

 

 

 


[1] His name is given as Nathan in all existing records except one and that is the marriage of his daughter Nancy to William Horsely. In this record his name is given as Nathaniel.

[2] Any competent researcher working on this family must consider a number of variations in the spelling of this surname, some of the most common are Madden, Maddin, Maddon, Maden, Madin, Madon, Mading, Maiden, Maidin, Maidon, Maiding, etc. Undoubtedly these are not the only deviations that exist; they simply represent the more common forms that you will encounter.

[3] None of the references I have seen provide any documentation indicating a source for his birthplace being Ireland.

[4] Pitfalls in Genealogical Research, Milton Rubincam, published by Ancestry Publishing, Salt Lake City, UT. Copyright 1987.  This is not to suggest that this Madden family has roots in Pennsylvania, only that the possibility should not be ruled out when all other research hit’s the proverbial “brick wall”.

[5] The only problem with this record is the fact that Elizabeth is shown in most Federal Census records as born in 1799.

[6] It is very interesting to note that on July 13, 1813 a Nancy Horsley, daughter of James Horsley, married a Richard Malone in Greenup County, Kentucky. The marriage bond states that consent was given by James Horsley, father of Nancy and that Taylor Horsley was the Bondsman. This marriage is taken from a compilation done by Mrs. Nina Mitchell Biggs from the original Marriage Bond Book 1803-1851 which is now lost. It is possible that Richard died and Nancy then married Nathan Madden. He was the only Nathan Madden living in the area at that time. If so, then Nathan and three of his children married into the Horsley family.

[7] Nathan was the only Madden over 21 years of age known to be living in the general area. Three Prong in Greenup County was within a couple of miles of the Lewis County line and over the years many of the Three Prong families will be found in Lewis County Records.

[8] Although it is impossible for me to say with accuracy where the 1753 birth year comes from, the following quote is from an email I received in 1998 and may explain the source. “A couple of years after that trip, I was in Salt Lake City for a health conference. I had one free afternoon which I spent in the Library. Again, little time. I did find there family pages made by a lady researching Jonathan Madden and Elizabeth (the 1st) Horsley. She referenced much of her information to, including the Nathan Madden/Ann Hutton, to a booklet, “The Madden Family in America”. I’ve never found this booklet, and a letter I’d written to her came back to me. So, I’ve not proven their marriage. BTW, I have Nathan Madden as being born in 1753---again, info from that illusive booklet.”

[9] Marriage records of Lewis County, Kentucky.

[10] The place of their marriage is shown in the War of 1812 pension record of James Horsley. It also states they were married on the 28th of May and not on the 20th. This is apparently an error due to the number of years since the marriage took place or maybe men have always had a problem remembering their anniversary date.

[11] Rachel is probably the daughter of James and Elizabeth. A “Rachel” and a “Leah” found as sisters in the same family is not unusual. In the Bible Rachel and Leah were sisters and both were married to Jacob. This is based on information shown on http://www.goldwingbums.org/genealogy/p296.htm#i14778. “John B. Lawhun of Carter County, Kentucky married Rachel Horsley of Carter County, Kentucky, at the house of James Horsley, Oct 7, 1846. By Samuel Ratliff.” The Bellamy Bible or at least transcriptions from it are found in an email found on the Carter County USGenWeb site. The Bible apparently started with J. B. Lawhorn but was pasted down into the Bellamy family. J. B. Lawhorn and his wife Rachel are living next to William and Nancy Horsley and just a few families away from James and Elizabeth Horsley and the Jonathan Madden family. Her dates, presumably from the Bible, are February 28, 1826 to April 11, 1863. It is also possible they come from a tombstone inscription.

[12] The 1860. 1870 and 1880 census records form the basis for her age, however her marriage in 1819 raises the question of whether or not she might be a year or so older.

[13] This is speculation on my part but James Taylor Horsley, the Revolutionary War Veteran, was married to a Johana Dudley and this is a very likely source for her name.

[14] Scioto Marriages on the Internet.

[15] This is based on research by Scott Weisman and appears to be supported by other records although Scott is still searching for a marriage record on Rial and Joanna.

[16] No record has ever been found of a middle name or initial for Jonathan Madden.

