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Note: CENSUS: 1880 U.S. Census, Miller Twp., Marion Co., Missouri, 10 Jun 1880. Cooper, Joseph, head, married, 50, farmer, KY, SC, KY Cooper, Ellen, wife, married, 44, keeping house, IN, VA, IN Cooper, John, son, single, 19, works on farm, Missouri, KY, IN Cooper, Ada, daughter, white, 11, at home, Missouri, KY, IN Redick, Thadius, hired, 29, farm laborer, IA, Bavaria, PA ((Note, although some information about him is in error, this is undoubtedly a listing for John Thaddeus Reddick.))
around 1885 they were in Greene County, Missouri if Lydia was born there. They are not found on the 1885 state census. 1887 they might have been in either Missouri or Arkansas. One of Minnie's censuses--but not others--say she was born there
CENSUS: 1900 U.S. Census, Miller Twp., Marion Co., Missouri, 11 & 12 June 1900. Raddick, Thad, head, Aug, 1850, 49, widower, IA, Germany, PA, farmer Raddick, Lydia O, daughter, Jul, 1885, 14, single, Missouri, IA, Missouri, - Raddick, Birdie L, daughter, Feb, 1894, 6, single, Missouri, IA, Missouri, - ((Notes: (1) The name Raddick is a misspelling of Reddick and (2) The listing of Thad as a widower indicates his wife Ruth died before 1900 or he considers himself a widower or because he doesn't know what happened to her after she left the family or because it's easier to say that than to say his wife left him with 6 little kids.))
CENSUS: 1910 U.S. Census, Miller Twp., Marion Co., Missouri Reddick, Thad, head, 59, widower, IA, Germany, PA, farmer Reddick, Francis, son, 19, single, Missouri, IA, Missouri, farm laborer Reddick, Birdie, daughter, 15, single, Missouri, IA, Missouri, servant ((Note, this report also shows that the all in the family speak English and can read and write.))
CENSUS: 1920 Census Mason, Marion, Missouri Series: T625 Roll: 934 Page: 50 Redick, Francis 29 MO IO AR Cildria IL IL IL Edward 4 Carl 3 Thad 70 father IO PA PA (Again he lists himself was widower and again we need to remember that back then it was common for desserted partners to list widowed rather than explain that they don't know where their spouse is.)
DEATH-RECORD: Missouri Death Certificate, no. 1966 John Thad. Reddick: male, white, widowed, birth 1850, age 70, occupation - farmer, birthplace - IA. Father: unknown. Mother unknown. Informant: Francis Reddick, Hannibal, Missouri. Death: 6 Mar 1920, Miller Township, Marion Co., Missouri, from pneumonia. Buried: Rush Cem. ((Marion Co., Missouri)) on 6 Mar 1920.
OBITUARY: ((Taken from a clipping, unknown newspaper and date.)) REDDICK DIES NEAR BAY MILL FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD FROM HOME TOMORROW AFTERNOON John Thad Reddick, 70 years old, passed away at his home in Miller township, near Bay mill , at 3:50 oclock this morning, after ten days illness. Mr. Reddick was a native of the State of Iowa. He had been a prominent Marion County farmer for several years. Four daughters, Mrs. George Lowe, Mrs. August Kaltenbach, Mrs. Albert Kuntz and Mrs. Bertie Darnell and a son, Francis Reddick, all of Marion county, survive. Funeral services will be held from the family home at 2 oclock tomorrow afternoon and the remains will be interred in Rush cemetery.
NOTES; ((1)) John Thaddeus went by the name of Thaddeus (sometimes spelled Thadeus) or simply Thad. ((2)) Marion County, Missouri, census reports for 1900 and 1910 give his name as Thad. His father's Will lists his name as Thaddeus. In filing for his death certificate, his son Francis Edward Reddick gave his name as John Thad. Reddick (filed in Marion County on March 10, 19 20). A page from the Bible of his daughter, Lydia Otilda, shows his name as Thaddeus Reddick . And the family Bible of his granddaughter, Dora May (Lowe) Passmore, gives his name as John Thaddus Reddick. ((3)) In the last years of his life, according to the Marion County Census report of 1920, John Thaddeus lived with the family of his son, Francis Edward, in the old farmhouse built by his father, Philip Reddick.
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