Sixteenth Census Population Schedule for Tallahassee

Sixteenth Census Population Schedule for Tallahassee

Census Population Schedule for Tallahassee

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Population--United States

The census population schedule for Tallahassee, Florida, in 1940. 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 J. Robert 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 Tallahassee, 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.

Hamlin, Lona Carolyn

Digital reproduction of original handwritten census record by Lona Carolyn Hamlin, May 8, 1940: Image Number 00357, Digital Folder Number 005449588, Affiliate Film Number 597, Affiliate Publication Number T627, National Archives &

Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

1940-05-08

Digital Folder Number 005449588, Affiliate Film Number 597, Affiliate Publication Number T627, National Archives &

Records Administration, Washington, D.C.

Epinal American Cemetery Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Originally created by Lona Carolyn Hamlin and published by the Bureau of the Census.

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"GRid=56373914" target="_blank">Pvt James R Maddox." Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&

GRid=56373914.

"Bobbie Maddox." FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPZC-N6W.

"J Robert Maddox." FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTCM-11F.