Rebecca Dragoo Maddy

Rebecca Dragoo Maddy
Rebecca Dragoo Maddy was born in Virginia, Harrison county, October 6th 1829. In her seventh year she removed with her parents to Delaware county. In her girlhood there were very few churches, and religious services were conducted around at the different dwelling houses. She remembers, when a child, of attending church at the house of Mr. James Russell, when the sleepers under the floor gave way and the congregation all fell down into the cellar, but no one was seriously hurt. Another thing that may be of interest to some to recall was the "May Party" about the year 1848. It was held at what is now known as Whitely. The girls wore white swiss dresses, and the "Maids of Honor" wore green ribbons on their arms. In the evening the party was all invited to a social given at what was known as the "Old Joe Davis House," on the corner of Main and Walnut streets, where the Patterson block now stands. Among those present on that evening she remembers Mr. and Mrs. John Jack, Mattie, Lizzie and Sarah Richardson, Edith and Lizzie Dragoo, Mary Russey, Rebecca Knots, Mattie Kerr, Samantha Cooper, Juliet Minchell, Clara Cooper, Samantha Collyer, Mary, Phoebe, Ella and Mattie Davis, John Shaffer, John Dungan, Charlie Moore, Mr. Stern, Philip Farquhar, and Dr. Slack. Rebecca Dragoo was married to James A. Maddy October 23rd, 1851.
Reminiscences Prepared from written and verbal recitals of the personal experience of Our Grandmothers of Muncie, in early pioneer life in Indiana. Compiled for a benefit called 'The Grandmother's Rally', given in the interest of the First Baptist Church of Muncie in 1892

Rebecca Dragoo Maddy was born in Virginia, Harrison county, October 6th 1829. In her seventh year she removed with her parents to Delaware county. In her girlhood there were very few churches, and religious services were conducted around at the different dwelling houses. She remembers, when a child, of attending church at the house of Mr. James Russell, when the sleepers under the floor gave way and the congregation all fell down into the cellar, but no one was seriously hurt. Another thing that may be of interest to some to recall was the "May Party" about the year 1848. It was held at what is now known as Whitely. The girls wore white swiss dresses, and the "Maids of Honor" wore green ribbons on their arms. In the evening the party was all invited to a social given at what was known as the "Old Joe Davis House," on the corner of Main and Walnut streets, where the Patterson block now stands. Among those present on that evening she remembers Mr. and Mrs. John Jack, Mattie, Lizzie and Sarah Richardson, Edith and Lizzie Dragoo, Mary Russey, Rebecca Knots, Mattie Kerr, Samantha Cooper, Juliet Minchell, Clara Cooper, Samantha Collyer, Mary, Phoebe, Ella and Mattie Davis, John Shaffer, John Dungan, Charlie Moore, Mr. Stern, Philip Farquhar, and Dr. Slack. Rebecca Dragoo was married to James A. Maddy October 23rd, 1851.

Reminiscences
Prepared from written and verbal recitals of the personal experience of Our Grandmothers of Muncie, in early pioneer life in Indiana. Compiled for a benefit called 'The Grandmother's Rally', given in the interest of the First Baptist Church of Muncie in 1892