[17] The 1810 Federal Census gives his age as under 10 therefore 1800-1810. The 1820 Federal Census gives his age as 10-16      therefore 1804 to 1810. In the 1850 Federal Census his age is given as 44 therefore 1806. His family is missed in the 1860 Federal Census but in the 1870 Federal Census his age is given as 64 therefore 1806. The 1880 Federal Census gives is age as 73 therefore 1807.

[18]The 1850 and 1870 Federal Census give his place of birth as Ohio. The 1880 Federal Census gives his place of birth as Kentucky. The Marriage Bond of his son King H. Madden dated 18 April 1877 gives his fathers place of birth as Ohio. The Kentucky Death Certificates of his children David R., Telitha Jane, Samuel Seton and William M. all give their fathers place of birth as Ohio.

[19] We know Nathan Madden was in Greenup County by the time of the 1810 Federal Census when a Nathan and Dennes Maddon and their families are enumerated next door to each other.

[20] The inhabitants of Greenup County are not listed by the last letter of their surnames as done in many of the early census records. It appears they are enumerated in the order they were visited. The Maddens are not enumerated in the vicinity of the Horsley’s  and therefore are apparently not living in the near vicinity of Three Prong. They are living near to the Warring families which later records show as being in the vicinity of Greenupsburg.  By the time of the 1820 Federal Census they are surrounded by the families, along Three Prong, that will be their neighbors to this day.

[21] Carter County by George Wolford, Copyright 1985 by George Wolfford.                                      

[22]Hogs were the basic meat for both home and market. One reason for this is the fact that beef did not “salt cure” as well as pork and therefore was more perishable. Beef was quite often a “cash crop”.

[23] Her date of birth is given as May 1815 in the 1900 census of Greenup County, Kentucky

[24] I have not found at this date (12/29/2005) any documentation for this date of death although documentation may exist. This date is given by another family researcher and may be based on family tradition or family records.

[25] I have not found any official documentation for this date of death. The date given here comes from records submitted by Marilyn S. Walters, 870 Galena Drive, Sandy, Utah, USA 84070. They are found at http://www.familysearch.org under a search for Isaac Madden. It is presumed that it came from family records since one of Isaac’s children lived until 1960 and several grandchildren into the 1990’s.

[26] The Jonathan Madden family is surrounded by the Horsley’s ; James Sr., James, William and Elijah. They are enumerated as Hostley and James Sr. is the father of Jonathan’s wife Elizabeth.

[27] There is no proof that this is the same land settled by Jonathan’s father Nathan but it is reasonable to believe so since Nathan was living in close proximity to the Horsley’s and Jonathan’s first and second wife’s were both Horsley’s. When Nathan left the area it would have been natural for Jonathan to continue on the same property which already contained the home and other improvements of his father. This property is still owned by descendants of Jonathan Madden as of 2005.

[28] Greenup County Wills, Book 3, 1835-1843, Page 136. Salt Lake City Microfilm

[29] No documentation exist to explain why the name Matthew was chosen for their first son. It is possible he was named after his mother Elizabeth’s probable uncle Matthew Horsley who would be his grand uncle.

[30] As of this date (July 25, 2005) I have not determined what the middle initial “D” stands for although one researcher  states that it is “David”. I am not sure if this is based on family tradition, documentation, or the fact that Matthew named his first son David.

[31]The primary basis for his birth date comes from the census record and the 1880 Mortality Schedule which states that he died in May of 1880 at the age of 53. The 1880 Mortality Schedule is for persons who died during the year ending May 31, 1880.  This indicates that he turned 53 sometime between June 1, 1879 and May 31, 1880. Since he is listed next to his father in the 1847 Tax Records of Greenup County, indicating he had turned 21 it seems likely that he was born during the latter half of the year 1826.

[32]Although there is no direct source recording his birth at this location all evidence that does exist indicates it. His grandfather Nathan was located here at the time of the 1820 Federal Census and his father Jonathan married Elizabeth Horsley, daughter of James Taylor Horsley, in 1824 and is enumerated here during the 1830 Federal Census.

[33] In the 1850 census of Carter County he is shown as able to read and write. In the 1860 census of Lewis County he is also shown as able to read and write. The 1870 census of Carter County does however leave some question regarding his abilities in this area since it says he can read but cannot write. It does appear that his wife Sophia came from a family that could read and write and she may have provided some or all of his training in this area.

