Description
The census population schedule for Columbia, South Carolina, Florida, in 1930. Individuals are identified by name, titles and terms, gender, age, marital status, race, relationship to head of household, birthplace, birth year, the last place of residence, and occupation. A notable resident included in this record is Private James Robert Maddox (1924-1944), who was listed as Bobbie Maddox. In 1924, Maddox was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Claude Haskell Maddox, Sr. (b. 1895) and Nita P. Maddox (b. 1900). Maddox was the oldest of three with two brothers, William Maddox and Claude Haskell Maddox, Jr. The Maddox family moved from Columbia, South Carolina, to Tallahassee, Florida, sometime between 1930 and 1940. On February 27, 1943, Maddox enlisted into the U.S. Army's 15th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division at Camp Blanding. This regiment served in Licata, Salerno, and Anzio, Italy, from 1943 to 1944. The regiment landed in southern France on August 15, 1944. Pvt. Maddox was Killed in Action (KIA) on October 9, 1944. He is buried at the Epinal American Cemetery and Memorial in Dinozé, France.
Source
Digital reproduction of original
handwritten census record by J. M. Harding, April 7, 1930: Image Number 00792, Digital Folder Number 004953477, GS Film Number 2341944, Affiliate Film Number 2210, Affiliate Publication Number T626,
National Archives &
Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
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Digital Folder Number 004953477, GS Film Number 2341944, Affiliate Film Number 2210, Affiliate Publication Number T626,
National Archives &
Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
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