According to the biography of Michael's son, James J. Jackson Maddox- "Michael came to Blackford County, Indiana in 1839 and bought one hundred and forty-seven acres of land in Harrison Township on which the family lived until his death in 1845".
The History of Blackford County (1987) claims, "In the Spring of 1839. Michael Maddox, his son Joseph, Charles Mays and Silas Mays settled on land nearby (Matamoras).
Quickfact: It was in the same year, 1839, that Abel Baldwin platted a town on the south bluff of the Salamonie River, and named it Montpelier after the capital of his native Vermont!
The Michael Maddox family was Methodist Episcopalian. This small clapboard church is thought to be the oldest building in Montpelier, built in 1854. This building has been moved to a new location, restored and is soon to house the Montpelier Museum. To read about the origins of the Montpelier Methodist Episcopalian Church; it's history and it's NEW use today- click here.
What was pioneer life like in early Harrison Township? One of Indians, thick forests and plentiful game according to Ida Helen McCarty- a member of the "Daughters of the American Colonists" In 1937 she compiled an astonishing record of life on "La Petite Prairie" - the Godfrey Indian Reservation.
Click here to read this amazing account.
After the Miamis moved from the reservation, the U.S. government sold much of the land to the Suydam Lumber Company. After the took what they wanted from the area, the land was sold off to individuals.
After Michael's death, Frances moved westward to live with some of her children, where she died December 6, 1871 in Falls City, Richardson County, Nebraska. She is buried in Archer Cemetery.
Michael Maddox passed away on the family farm in Harrison Township, Blackford County, Indiana
on September 10, 1845. He is buried in the Twibell cemetery northeast of Montpelier, Indiana.
Michael Maddox is buried in the Twibell Cemetery northeast of Montpelier, Indiana. The  cemetery is a small plot which was at one time part of the Twibell family farm. Revolutionary Soldier John Twibell is also buried here. To my knowledge, Michael is the only Maddox buried in this plot, although, names that show up in the Maddox Family History are also buried here. Some of those names are Blount, Rhine, Evers, Sleppy, Twibell, McCullick, Wilson, Grove and others.

Michael Maddoxs' grandson, William McKendree Maddox eventually married Loura Alice Twibell, but the Twibells' and the Maddoxs' had close ties well before the marriage.
***UPDATE*** The Twibell Cemetery was restored in 2000. Many of the stones were cleaned, reset, categorized and, in extreme situations, located. Working from an old index of the cemetery, Bryon Thomas Maddox and Sheryl Dawn Maddox Montgomery spearheaded the project. Both are first cousins and direct decendants of Michael Maddox. Dawn has compiled a list of those buried in the Twibell Cemetery. Her database also includes headstone location, dates and other information and inscriptions. In her study, she has found that some of Michael Maddoxs' grandchildren and great grandchildren are buried here. To see an index of persons buried at the Twibell Cemetery......click here.
Second Generation - Michael Maddox - continued
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HISTORY IN PERSPECTIVE
TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS, ARCHER CEMETERY
Contributed by Miss Nellie Schock, Falls City, Nebraska, Genealogist for Reavis-Ashley Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

Archer, the first county seat of Richardson County, Nebraska Territory, located one and one-half miles northeast of Falls City, was settled in 1854-55. Nothing now remains but a small cemetery. Many of the earlier graves were probably never marked, and many of the bodies have been reinterred in other cemeteries.

Sarah J. Fusom, wife of J. M., d. May 10, 1878, a. 44 yrs., 7 mo., 12 d.
Wm., son of Wm. Mc. and Mary C. Maddox, was killed Sept. 27, 1879, with a revolver in the
hands of John Katon. Age 16 yrs., 2 mo., 21 d.
Frances, wife of Michael Maddox, d. Dec. 6, 1871, a. 81 yrs., 7 mos., 2 d.
Mary C., wife of Wm. McK. Maddox, d. Jan. 10, 1873, a. 35 yrs., 8 mos., 28 d.
Wilson M., son of E. G. and M. C. McMullen, d. Jan. 29, 1864, a. 6 yrs., 9 mos.
Amanda F., wife of J. B. Welty, d. June 10, 1858, a. 27 yrs., 11 mos., 6 d.
Lander E., son of D. and L. White, d. Mar. 14, 1865, a. 1 mo.
Andy S. McDowell, d. Jan. 28, 1872, a. 41 yrs., 7 mos., 12 d.
Isham Nance, d. Feb., 1871, a. 67 yrs., 3 mos., 13 d.
Sarah, wife of Isham Nance, d. Sept. 22, 1867, a. 61 yrs., 6 mos., 4 d.
Charles N., d. June 23, 1856, a 2 yrs., 11 mos., 11 d. George W., Nov. 16, 1867, a. 13 yrs., 20 d.
Children of J. F. and H. J. Catron.

Nebraska State Genealogical Society Journals
NEBRASKA ANCESTREE
Volume 19, No. 3 , Page 107
Winter 1997

DUST TO DUST-Ghost Towns of Eastern Nebraska by Lowell Greunke
Continued from Vol 19 # 2
RICHARDSON COUNTY
ARCHER - This town was laid out in 1855 about two and one half miles northeast of Falls City. It was named for the first sheriff of Richardson County. Archer was designated the county seat of Richardson county by the territorial legislasture (sic). However it was found that part of Archer was in the half-breed territory, and the removal of that part of the town site doomed its future. Many of the buildings were then removed to Falls City and Archer practically disappeared. In a few years all that was left was the old Archer cemetery.
MADDOX FAMILY HISTORY