[34]The book Building An American Pedigree by Norman Edgar Wright states the following on page 253m “In Kentucky tax records it is often possible to determine a young man’s age and his father’s name from the lists. Kentucky lists included free white male persons twenty-one years of age and upward, and when the person first turned twenty-one he was usually listed immediately under his father’s entry.”

[35] The date of their marriage comes from THE FAMILY OF JEFFREY W. HAMILTON found on RootWeb’s WorldConnect Project. In an email conversation with Mr. Hamilton he stated that all of the information on the William Estill family of Fleming County came from another party. I have never been able to make contact with that party. In looking at the data they supplied it APPEARS that there may be a family record or Bible for this Estill family. Every person in the William Estill family has an exact birth date and death date. Sophia’s family all have exact birth and death dates and Sophia is provided with an exact date of marriage to Matthew although I have never found an official document recording their marriage.

[36] Texas State Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate # 33882. G. W. Madden, son of David Otho was the informant and states that his father was born on “Aug. 18, 1849”, the 1849 is then marked out and changed to read “1852”.  He was right the first time because the family record says 1849 and in the 1850 census David Otho is enumerated as 10/12 of age. His death certificate also gives his place of birth as Carter Co., Kentucky. It also states that his father is Mathew Madden and his mother Sophia Estill. As will be shown later under Matthew Madden it is also possible that David Otho was born in Fleming County, Kentucky and not Carter. However, all official documents show Carter and that will be considered the correct location for his birth.

[37] Her death certificate gives her date of birth as March 4, 1861 however I have used the birth as given in the Vital Records of Lewis County since it is recorded closer to the actual event and therefore SHOULD be more accurate.

[38] This date of birth for Charles is used since it is shown on his Kentucky Death Certificate; however it appears that he was born in 1869. At the time of the 1870 Census of Carter County, Kentucky he is shown as 1 year of age. In the 1900 Federal Census of Carter County his birth month is shown as March and his birth year as 1870.

[39] Later records indicate that his name was Theodore Adolphus Madden and he was commonly known as Adolph or just simply Dolph. 

[40] Although her middle name is shown as “Bill” it seems more likely that it should read “Bell”.

[41] It is obvious based on birth records and later census records that the enumerator made a mistake and recorded Edna as Edmond.  Matthew’s age is also wrong by about 4 to 5 years.

[42] Book 1838, Page 260 records the marriage of George W. James to Laura A. Madden on 23 Dec 1869. This is a transcription of the original and the “W” in George W. James is probably a transcription error as the census records leave no doubt that his middle initial is “E”. This is also the only record I have found that indicates a middle name for Laura. Data from internet http://users.adelphia.net/~cbarker/carmar03.htm#LETTER-J 

[43] AllRefer.com  gives an alternate name of Tuberculosis Adenitis. It is a painless swelling of the lymph nodes of the neck. Ulceration today is rare but would have been common in the 1880’s. There may also be swelling of other lymph nodes. Fever, chills, sweats and weight loss may occur. Weight loss appears to have been one of Matthew’s problems since the term “exhaustion” used by Dr. York was used in 1880 to mean “wasting away”.

[44] His date of birth is taken from the family record provided later in this document and also from his Texas Death Certificate. The death certificate gives his place of birth as Carter County.

[45] There are two records which seem to support the year 1867 as the year of this move to Carter County. One is the death record of Matthew Madden in 1880 that states he had lived in the county for 13 years. The other is the land purchased by Matthew Madden in Carter County in August of 1867 in which he traded his property in Lewis County, Kentucky.

[46] Ida Lee Madden Tucker related to her grandson David K. Tucker (me) that her brother George was named after his cousin George Walter Littleton. Sarah Counts Madden had a sister who married a Littleton and they named one of their sons George Walter. It further seems that this George W. Littleton had received his name from his uncle George Walter Littleton, a brother of his father.

[47] I (David K. Tucker) use the term “family record” since the document I have was written by their daughter Ruby Lee Ora Madden in Oct. 1931. The original of this 1931 handwritten document is in the possession of  David K. Tucker as of November 27, 2005. The location of the Bible is not known at this time. Note that the 1931 handwritten copy by Ruby is taken from a 1926 document “wored by Sarah Madden thes the 1st day of Dec 1926”

[48] The 1900 Federal Census of Ellis County, Texas gives her birthplace as Kentucky.

