Joseph married Lizzy Sarah Bates on 13 Oct 1889 in Milton County, Georgia. Lizzy (daughter of Andrew Jackson Bates and Mary A. Cleveland) was born about 1869 in Quindara Township, Wyandotte County, Kansas; died about 1938 in Wyandotte County, Kansas; was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Basehor, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James C. Maddox was born on 16 Jan 1891 in Milton County, Georgia; died on 26 Jun 1891 in Milton County, Georgia; was buried in Boiling Springs Cemetery.
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3. Joseph Bates, Jr. was born about 1894 in Milton County, Georgia; died about 1907 in Basehor, Wyandotte County, Kansas; was buried in Boiling Springs Cemetery, Birmingham Community.
4. Mary Elizabeth Maddox was born on 30 Jan 1896 in Milton County, Georgia; died in in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas; was buried in Hubbel Hill Cemetery, Tonganoxie, Kansas.