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John P. Maddox

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John P. Maddox

Birth
Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
Death
14 Jan 1916 (aged 79)
Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Mr. John P. Maddox, aged 80, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Pepper near Belton, Friday night at 10:30 o'clock, after an illness of about two weeks.

Mr. Maddox was a son of the late Thomas Maddox and was reared near the Midway Presbyterian church. He served through the Civil war for four years and returned to South Carolina during the period of Reconstruction. He married Miss Josephine Cobb.

Mr. Maddox was a Mason for 45 years and joined the Baptist church in 1865 at Lebanon. He has been a member of the Neal's Creek church for years and was a man of firm religious and political conviction. He was a Christian gentleman and to know him was to like him.

He is survived by his wife and six children: J. N. Maddox of Anderson, Sam Maddox of Charleston, Charlie Maddox of Belton, Mrs. J. M. Bailey of Belton, Mrs. G. W. Pepper of Belton and Mrs. Frank Austin of Honea Path.

The funeral was held at Neal's Creek Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.

--A Sketch of The Lives of Mary Ann Maddox Kay and The Thomas A. Maddox Family by Anne Kay Sweeny. (The newspaper is not given)
Mr. John P. Maddox, aged 80, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Pepper near Belton, Friday night at 10:30 o'clock, after an illness of about two weeks.

Mr. Maddox was a son of the late Thomas Maddox and was reared near the Midway Presbyterian church. He served through the Civil war for four years and returned to South Carolina during the period of Reconstruction. He married Miss Josephine Cobb.

Mr. Maddox was a Mason for 45 years and joined the Baptist church in 1865 at Lebanon. He has been a member of the Neal's Creek church for years and was a man of firm religious and political conviction. He was a Christian gentleman and to know him was to like him.

He is survived by his wife and six children: J. N. Maddox of Anderson, Sam Maddox of Charleston, Charlie Maddox of Belton, Mrs. J. M. Bailey of Belton, Mrs. G. W. Pepper of Belton and Mrs. Frank Austin of Honea Path.

The funeral was held at Neal's Creek Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.

--A Sketch of The Lives of Mary Ann Maddox Kay and The Thomas A. Maddox Family by Anne Kay Sweeny. (The newspaper is not given)


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  • Created by: Bryson Bailey
  • Added: Mar 1, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66337429/john_p-maddox: accessed ), memorial page for John P. Maddox (Mar 1836–14 Jan 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66337429, citing Neals Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Bryson Bailey (contributor 47429863).