[49] How and why David Otho Madden picked Texas is not known from any sources. In the 1900 Census several hundred people lived in Ellis County, Texas that were born in Kentucky. It is likely that David was receiving reports from friends and possibly even members of his extended family. He didn’t just pick Ellis County at random. Very few people moved across the country at that time without knowing others already living in the area. David’s first cousin Mary Madden, a daughter of his fathers brother James Madden lived in Frost, Ellis County, Texas at the time of the 1900 Federal Census. Frost is just a few miles from where David and Sarah lived in Ellis County. Mary is married to her second husband Anderson Skelton. It is not known if they came before David and Sarah, at the same time or later.

[50] David Otho Maddens obituary states, “Mr. Madden came to Texas from Carter County, Kentucky in 1882.”

[51] Cleff Madden may be mistaken about not hearing from him for so long because in a letter dated April 3, 1974 Ida Madden Tucker wrote, “I never did here(sp) them say why they come to Texas but I do remember hereing(sp) that Papa went back to visit one time and Mama had 2 little ones Florence and George she never went back.”. If Ida Madden (Mama Tucker to us kids) is correct then her father returned fairly soon after they arrived in Texas.

[52] In the 1880’s people had stopped traveling across country by wagon, trains were “the mode” of travel for long distance.

[53] Ida Parks date of birth and Precinct are based on the 1900 Federal Census of Ellis County, Texas.

[54] The land was part of the George Carpenter Survey and is recorded in Vol. 87, page 509 of Ellis County Deed Records.

[55] The fact that he lived for a few days was told to me by my grandmother and sister, Ida Lee Madden Tucker.

[56] Ellis County Deed Records, Vol. 121, Page 90.

[57] This rose bush was still thriving 75 years later when the City decided to make the cemetery easier to maintain and cut it down. I (David K. Tucker) did see it a year before that decision was made by the city.

[58] The Texas Death Certificate also verifies that his death was hastened by a fall.

[59] Waltz the Hall: The American Play Party Alan L. Spurgeon

[60] The name, age and birthplace match him. He is shown as married and Sophia is shown as married but she is not shown as his wife. She is shown as “housekeeper” but on the rest of the page all of the “wife’s” are shown as “keeping house.” Popular Plains is also the area in which his mother was born and where her siblings are living at the time.

[61] Her name was actually Edna, the “Bill” is undoubtedly supposed to be “Bell” or “Belle”.

[62] It is obvious based on birth records and later census records that the enumerator made a mistake and recorded Edna as Edmond.  Matthew’s age is also wrong by about 4 to 5 years.

[63] This very kind reply by Mrs. Bowen does confirm the date of birth for Bruce and it also supplies his middle name, “Chandler”.  It might be wrong about Ella being born in Carter County. Matthew and his family were still in Lewis County at the time of the 1860 census and did not buy (trade) land in Carter County until 1867. It seems more likely that she was born in Lewis County. If Ella is buried in Patton Cemetery then her grave is not marked with a tombstone nor is there any stone for her husband Loren. However two of her nephews are buried there.

[64] ROWAN COUNTY MARRIAGES on USGen.Web. The bond or license is filed in Book 2 Page 90 and the return in Book A Page 34.

[65] Later records show her name as “Tina” but it seems likely that as a child she went by the nickname “Tinnie or Tinny”.

[66] Sadie E. Madden’s first and second husband’s come from the Jim Jesse site on RootsWeb’s World Connect Project but are somewhat confirmed by the Birth Records of Kentucky 1911-2000.

[67] Minnie Madden’s husband, marriage and dates come from the Jim Jessee site on RootsWeb’s World Connect Project.

[68] ROWAN COUNTY MARRIAGES on USGen.Web. The bond or license is filed in Book 1 Page 149 and the return in Book A Page 12.

[69] Obviously there is an error in the number of years they have been married. They were married November 9, 1887 and therefore would have been married 22 years in November of 1909.

[70] ROWAN COUNTY MARRIAGES on USGen.Web. The bond or license is filed in Book 2 Page 186 and the return in Book A Page 97.

[71] Her middle name is shown in her marriage record to Samuel V. Clark, Lewis County, Kentucky Marriage Records 1807-1900, Book E, Page 25.

