U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Haddox, Harrison B. (1846-1877) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Page 511 Haddox — Three generations of the Haddox family have figured in the history of this town, but as a sketch of the older generation appears elsewhere, we shall only mention the family of the late Harrison B. Haddox, whose brief earthly pilgrimage began on the South fork of Hughes river in this county in 1846, and ended at Cairo in 1877. Mr. Haddox was a man of high character and was a useful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He offered himself as a soldier at his country's call for volunteers during the Civil war, but was rejected on physical grounds. In 1863, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Lowe, a native of the Shenandoah valley, who was a lineal descendant of the renowned Lee family of Virginia; her mother being a cousin of the late General Robert E. Lee, and six children were the fruits of this union, namely, the late Charles E. Haddox, of Moundsville; C. M. Haddox, of Charleston; Harold Haddox, Mrs. Inez (Van A.) Zeveley, Cairo; and Morde and Addie, who died in childhood. C. M. Haddox is one of the sons of this town that is making a record for himself in the state, he having filled the position of Chief Clerk in the State Treasurer's office under the administration of the late Newton Ogdin; and during the last six months of Mr. Ogdin's administration, served as Treasurer as well as Chief Clerk, Mr. Ogdin being capacitated by illness. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------