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Re: Richard Menifee Haddix, Morgan/Breathit KY

You are right - it is a little strange that a 24 yr old male was not serving. Was he in good health at the time? Did he have enough money that he could have gotten a substitute?

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: R M Haddix
Age in 1860: 21
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1860: Division 2, Morgan, Kentucky
Gender: Male
Post Office: West Liberty
Household Members: Name Age
R M Haddix 21 Farmer
Emiline Haddix 23 [1837]
America Haddix 7 months
[since the Census was taken in June 1860, America had to have been born in Dec 1859]

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Richard M Haddix
Age in 1910: 71
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1839
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Home in 1910: Precinct 1, Wolfe, Kentucky
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Richard M Haddix 71 w/m 2nd marriage 7 yrs [abt 1903] Farmer general farm
Elizabeth Haddix 53 w/f wife 2nd marriage 7 yrs mother of 3 children, 2 still living
Sylva J Spencer 8 w/f granddaughter single b. KY
Maggie Haddix 13 w/f granddaughter single b. KY

Kentucky 1910 Miracode Index
Name: Richard M Haddix
Birthplace: Kentucky
County: Wolfe
Relatives: Wife Elizabeth 53, Kentucky
Granddaughter Sylvia J Spencer 08, Kentucky
Granddaughter Maggie Haddix 13, Kentucky
Enumeration District: 0192
Visit: 0041
Color: W
Age: 71 [1839]

Maggie Haddix, b. Aug 1896, daughter of John A. Haddix, b. June 1874 and Rhoda A. Haddix, b. Aug 1875, was living with her family in 1900 in Lee, Wolfe County, Ky. It looks like she had two sisters, Emiline Haddix, b. Sept 1894 and Mollie R. Haddix, b. Oct 1898. John was a Farmer and he and Rhoda had been married for 8 years. They were the parents of 3 children [as shown]

So what happened to John and Rhoda between 1900 and 1910? And what became of the other two girls, Emiline [obviously named for RM's wife] and Mollie?

Is this the same John A.? DOB is off by 1 yr.
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: John Andrew Haddix
City: Emma
County: Floyd
State: Kentucky
Birth Date: 19 Jun 1873
Race: White
Roll: 1653356
Occupation: Mining
Employer: Alonzo Coal Company
Emma, Floyd, Ky
Nearest Relative: Belle Haddix, Emma, Flyod, Ky
Medium Height Medium Build Blue eye Gray hair [had lost one eye]
12 Sept 1918

John Andrew Haddix
[son of Richard Menifee Haddix 1838-1918 and Emoline Emma Little 1837-1898]
Born: 19 Jun 1874 Breathitt, Kentucky
Died: 20 Jun 1957 Banford, Powell, Kentucky
Married: 1891
Rhoda Alice VEST
[daughter of James Harvey Vest 1838-1901 and Rachel Jane Harper 1840-1875]
Born: 1875 Wolfe County, Kentucky
Died: 1900 - died during childbirth Breathitt County, Kentucky
Children
Emoline HADDIX 1894–
Maggie E. HADDIX 1896–
Mollie HADDIX 1898–
Twin 1 HADDIX 1899–1899
Twin 2 HADDIX 1899–1899
Ward HADDIX 1900

Married Lillie Pratt ?

Nancy "Belle" Taulbee {Banks} 3 Dec 1913
Children
Living Haddix M -
Living Haddix F -
Gerald D Haddix M JUL 28 1915 in Wolfe Co, KY -
Glada Haddix F AUG 23 1920 in Breathitt Co, KY -
Kansas "Katie" M Haddix F JUL 09 1923 in Wolfe Co, KY -
Ada Jean Haddix F JUL 09 1923 -
Russell Haddix M SEP 21 1925 in Wolfe Co, KY

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Andy Haddix
Home in 1930: Lee City, Wolfe, Kentucky
Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Birthplace: Kentucky
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Belle
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Andy Haddix 55 w/m first married age 39 Farmer
Belle Haddix 35 w/f wife first married age 19
Ge[r]arl[d] Haddix 14 w/m son single farm labor
Ada Haddix 11 w/f daughter single
Glada Haddix 9 w/f daughter single
Kansas ["Katie"] Haddix 7 w/f daughter single
Russell Haddix 5 w/m son single
Esther Haddix 1 8/12 [20 months] w/f daughtr single

There are 34 HADDIX names listed by the National Park Service, of which 4 are Confederate and the rest union. There are no "R" or "M" or "R M" listed, but there were 5 from Kentucky:

Haddix, Henry
Confederate Infantry 5th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry

Haddix, Hiram J.
Confederate Infantry 5th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry

Haddix, William A.
Confederate Infantry 5th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry

Haddix, William S.
Confederate Infantry 5th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry

5th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry
5th Infantry Regiment, assembled during the late summer of 1861, included Freeman's Kentucky Infantry Battalion. Its members were raised in the counties of Pendleton, Breathitt, Morgan, Magoffin, Bath, Owen, Grant, Jessamine, Henderson, Harrison, Shelby, and Franklin. Being a twelve-month unit, when it became teim to reenlist some of its members refused and were transferred to the 9th Kentucky Regiment. Later men of the 5th did reenlist for the duration of the war. It became part of the Orphan Brigade or Louisville Legion. The regiment reported 134 casualties in the Battle of Shiloh , then was active at Baton Rouge before being assigned to Kelly's and J.H. Lewis' Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was prominent at Chickamauga and later took an active part in the Atlanta Campaign. In the fall of 1864 it was mounted, aided in the defense at Savannah, and fought in the Carolinas. The unit had 91 men disabled at Chickamauga, totalled 201 men and 165 arms in December, 1863, and surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its field officers were Colonels Hiram Hawkins, Andrew J. May, and John S. Williams; Lieutenant Colonels John W. Caldwell and George W. Conner' and Majors Richard Hawes and William Mynheir.

Sorry, looks like I got caught up in it. Still can't find military service and don't know why he didn't serve.

JR

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