[72] Her age is given as 19 in the 1850 Federal Census of Greenup and 29 in the 1860 Federal Census of Lewis Co., Kentucky.

[73] Marriage Records of Lewis County, Kentucky 1807-1900. Salt Lake City Microfilm.

[74] Henry J. Clark’s birth year is consistently given as 1857 in the census records. As noted above one researcher gives his birth date as March 15, 1857 however in the 1900 Federal Census his birth month is given as May.

[75] There is no doubt that Mathew Madden was living in Lewis County at this time since the Vital Records of Lewis County record the births of three of his children during this time span and he is enumerated in the 1860 Federal Census of Lewis County.

[76]Census records and his military service records show his middle initial as “V”.

[77] It is presumed that James was named for his maternal grandfather, James Taylor Horsley. No records exist showing him with a middle name or initial.

[78] It is also presumed that he was born at home on Three Prong. That was the location of his father’s farm and there is no indication that Jonathan was living anywhere else at the time James was born. However, an obituary notice in The Vanceburg Courier on January 25, 1882 states, “Born in Carter Co.” This may be based on the fact that at the time of his marriage to Nancy Howard in 1855 James was stated to be “a resident of Carter County.”

[79] In his Civil War Pension Application James Madden signed his name with a mark.

[80] The middle initial “T” is shown in the 1880 Federal Census of Adams County, Ohio. Since one researcher states that her mothers maiden name was “Tinsley” we can reasonably suspect that the “T” stood for “Tinsley”.

[81] Lewis County Kentucky Cemeteries, Vol. 4 located at Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Her birth date of January 12, 1856 is calculated from her tombstone dates. A family group sheet found on a FamilySearch.com search under the name James Madden states that she was born in January 1856 and died on January 12, 1856 but the tombstone shows this to be an error.

[82] The census records record a large number of persons from the Three Prong area living in the vicinity of Vanceburg. Many of them were part of James’ extended family. His younger brother Isaac also lived just a short distance away and his older brother Matthew also was a resident of Lewis County.

[83] Data regarding his enrollment and health were taken from his Civil War Pension records.

[84] Exactly when they moved to Ohio is not known. It could have been prior to his enrollment. It is known that they were living there when Lucy Bell was born. They are presumed to have moved to Irish Bottom since his pension record states that Martha Rebecca was born at Irish Bottom. Irish Bottom is about halfway between Vanceburg, Kentucky and Sandy Springs, Ohio and is located on the flats along the Ohio River.

[85] Martha’s birth data and his health condition are contained in his pension records.

[86] The Sandy Springs Cemetery is located in Adams County, Green Township. This data is from the USGENWEB page for Adams County, Ohio.

[87] This stands for  the First Ohio Heavy Artillery in which James was enlisted during the Civil War.

[88] Rockville is just across the river from Vanceburg in Adams County, Ohio. A little to the east of and right on the county line with Scioto County, Ohio.

[89] This information is taken from TALLEYS KENTUCKY PAPERS by W. M. Talley.

[90] With the exception of Sarah Elizabeth Madden, Mary Ellen Madden and Martha Rebecca Madden all of the dates and places of death for the other children are from another researcher and subject to verification. Sarah’s information is from her tombstone and data on the birth of Mary and Martha come form the pension record of James and Nancy since they were still minor’s at the time of his death. The Civil War Pension records do state that at the death of James Madden “there were six children living and two under the age of sixteen”.

[91] The middle name “Elizabeth” comes from another researcher and may be from family records. I have not seen any other document which gives her middle name.

[92] 44249 Pt. 2 Marriages May 1838 to Feb. 1875 (Salt Lake City Microfilm) Their marriage is also recorded in Greenup County records but apparently took place in Carter County.

[93] The 1900 Federal Census gives his year of birth as 1835 but the month is almost impossible to read. It appears to be Dec. It is possible the year is wrong in the 1900 census and that he was born in December of 1836. Since James was born in January of 1834 and two years intervals were very common between children it seems likely that his birth was late in 1835 or early 1836.

[94] I have not found an official document  which provides his date of death. This comes from another researcher and may be from family records.

