George B. Maddox

Westward migration brought the family from Virginia to Kentucky.  At the age of four,

George moved with his family by covered wagon to Missouri, where he lived until 1875.  Betty Maddox died in Calloway County, Missouri.  When he was twenty two years of age, he came to Tarrant County, Texas with his father and only sister, Sallie, settling first at Birdville.

Two years later, on August 15, 1877, George was married to fifteen year old Nancy Price Wilkerson, born in Calloway County, Missouri, November 27, 1861, the daughter of William W. and Cynthia Coons Wilkerson.  A year later, the Maddox family came to the Keller Community and established a home on land known now as the Crawford Dairy.  From there they moved to a log house on a farm which later became the Christ Haven Home for Children.  After the sale of this property, another farm was built on the site of the present day F.C. Ross home.  This became the permanent home of the family remembered as generous neighbors and active members of the Church of Christ.

The six children of George B. Maddox and his wife, Nancy, are:

1)      Estell Wallace Maddox was married to Nettie -----, they had one son, Narval, and lived in San Angelo.

2)      Cass Benton Maddox lived in St. Louis, Missouri

3)      Eula Pearl Maddox, born on December 15, 1883, was married to Thomas Benton Hudgins.  The resided in Keller and were the parents of a son, Jack, born on January 15, 1907 and a daughter, Edna Pearl, born July 27, 1908 and died on April 7, 1911 and was buried in Bourland Cemetery.

4)      Alma Litton Maddox, born July 9, 1888, was married to John Cecil Browning.  They were the parents of four daughters, Dorothy Deborah, Sarah Frances, Edna Marie, and Ruby Pearl.    They resided in the Keller area.

5)      Thomas Coons Maddox, was married to Ruth Miller, born March 26, 1892.  They were the parents of six children: Cleo, Lester, Ruby, Sunshine and twins, Betty Jane and Billy Gene.  They resided in Fort Worth.  The mother of these children died on January 17, 1929 and was buried in Bourland Cemetery

6)      Georgia Lois Maddox, born in August 1899, was married to Burl B. Stateham.  They were parents of two sons, Raymond and Morris Burl.  They resided in Keller.

With a family of this size a large garden and orchard contributed much to a bountiful way of life.  In addition to being a good provider for his farm, George Maddox shared much of his time and materials with his neighbors.  Friends who came to visit usually went home with a gift of fruit or vegetables that might be in season.

The wife, Nancy Price Wilkerson Maddox, passed away June 16, 1913 and was buried in Bourland Cemetery.  In 1914, George Maddox was married a second time to the widow Martha Emily Pemberton Cartwright, mother of four children, Elvira, Hardy D., Earl and Robert Lee Cartwright.  Four other sons had died in early childhood.  The family continued living on the farm until the death of the father, January 12, 1935.  Burial was in Bourland Cemetery.

His widow, Martha, retired from the farm and lived with her son, Robert Lee, in his home at  129 Price Street in Keller.  She died on December 20, 1941 and was buried in the Smithfield Cemetery beside the father of her children, Samuel Lee Cartwright.

The children of Martha E. Cartwright Maddox and Samuel Lee Cartwright are:

1)      Elvira Cartwright, born August 15, 1896, was married on February 20, 1920 to Marshall Lee Autrey, born June 20, 1894 and died March 3, 1963.  They resided in Fort Worth.

2)      Hardy Cartwright, born September 7, 1904, was married on May 14, 1921 to Minnie Irene Cobb, born November 11, 1906.  Their children are: Doris Mae, born April 20, 1927, Billie Jean, born April 20, 1929, and a son, Clyde Earl, born October 20, 1932 and died September 10, 1958.

3)      Earl C. Cartwright, born August 31, 1908 and died October 23, 1928 and was buried at Smithfield.

4)      Robert Lee (Bob) Cartwright, born April 16, 1911.  After graduation from Keller High School, he attended Brantley Draughon Business College in Fort Worth.  His first employment was with the local Keller State Bank.  He was married on November 27, 1938 to Frances Marie Sells, born October 27, 1914, the daughter of Sill V. Sells and his wife, Ola Cain.  On June 8, 1942, Robert Lee Cartwright entered the service of the United States Navy where he served in the Payroll Disbursing Office until his discharge on January 2, 1946.

His next civilian employment was as Assistant Bank Examiner of the Elwenth Federal Reserve District of Texas.  This office involved travel over all of Texas and portions of Oklahoma and Louisiana.  In order to spend more time at home, “Bob” became associated first with the First National Bank of Hanley.  After four years in that capacity, he accepted the Vice Presidency of the Fair Park National Bank in Dallas.  In 1954, he became Manager of the Fort Worth Clearing House, where he served twenty two years until retirement on May 31, 1976.  He and his wife, Frances, reside in Fort Worth.