George William Maddox

From the Record

Entered the U. S. Army on 27 May 1918; served in combat and was wounded in the left leg and arm on 14 September 1918 at Verdun, France, losing his left leg (he wore a wooden leg for the rest of his life); received a 75 per cent disability pension for life; service number 316989; discharged 12 September 1919. Lived on Drift Run (where son Carl was born), then Lockhart, then Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia; moved in 1943 to Washington County, Ohio, farming on Route 50-A near Barlow; later sold the farm and moved to Belpre, Ohio, then moved back after son Carl Owen Maddox bought the farm. He and Laura were residents of the Harmer House Nursing Home, Marietta, Ohio at the times of their deaths. His death date is given inconsistently in the source (see source_conflicts).

From the Family Manuscript

• There is a town in Southern Maryland, which bears the name of Maddox, Maryland. This town and its name came from Samuel Maddox and the Maddox family. There was a U. S. Post Office in Maddox, Maryland, it was established in 1892 and the first Post Master was George William Maddox, appointed on 23 August 1892. Officially, it was discontinued by the U. S. Postal Service in 1960.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 270.

• George William Maddox 9 was born on the 13th day of October 1888 in Jackson County, West Virginia to John Amos and Hannah Jane “Sis” (Conger) Maddox. George married Laura Estella Robbins of Parsons Run, Jackson County, West Virginia on the 30th day of July 1920 in Jackson County, West Virginia.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 1980.

• George and his wife lived for a short time in a small house on Drift Run, in this house on 15 September 1922, my father, Carl Owen Maddox was born. George, Laura and Carl moved to Lockhart, Jackson County, West Virginia. The family then moved to Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 1982.

• George entered the U. S. Army on the 27th of May 1918. He served in combat and was wounded in the left leg and arm on 14 September 1918 at Verdun, France. Because of the wounds, George lost his left leg, George wore a wooden leg for the rest of his life. George did receive a 75 per cent disability pension for life from the U. S. Army. His U. S. Army service number was 316989 and he was discharged on 12 September 1919.

  Maddox Family History, transcript lines 1984–1985.

• Carl Owen Maddox 10 left Ravenswood and moved to Washington County, Ohio and in 1943, George and his wife moved to Washington County, Ohio. George lived on a farm on Route 50-A in Washington County, near Barlow, Ohio. Later this farm was sold and George moved to Belpre, Ohio. Carl Owen Maddox bought this farm and George and Laura moved back to the farm. At the time of their deaths, the mailing address for George and Laura was at the farm. George and Laura both were residents of the Harmer House Nursing Home in Marietta, Ohio at the time of their deaths. George died on 5 May 1976 and Laura died on 6 January 1977. Both George and Laura were buried in the Rockland Cemetery, Belpre, Washington County, Ohio.

  Maddox Family History, transcript line 1987.

Where the Sources Disagree

• death date — 7 May 1976 (Chapter 9 child listing (line 1453)) · 5 May 1976 (Chapter 10 header, Chapter 10 narrative, and the Robbins family section (lines 1954, 1987, 2072)) — the chronicle uses 5 May 1976.