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Note: widowed mother and siblings.
Have copies guardianship papers issued in 1851 in Scott County, IN(possibly after death of mother?) Isaac Comer (a neighbor) was namedas guardian
Have copy of marriage license - issued Pike County, IL - married byGeorge Barrett, Minister of the Gospel
Have copy of land transaction showing James selling the land in ScottCo, IN that he inherited from his father - 8 Aug 1862
James shown 1865 Harden Twsp, Pike Co, IL Census Census shows 2 males under 10 years of age, so evidently James andJosephine had another son after Wesley who died before 1870. Censusalso shows one male over 10 (this probably is a nephew or other familymember as Wesley is oldest child and he was born in 1860). Censusalso indicates James was Militia member. Family information says heserved in Civil War, but have been unable to find any records.
James shown 1870 Webster Co, MO Census, Ozark Twsp. Pg 304. SisterJemima Staton's son, Lorenzo is shown living with family. Also shownin this census living near James is a nephew Frank McCleery andFrank's sister and her husband Mary Hackworth. These are children ofJames' brother John who married Josephine's sister Eliza.
Have copy Homestead papers issued 1875 in Webster Co, MO. Affidavitof neighbor on these papers indicate James and Josephine had one morechild than census shows - so, either they had another child between1870 and 1875 that died prior to 1880 or else neighbor is referring tonephew Lorenzo as one of their children.
James shown 1880 Newton Co, MO Census, Benton Twsp, Pg 18. Livingnear James at this time is his brother John and his family, John's sonFrank, daughter Mary Hackworth and another daughter Elizabeth and herfamily. Also another brother of James, Robert, is living in area andRobert's son Benjamin and his family. Also in same area are twochildren (with families) of one of James' older half brothers,Vardaman.
Have pictures of James and Josephine's headstone from SpringtownCemetery
Family Stories: Per family information, James Madison is said to have been alumberjack. All census records show him as a farmer. A family source- Tina McCarty, daughter of Charles McCleery and granddaughter ofJames - tells of her father remembering his dad going up the mountainto cut wood for railroad ties. As he left he was always singing "Lilyof the Valley". Another grandson - Olin McCleery, son of WesleyDouglas - said James cut lumber and provided railroad ties to therailroads when they were being built in area
It was said James Madison was very religious and quiteradical. Tina says the church they belonged to were called Calumets,which later became Church of Christ. One story regarding hisreligious zeal comes from Doug McCleery, oldest son. He says this wasthe main reason he left home. Told story of one night when he wasabout 14 and there was a revival meeting going on and his father waspreaching. He and some friends put hoods over their heads, littorches and rode through the meeting. Thinking the hoods woulddisguise him, he never gave a thought to the fact that his fatherwould recognize his horse until he heard his father holler at him.Said he kept right on riding and didn't have nerve enough to come homefor a couple of days. Another story was told by Seaman to Tina. Says their househad an upstairs loft where all the boys slept. He and a friend wereup in the loft and outside the window heard their father and thepreacher talking about the end of the world. Thinking it appropriateafter hearing all the talk of "hell and damnation" they took a bucketand put some hot coals in it and dumped it out the window on thepreacher and James. Seaman related that he indeed thought "the end ofthe world had come" for about two days afterwards. It was also told that as the boys got older they were notrequired to go to Wednesday night meetings. But they used to hide inthe trees and jump out and scare the girls on their way home - untiltheir father learned of their "little prank" and put a stop to it.
Have no idea what caused James to move around so much. Forsome reason, he and a number of other family members left IN and wentto IL. He was married in Pike Co, IL, but was in Vincennes, Knox Co,IN when his first child was born eleven months later.
He was in Pike Co, IL in 1865 and then was in Arkansas for ashort time, then into MO, residing in Webster Co in 1870. In 1880 heis in Newton Co, MO. It could be better land or if he was, in fact, alumberman - better trees available or following the railroad.Sometime after 1880 he went to Oklahoma, in the area of Muskogee inIndian Territory.
Have never heard how Josephine died, but story is told ofJames' death. It's related he had a doorway to a cellar through thefloor near the fireplace. It is said he got up during the night andsomeone had left cellar door open and he fell down the stairs.
Note: James shown in the 1850 census Scott Co, IN, Vienna Twsp living with
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