[95] THE KENTUCKY GENEALOGIST, Oct-Dec 1973, Vol. 15, No. 4. This graveyard is on Shultz Ridge, in Greenup County. Copied in August, 1972 by Dr. William H. Talley, Montreal, Quebec. However the book GREENUP COUNTY, KENTUCKY CEMETERIES by Jacob and Bertha Savage show the cemetery as Jamison Cemetery off Route 7, Zion Hill and the book LEWIS COUNTY KENTUCKY CEMETERIES, Vol. 2 shows it as Jamison Cemetery on Greenup-Lewis County Line Rd. 1134.

[96] ML Sparks supplied this information on Ancestry.com. She shows the date of birth as 1858 but since they were married in March of 1859 I suspect her birth, if not before marriage, was late 1859 or early 1860. They are not found in the 1860 census but she is not in the family in the 1870 Federal Census and is presumably dead by that time.

[97] Kentucky Death Certificate # 20181 provides the birth and death dates for Mary E. Madden, the eldest daughter of John H. Madden and a first cousin to David Otho Madden. Her death certificate states that she died in a house fire in the area of Garrison, Lewis County, Kentucky.

[98] Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900, Greenup County, on Ancestry.com

[99] ML Sparks supplied this information on Ancestry.com. Nellie was apparently a twin to Mary that did not survive until the 1870 Federal Census.

[100] Another family researcher provides the middle name “Jane” and the date of birth without documentation.

[101] Another family researcher provides the middle name “Ann” and the date of birth without documentation.

[102] Another family researcher provides the date of birth without documentation.

[103] The spelling of Fielden’s first name is confirmed by his WWI Registration Card. His birth and death dates are from his tombstone record as mentioned in the previous footnote.

[104] Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900, Greenup County, Ancestry.com

[105] The exact date of birth for John Berry Madden and his middle name come from his WWI Registration Card.

[106] The exact date of birth for Francis comes from his WWI Registration Card and his middle name “Marion” from the 1900 Federal Census of Greenup County, Kentucky.

[107] Some researchers have shown her year of birth as 1839 and they may be correct. In the 1900 census she, or her mother, give her date of birth as August 1839. The 1840 census for the J. Maddin family show her as under 5 years of age. Since the 1840 census is supposed to be as of June 1, 1840 Telitha Jane should not be included if born in August of that year. However, the census was not completed in one day and if they were enumerated after August 10, 1840 then she may have been included with the family. Several of the census records do indicate 1839. The reason 1840 is used above is due to the fact that this is the date given on her Kentucky Death Certificate which is the only official documentation for her date of birth.

[108] Her Kentucky death certificate simply gives her name as Jane. The 1850 census shows it as Eliza J., the 1870 census gives Telitha J., the 1880 census gives Telitha J., the 1900 census gives Jane and the 1910 census shows it as Eliza Jane. 

[109] Kentucky Death Certificate 02397 provides his date of death.

[110] Kentucky Death Certificate 07846 provides his date of death in Lewis County, Kentucky.

[111] Kentucky Death Certificate 03618 provides his date of death in Lewis County, Kentucky.

[112] I have not found any official document which gives his exact date of birth. One researcher has information on FamilySearch.Org which gives his date of birth as August 15, 1847. Presumably this comes from family records. The 1900 Federal Census does give the month and year of birth as August, 1847.

[113] Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900 found on Ancestry.com.

[114] Ancestry.com transcription

[115] Kentucky Death Records, Certificate # 21600.

[116] Greenup USGenWeb, contributed by Scott Weisman

[117] Kentucky Death Records, Certificate # 29795

[118] Her husband Charles Clifford Madden mentioned in the obit is the son of Albert M. Madden and grandson of John H. Madden

[119] Ohio Death Certificates on Ancestry.com.

[120] The basis for his name has not been determined nor have I ever found a record which shows what the middle initial “D” stands for, since he had a son named Richard Daniel there is a possibility that the “D” is for Daniel.

[121] It is interesting to note that in the 1850 and 1860 Federal Census of Lewis County her name is shown as Louisiana. It is easy to see how a mistake could be made either way. The name Louisiana said slowly can easily become Lucy Ann and the name Lucy Ann said quickly can easily become Louisiana. If Louisiana is wrong then it was a mistake made twice 10 years apart. I suspect her name was originally intended to be Louisiana but in time became pronounced Lucy Ann. Her daughter Jane’s death certificate gives her mothers name as Lucy Ann Stricklett.

