| William McKendree and Loura Alice were the parents of two children: 1) Harry Rupert Maddox - became owner of The Pioneer Drug Store, president of the Farmer's Bank and organizer of Lake Bluewater. 2) John Foster Maddox - owned the Maddox Hardware, worked in oil production and President of the Blackford 4-H & Open Fair Board. |
| William McKendree and Loura Alice eventually lived in a house built by her father, John Twibell. Future generations would simply call the home, "the brick house". Located one mile north of Montpelier, the home has since been occupied by 4 generations of Maddoxs'. |
| William McKendree died December 16th, 1934 in Chester Township, Wells County, Indiana and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Montpelier. Loura Alice died January 13th, 1948 in Montpelier and is also buried at Woodlawn Cemetery. |
| biographical and historical record of Adams and Wells counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1887. pp. 715. WILLIAM McKENDREE MADDOX was born in Chester Township, Wells County, March 1, 1858, son of Wesley Harvey and Eliza Ann (Grove) Maddox. He was reared in this county and educated in the schools of Chester Township, and also at Bluffton. He was married August 17, 1881, to Miss Laura Alice Twibell, also a native of Chester Township, and daughter of John J. and Amelia (Boyd) Twibell. Mr. and Mrs. Maddox are the parents of one child—Harry. Mr. Maddox owns sixty-five acres of land, all of which is cleared. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party. |
| 10/24/01 **Point Of Clarification from Sheryl Dawn Maddox Montgomery- decended of Loura Alice Twibell Maddox Loura’s father John was not the Revolutionary War soldier, it was her great-grandfather "John".. Loura Alice was born in 1864; her father, John, was born in 1830. Being born in 1830, it was impossible to have fought in the revolutionary war. John’s father was Josiah. I have Josiah born in 1806 and having fought in the Civil War. Josiah’s father was John, the Revolutionary War soldier. John, Josiah and John are all buried at the Twibell (cemetery), pretty close to each other. John Jackson’s headstone is the broken one in the far south-west corner. He is buried with his first wife, Lucinda Wilson Twibell, and his second born child, Ida Bell Twibell. He had her with his second wife, Amelia Boyd Twibell. John probably didn’t get to live in the brick house very long. He died at the age of 37, 2 months before his sixth child, Mary Margaret Twibell, was born. Amelia raised 5 daughters in the brick house. |
| John Jackson Twibell - father |
| Josiah Twibell - grandfather |
| John Twibell- g-grandfather |
| Loura Alice Twibell's Paternal Lineage at Twibell Cemetery- Montpelier, Indiana |
| photos courtesy of Sheryl Dawn Maddox Montgomery |
| Fourth Generation - William McKendree Maddox son of Wesley Harvey , grandson of Michael, greatgrandson of Nathan |
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| William McKendree Maddox was born on March 1, 1858 at his parent's home in Chester Township, Wells County, Indiana. Ken was a farmer, dairyman and insurance agent. He was married to Loura Alice Twibell on August 18, 1881. Loura Alice Twibell, the daughter of John Jackson Twibell and Amelia Boyd, was born August 1, 1864 in Chester Township, Wells County, Indiana. |
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| Woodlawn Cemetary Montpelier, Indiana Loura Alice 1864 - 1948 William McK 1858 - 1934 |