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HARDIN MADDOX, a native of Shelby County, Ky., and third child of Elijah and Sarah (Clark) Maddox, was born September 15, 1820. The paternal grandfather of subject was a Wilson Maddox, a native of Virginia and a soldier in the war of the Revolution; he immigrated to Kentucky in an early day, settling in Shelby County, where he died about 1841 or 1842, at the advanced age of ninety years. Elijah Maddox was one of the earliest settlers of Fulton County, having come in January, 1826, and opening a farm on which his son, Hardin, now lives, was a resident of the county until the time of his death in 1849. Subject’s mother died on September 5, 1841. Hardin was but six years of age when his parents moved to this part of Kentucky, and from an almost unbroken wilderness he has seen the country developed to its present advanced state of civilization. He remained with his parents on the home farm and looked after their interests until their death, when he acquired possession of the homestead on which he has since resided. He was married November 12, 1845, to Mrs. Susan A. Bradley, daughter of R. and Eliza (Berry) Duffey. Six children were born to this union: Sallie, William Henry, Effie, Leonard, Eliza and Annie. Mr. Maddox is one of the substantial farmers of Fulton County, owning a beautiful tract of 350 acres of land, 200 of which are under cultivation. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and belongs to the Christian Church, as does also his wife.