[122] His Kentucky Death Certificate gives his date of death as August 13, 1918 and not July 15.

[123] Ms. Walters’s records give him a birth date of 1879 however his Kentucky Death Certificate states that his year of birth was 1878. His tombstone also indicates 1879.

[124] This is a very, very poor and faded record. Ancestry.Com actually transcribed the name as “Makel” with no first name for Samuel and Flora shown as “wife” and John M. as “brother”. Upon a close examination all three are shown as “single” and you can make out the beginning of the word “sister” for Flora. The months and years of birth are a little more legible and match the dates given by Ms. Walters’s records.

[125] Ms. Walters’s records give her name as “Verinda Jane” however the Hildebrand Family Tree submitted by Kim Hildebrand on RootsWeb’s WorldConnect Project give her name as “Vivian Jane”. Her Kentucky Death Certificate #01248 simply gives her name as “Jane”. All records seem to indicate that she went by Jane all of her life. Kentucky Birth Certificate 20746, Vol. 42, Vol. Year 1916 is for the birth of Oscar and Jane’s daughter Pearl on April 26, 1916. It gives the mothers name as “Virinda Madden”.

[126] I do not know if the 1882 date of birth is a mistake on the tombstone or if this is a transcription error. But all documents except her obituary give her date of birth as 1883.

[127] Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900, Greenup County, Ancestry.com.

[128] Birth month and year from 1900 Federal Census. Kentucky Death Certificate 02034 provides his date of death in Lewis County, Kentucky.

[129] His middle initial “C” is shown on at least one census record and his Ohio Death Certificate. He lived in Greenup County, Kentucky and Scioto County, Ohio at various times. His WW! Registration Card provides his date of birth as April 18, 1887 however  the 1900 Federal Census of Kentucky states that he was born in May of 1887.

[130] One researcher on FamilySearch.com gives his full name as James Winfield Scott Lawhun.

[131] Kentucky Marriages 1851-1900, Greenup County, Ancestry.com. It may be of interest to note that Jonathan Madden only had three daughters that lived to maturity. One never married and the other two married in their late 20’s, a very late age for girls to marry at that time.

[132] Available on microfilm from SLC and a transcription is on the Greenup County USGENWEB.

[133] Microfilm SLC

[134] It seems likely that her name came from the Biblical “Beersheba”.

[135] One family researcher states that King and Bersheba had 12 children. This may be correct and based on family records however the census documents indicate only 11. The 1900 census states that she is the mother of 10 children with 9 living. By the time of the 1910 census Fred was born and the census states that she is the mother of 11 with 10 still living. At that time it she is 51 years of age and it seems doubtful that she had another child after 1910, if so that child was gone by the time of the 1930 census.

[136] Date of birth from WWI Registration Card.

[137] Month and year of birth from 1900 census.

[138] Month and year of birth from 1900 census.

[139] Date of birth from WWI Registration Card.

[140] Month and year of birth from 1900 census.

[141] Month and year of birth from 1900 census.

[142] Date of birth from WWI Registration Card. Early census records indicate his name was King David and that he went by David. The 1930 Federal Census of Scioto County, Ohio gives his name as David K. Madden and year of birth as 1897 and not 1893. However he is living next to his brother Fred and there is no doubt that he is the same person. His wife Mary Mollie Madden died in Scioto County, Ohio on July 5, 1990.

[143] Date of birth from WWI Registration Card.

[144] Month and year of birth from 1900 census.

[145] Date of birth from WWI Registration Card. His date of death is Kentucky Death Records Certificate # 03730.

[146] Jonathan’s Kentucky Death Certificate gives his date of birth as August 6, 1855 but the Vital Records of Greenup County which are much closer to the actual birth date show it as December 19, 1855. It seems reasonable to believe that the Vital Records are more likely to be correct source for his date of birth. 

[147] Jonathan, son of Nathan, definitely was not born in Ireland. I’m not sure why his grandson Thomas, who appears to be the informant on his fathers death certificate gives it as Ireland. Possibly Thomas had heard that his families origin was Irish and simply confused it as meaning his grandfather was born there. This would seem to confirm the family tradition that the Maddens had an Irish background or at least this may be where the tradition originated.

[148] Birth date from WWI Registration Card.

[149] Birth date from WWI Registration Card.