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Canadian County, Oklahoma
Christian and Maggie Bell (Morris) Madsen
From the research of
Jean Kyle
El Reno News - 6 May 1898
Maggie B. Madsen
Mrs. C. Madsen, wife of Marshal Madsen, died at her home east of
town Monday morning after a lingering illness and was buried
Tuesday. She leaves a husband and two children, a son eight and
daughter nine years old to mourn the loss of wife and mother.
El Reno Globe - 6 May 1898
Mrs. Madsen, wife of the well known deputy U. S. Marshall, Chris
Madsen, died at the home of her parents, Mr. And Mrs. Morris,
six miles east of El Reno, at an early hour Monday morning.
Mrs. Madsen had been afflicted with consumption and was in
declining health for more than a year. Her remains were
interred in the cemetery near Frisco, Tuesday, Rev. Cardell of
this city conducting the funeral services. She leaves a devoted
husband and two children besides parents and many friends to
mourn her loss.
El Reno Globe - 13 May 1898
In Memory
Mrs. C. Madsen departed this life May 2nd, 1898 at her home in
Canadian county.
Mrs. Madsen was a long and patient sufferer from that dread
disease consumption, but retained her reason until the last
moments. She was greatly beloved by all who knew her and her
loss will be sincerely felt not only by her relatives, but by
the whole community. The stricken family has the sympathy of
all.
"What tho' our home may seem dreary
What tho the tears fill our eyes
She's found the rest for the weary,
She's gone to her home in the skies.
Mrs. J. S. N.
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History of Maggie Bell Morris Madsen by
Mary Lou (Worthington) Tarter
Maggie Bell Morris was the oldest of 10 children born to Mary
Etta Morris and Thomas Bell Morris. Maggie was born in Junction
City, Kansas 30 Jun 1898.
Maggie met Christian Madsen at Fort Riley, Kansas when she and
her sister Annie and a girl friend went with Maggie's parents to
a special occasion the Army was having at the Fort.
Chris saw this beautiful young lady with the black hair and
brown eyes and was taken with her and thought she was as lovely
as a "Kansas sunflower" and she thought he was a very fine
gallant young man as he had been a soldier in the Army in his
native county Denmark, since he was 12 years old before
journeying to the United States as a soldier.
Chris visited Maggie's home on occasion. Maggie would play
their lovely family organ for Chris, which he thought was very
nice. Then Chris was sent to Fort Reno, Indian Territory with
the 5th Calvary. He was sad to leave Kansas and Maggie behind,
but later he received the news that Maggie was moving to a farm
near the Fort and Chris began seeing Maggie again and in
December 1887, Chris and Maggie were married in what was later
to become Oklahoma City.
They set up housekeeping on the Fort grounds and later moved
northeast of El Reno on a quarter section of land Chris
homesteaded and their two children were born, Marion Morris
Madsen and Christian Reno Madsen.
Maggie's sister Mayme Morris Worthington was 3rd from the
youngest and she and her husband Charles Worthington resided on
their farm 58 years and raised 5 children: Leonard, Doris,
Marion, Johnny and Mary Lou. They retired and moved toYukon to
reside. Their farm home was located 1 mile west of Banner and
1/4 mile south. Special thanks to Mary Lou Tarter for sharing
this history Jean Kyle.
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