Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

MATTHEW W. MADDOX is a native of Shelby County, Ky., born March 21, 1825,
and is the eldest son of Thomas G. and Cynthia (Ford) Maddox, also natives
of Shelby County.  The paternal grandfather of Matthew W., Wilson Maddox,
was born in Virginia, but who came to Kentucky.  He was for many years a
companion of Daniel Boone, and was married in Boonesboro, his wife having
come from New Jersey.  Spencer Ford, the maternal grandfather of Matthew
W. Maddox, was a native of South Carolina, and also an early settler of
Shelby County, Ky.  Thomas G. Maddox was drafted during the war of 1812 to
help fill the ranks at New Orleans, but the fight took place before his
muster-in.  He died in January, 1875, and his widow in December, 1880, each
aged about eighty-three years.  Matthew W. Maddox was reared a farmer, and
was educated in the county schools.  In October, 1859, he married Miss
Amelia Torbitt, a native of Henry County, and daughter of Charles and
Nancy (Phillips) Torbitt, natives of Woodford County, Ky., and Virginia.
Eddie C. Maddox, born April 4, 1869, is the only living child born to this
union.  Mr. Maddox is the owner of 170 acres in Marshall's Precinct,
Shelby County, which he keeps under a high state of cultivation.  He is a
member of the Christian Church at Eminence.

Maddox Ford Torbitt Phillips
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Woodford-KY NJ VA SC

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