BIO: MCFADDEN, Charles, s/o Andrew & Margaret McFadden Submitted by: Diana Flynn MCFADDEN BIVINS "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA" BY GOODSPEED BROS. 1884. CHARLES MCFADDEN, when six years old, lost his father by death and his mother when he was seventeen. The parents were ANDREW and MARGARET MCFADDEN, the mother coming to Lawrence County, Indiana about 1838. Charles was born in South Carolina Septemer 21, 1834, and remained with his mother until her death, receiving little education. August 7, 1862, he married SARAH, daughter of RICHARD and ELIZABEH BIVINS, who has borne him four children: MARY, KATE, LIZZIE and GRACE. Mr. McFadden has been successful in his occupaion of farming and owns a farm of 170 acres. In politics he is a Democrat. RICHARD BIVINS, father of Mrs. McFadden, was born January 7, 1799, in Frederick County, Maryland. He was taken to Kentucky at the age of three years, and remained there until twenty-eight, when he came to Lawrence County. The McFaddens are well known and respected. ======================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.