HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE
by Author Hogue, 1920
JACOB W. MADEWELL.
J. W. is the son of Moses Robertson Madewell, was born in 1872 on the East Fork, was educated in the public schools of Fentress County and at Monroe Academy in Overton County.
He began teaching in 1902, and has taught at nearly every schoolhouse in the first district of the county. He has also taught in the fourth and sixth districts of the county.
He is a member of the Methodist Church. He was licensed to exort on the same day he was baptized into the church. He is now the pastor of Jamestown Mission, having twelve churches in his charge.
His father and mother are both living, and have always been highly respected by their neighbors. His father, Moses R., served several years as Justice of the Peace. For a long time he has been the miller at the old Bowden water mill near Boatland.
J. W’s great-grandfather was an own cousin of James Robertson, the “Father of Middle Tennessee.” His great-grandfather on his father’s side was a native of Egypt and came to this country in 1795.
source: https://archive.org/stream/historyoffentres00hogu/historyoffentres00hogu_djvu.txt
Contributor: Fabian Doles (46517704)
Father: Moses Roberson/Roberts Madewell
Contributor: Shirley Adkins (47315683)
by Author Hogue, 1920
JACOB W. MADEWELL.
J. W. is the son of Moses Robertson Madewell, was born in 1872 on the East Fork, was educated in the public schools of Fentress County and at Monroe Academy in Overton County.
He began teaching in 1902, and has taught at nearly every schoolhouse in the first district of the county. He has also taught in the fourth and sixth districts of the county.
He is a member of the Methodist Church. He was licensed to exort on the same day he was baptized into the church. He is now the pastor of Jamestown Mission, having twelve churches in his charge.
His father and mother are both living, and have always been highly respected by their neighbors. His father, Moses R., served several years as Justice of the Peace. For a long time he has been the miller at the old Bowden water mill near Boatland.
J. W’s great-grandfather was an own cousin of James Robertson, the “Father of Middle Tennessee.” His great-grandfather on his father’s side was a native of Egypt and came to this country in 1795.
source: https://archive.org/stream/historyoffentres00hogu/historyoffentres00hogu_djvu.txt
Contributor: Fabian Doles (46517704)
Father: Moses Roberson/Roberts Madewell
Contributor: Shirley Adkins (47315683)
HISTORY OF FENTRESS COUNTY, TENNESSEE
by Author Hogue, 1920
JACOB W. MADEWELL.
J. W. is the son of Moses Robertson Madewell, was born in 1872 on the East Fork, was educated in the public schools of Fentress County and at Monroe Academy in Overton County.
He began teaching in 1902, and has taught at nearly every schoolhouse in the first district of the county. He has also taught in the fourth and sixth districts of the county.
He is a member of the Methodist Church. He was licensed to exort on the same day he was baptized into the church. He is now the pastor of Jamestown Mission, having twelve churches in his charge.
His father and mother are both living, and have always been highly respected by their neighbors. His father, Moses R., served several years as Justice of the Peace. For a long time he has been the miller at the old Bowden water mill near Boatland.
J. W’s great-grandfather was an own cousin of James Robertson, the “Father of Middle Tennessee.” His great-grandfather on his father’s side was a native of Egypt and came to this country in 1795.
source: https://archive.org/stream/historyoffentres00hogu/historyoffentres00hogu_djvu.txt
Contributor: Fabian Doles (46517704)
Father: Moses Roberson/Roberts Madewell
Contributor: Shirley Adkins (47315683)
by Author Hogue, 1920
JACOB W. MADEWELL.
J. W. is the son of Moses Robertson Madewell, was born in 1872 on the East Fork, was educated in the public schools of Fentress County and at Monroe Academy in Overton County.
He began teaching in 1902, and has taught at nearly every schoolhouse in the first district of the county. He has also taught in the fourth and sixth districts of the county.
He is a member of the Methodist Church. He was licensed to exort on the same day he was baptized into the church. He is now the pastor of Jamestown Mission, having twelve churches in his charge.
His father and mother are both living, and have always been highly respected by their neighbors. His father, Moses R., served several years as Justice of the Peace. For a long time he has been the miller at the old Bowden water mill near Boatland.
J. W’s great-grandfather was an own cousin of James Robertson, the “Father of Middle Tennessee.” His great-grandfather on his father’s side was a native of Egypt and came to this country in 1795.
source: https://archive.org/stream/historyoffentres00hogu/historyoffentres00hogu_djvu.txt
Contributor: Fabian Doles (46517704)
Father: Moses Roberson/Roberts Madewell
Contributor: Shirley Adkins (47315683)
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REV. JACOB W. MADEWELL
JAN. 6, 1872
AUG. 23, 1934
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