Biographical Sketch of Wiley Maddex, Johnson County, Missouri
Grover Township

>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

WILEY MADDEX,

P.O. Grover, farmer and stock raiser.  The subject of this sketch is a
native of Morgan county, Kentucky, and was born June 22, 1826, and when
about eleven years of age his parents came to Cooper county, Missouri,
in 1837.  He lived there about three years, then moved to Morgan county,
Missouri, where his parents lived about four years, then he came to
Pettis county, then to Johnson county, where he has since lived.  In
1850 he took a trip to California. He remained in the gold state about
one year, then returned to his home by the way of Mexico.  He was
married February 28, 1852, to Miss Clara C.  Barnett, and from this
union they have two children: Mary Jane and James H.  In 1858 he came to
his present location, where he has improved 517 acres of land, and is
now among the most successful pioneers.  He was a Union man during the
war.

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