MARY ELLIS MADEN
Mary Ellis Maden born July 4, 1831 died June 10, 1909
John Maden born February 7, 1826 died October 24, 1906
John and Mary are buried in the Maden Family Cemetery at Buffalo Ridge
Marriage of Mary Ellis and John Maden
License gotten October 18, 1853 John Maden to Mary Ellis rites of matrimony October 19, 1853 by James Miller
John Maden was born in 1825 in Tennessee, exact place unknown. His mother is believed to have been Sarah Gott Maden, daughter of John and Mary Evans Gott. In 1853, John married Mary Ellis, daughter of Jacob and Leticia Cowan Ellis of Washington county, Tennessee
Children of John and Mary Ellis Maden
1. Laura Belvedora (1854-1935) married Samuel Ellis Hall, twelve children
2. William (1857) married Mattie Barnes, three children
3. Ruel (1858) married Mattie Tipton, five children
4. Martha Frances (1860) married Shelby Murray, eight children
5. Jesse (1865) married Nannie Morrow, two children
6. Arch (1865) married first ? Susong, second ? Boy, four children
7. Sarah (1867) married Abe Barnes, four children
8. Charles (1869) married Dora Sherfy, three children
9. Flora (1871) married Mack Shoun, six children
10. Laura (1873) married William Hale, two children
John Maden left a will in Washington County in 1906