Bio: Jesse C. Madden, Claiborne Parish, LA
Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Moran-Hernandez, Jan. 2000


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Jesse C. Madden is a prosperous dealer in general merchandise at Gordon, and 
his is no less successful in the occupation of planting, to which occupation 
he also gives his attention.  He was born in Harris County, GA., in 1837, being 
the seventh in a family of eight children, the other members being: Martha 
(wife of Jonathan Chester of Tallapoosa County, Ala., deceased), Josiah (who 
was a resident of Independence County, Ark., but is now deceased), Lewis R. 
(now a resident of Scott County, Miss.), Ezekial C. (of Craighead County, Ark.), 
and William (now residing in Gordon, La.).  The father, Elias Madden was born in 
South Carolina about 1794, and died in Harris County, GA., in 1839, a son of 
Richard Madden.  His brothers and sisters were: Ezekiel (who died in South Carolina), 
Elias, Dennis (who died in Washington County, Tex.), Nellie (wife of Wesley Cox of 
Choctaw County, Miss.), and Sophia (wife of John Burns of Tallapoosa County, Ala.).  
The immediate subject of this biography grew to maturity in Tallapoosa County, Ala., 
and in his early boyhood moved to Scott County, Miss., having received a common-school 
education in his native State and Mississippi, his studies being pursued by the 
firelight at home.  Having come to the conclusion that "it is not good for man to 
live alone" he was married in 1860 to Miss Lydia A. Slaughter, a daughter of 
Joseph Slaughter of Leake County, Miss., and in time a family of ten children 
gathered about their hearthstone: Mary (wife of W. R. Manning of Gordon, La.), 
Georgia A. (wife of Dr. A. R. Bush, of Homer), Joseph E. (a resident of Arizona, 
La.), Susan (who died in infancy), Mattie B. (at home), Jesse R. (in business in 
Arizona), Sallie (who died in infancy), Robert C. (at home), Virginia (at home), 
and Lelia (the baby, who was born in 1882).  At the opening of the Rebellion Mr. 
Madden enlisted in Company I, Twenty-seventy Mississippi Regiment of Walthall's 
brigade, and his first encounter was at Perryville, Ky., at which place he was 
taken prisoner, and was kept there three months, after which he removed to Camp 
Douglas, where he remained three months, being then exchanged.  He was next engaged 
at Chickamauga, at which place he was wounded, and it may be here stated that he 
was never in an engagement that he did not receive a wound of some nature, although 
they were not serious.  At Atlanta, July 28, 1864, however, he lost his left hand, 
which ended his services in the field.  He has always been interested in the welfare 
of the Democrat party, and has always taken an active part in putting forward good 
true men for office.  In Mississippi he held the office of county treasurer and tax 
assessor from 1866 to 1869, and discharged his duties with undoubted ability, and 
the entire satisfaction of all.  He is a member of long standing of the Primitive 
Baptist Church, and is a worthy, honored and useful citizen of this parish.  He has 
been a resident of Louisiana since December, 1880, and already owns a well-stocked 
and well-patronized store and a plantation of over 500 acres.

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