Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 about
M J Treadway
Name: M J Treadway
Death Date: 21 Jul 1921
Death Location: Fayette
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White
Birth Date: 22 Oct 1852
Birth Location: Kentucky


Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 about M J Treadway
Name: M J Treadway
Death Date: 21 Jul 1921
Death Place: Fayette
Age: 79
Volume: 30
Certificate: 14551

JOSEPH TREADAY, Burning Spring, Ky, Feb. 10, 1898
I was born in Owsley County, Ky, Oct. 22, 1854. My father's name w as Elisha B. TREADWAY. He was born in Clay Co., August 26, 1824. He w as a son of William W. TREADWAY who was born on Brush Creek, Montgomery Co ., Ky near Red River in the year 1800, March 11th. He was a son of Pet er TREADWAY who was born in Maryland. He had a brother, William, who emig rated to Central Ohio and has a large progeny, and another brother who we nt to N.C. A member of that family named Peter TREADWAY came to Clay Coun ty and settled on Goose Creek, seven miles below Manchester. James and Ro bert of this county are his sons. The family name was originally spell ed "TREDVAS" It seems to be a German name. The time the family came to E ngland we do not know, nor can we tell just when the family came to Maryla nd. I do not know whether there were any Revolutionary soldiers in the fa mily. My father was in Manly S.V. THOMPSON'S regiment in the Mexican Wa r. He was also a soldier in the Civil War. I am in correspondence wi th a relative of mine at Pittsburg. Pa., who is preparing a genealo gy of the TREADWAY family. He is descended from the Ohio branch of the fa mily.
My great grandfather had sons and daughters- Moses, John, Peter, Will iam (my grandfather), Thomas still living in Lee County, Abagail (BER Y) a widow now living in Montgomery Co. My father was a worker in wood a nd iron. Made the first sorghum mill in these parts and caught the last w olf caught in these parts in 1870. There were 8 young ones in Owsley coun ty or on Ross's Creek, Lee Co. Moses went to Tennessee; John lived and di ed in Montgomery Co., was a magistrate. All are long lived. My grandfath er had 14 children. Four of them still live in Owsley and Lee. My grandf ather helped to build the first R.R. car in Ky at Lexington where he liv ed at one time. His greatest work was making a threshing machine, the fir st one ever used in this part of the State. He had never seen a machi ne but had, I suppose, read of them. He made Iron Journals. Being an art ificer in both wood and iron he could use both. It was not unlike the "Gr ound hog". It was a success and was extensively used. I saw the machi ne work when I was a child. There were four levers, he worked six horse s. The Master wheel was of wood, Locust cogs or pins were used. Whi le he lived at Lexington he made some machinery for President Polk, befo re he was President, for the manufacture of cotton yarn in Tennesse e. He referred to the building of the first R.R. car as the greatest achi evement of his life. It must be remembered that the first R. R. between B altimore and Washington was in 1830 and the one between Lexington and Fran kfort was in 1831, so that cars were a new thing. He made this car accord ing to his own plans, submitted by him. The "Lexington Observer" contain ed an account of this car given to Col. HODGES by me in 1888 or 188 9. He made many kinds of musical instruments. We have a harp, an Itali an Harp now, of his make, played with two mallets, a three cornered bo x. He was fond of hunting and fishing and had indulged his tastes freel y. He died in Feb. 1881 about 81 years old. He married to a Margaret BOW MAN and had 11 children.
He helped in the manufacture of gun powder near Mt. Sterling for t he soldiers of the War of 1812. The salt peter was gotten from the clav es of the sub-carboniferous region. He was only 12 years old at that tim e. Both he and his wife had cholera in Lexington in 1832 or 1833. In t he morning paper he read of his own death but said, "I knew that it was n ot so" He was eccentric. His favorite books were the Bible and the "Wor ks of Dr. Thomas Dick"
BOWMAN My grandmother BOWMAN, Margaret was the daughter of Jacob BOWM AN in Clay County who came to Clay when a boy with his father, Cornelius B OWMAN came to Owsley County in 1796 being the first settler of what is n ow Owsley County. He located on the opposite side of the river from the p resent site of Booneville on the farm now owned by S.B. SHEPHERD. Corneli us BOWMAN became a citizen of Owsley County and bought lands for his child ren and afterwards returned to his lands in Madison County. His childr en were: Jacob, Cornelius, Elisha, Elijah, Thomas, John, Mrs. James MOO RE and other daughters. Jacob married an EVANS. He was my great grandfat her.
Morgan Joseph Treadway was a lawyer and Superintendant of schools for Owsl ey Co., KY. He served in the Spanish-American War as Captain of the 4 th KY Volunteer Inf.

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Captain, Co. G, 4th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry.


Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 about Margan J Treadway
Name: Margan J
State Filed: Kentucky
Widow: Florence H Treadway
Roll Number: T288_478


Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 about Flora Horton
Name: Joseph M. Treadway
Spouse: Flora Horton
Marriage Date: 30 Mar 1890
County: Clay
State: KY

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Lawyer in 1900 census of Lee co, Ky
living in Lee co, Ky in 1920 census
Captain, commanded Co G, 4th Ky Vol Inf, Spanish American War
Superintendent of county Schools of Owsley co, Ky

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