Harry Odell Maddox

From the Record

Served in combat during World War I and returned without injury, according to a family supplement; his obituary independently identifies him as a World War I veteran. Harry never married; he farmed, worked in the oil fields, and lived in the old family house, and later the new house, with Bertha A. (Smith) Maddox, Holly A. Maddox and Lucille (Angus) Maddox.

From the Family Manuscript

• George's younger brother Harry Odell Maddox also served in combat during World War I. The supplement says Harry returned without injury, never married, and later worked as a farmer and in the oil fields. It notes that the family retained George's damaged discharge and Purple Heart, along with photographs of both brothers in uniform.

  Maddox Brothers in World War I, transcript lines 19–26.

Sources for this Record

• birth · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, Maddox surname group: Harry Odell Maddox marker entry.
• death · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, Maddox surname group: Harry Odell Maddox marker entry.
• burial · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, Maddox surname group in the Drift Run cemetery index.
• parentage · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, marker abstract identifies John Amos and Hannah Jane Conger Maddox as parents.
• biography · Maddox Brothers in World War I, transcript lines 19–26; service described without unit or dates.
• biography · Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, marker abstract labels service World War II; conflict retained in source_conflicts.
• biography · Maddox collateral-family obituary clippings, scan page 2; obituary identifies Harry as a World War I veteran; page-image SHA-256 3b7a913fe904cc433ece9b707301cfdf2ff20e143a8a8687c0e67ffaf6f45bc0.

Where the Sources Disagree

• war associated with Army service — World War I (Maddox Brothers in World War I, transcript lines 19–26) · World War I (Various obituaries scan, page 2 (Harry O'Dell Maddox obituary)) · World War II (Drift Run United Methodist Cemetery Index, Maddox surname group) — the chronicle uses World War I.

  The dedicated military supplement and Harry's newspaper obituary independently identify World War I. The cemetery abstract's World War II label remains visible pending inspection of the marker or an original service record.