MADDERA Valeria Ann b. 5 Oct 1848 Spring Grove, Surry County, Va d. 25 Jun 1950 Surry, Surry County, VA: Booth Family Website

1848 - 1950 (101 years)

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Name	MADDERA Valeria Ann [1, 2]
Birth	5 Oct 1848	Spring Grove, Surry County, Va [2]
Gender	Female
Lived(s) In	1900	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [2]
	Census of 1900
	Mill Track Farm The Census of 1900 shows Valeria King, a widow, as head of a household. Her daughter Cornelia Ann "Annie", age 22, and her husband Morton Algernon Grubbs, 27, from Allegany County, Pennsylvania, lived with her, still on the Mill Tract. The Grubbs built a new two story house and presumably Algy Grubbs ran the farm. From that time on the Mill Tract became known as "the Grubbs Place". Algy and Annie Grubbs both died in the great flu epidemic of 1918.
Death	25 Jun 1950	Surry, Surry County, VA [2]
Burial	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [2]
Person ID	I3021	Booth Family
Last Modified	17 Mar 2014

Father	MADDERA Eldridge Anmstrit, Sr., b. 10 Feb 1821, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 22 Dec 1881, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 60 years)
Mother	SLEDGE Mary Pocahontas, b. 25 Oct 1825, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 6 Oct 1872, Cabin Point, Surry County, VA. (Age 46 years)
Marriage	6 Dec 1843	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
	Mary Pocahontas was only 17 when he died, and required the consent of a guardian, her brother Amos Sledge in, when she and Eldridge were married a year after her father's death. [2]
Family ID	F1074	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 COTTON William Madison, b. 3 Jun 1826, Sussex County, VA d. 13 Jun 1883, Surry, Surry County, VA (Age 57 years)

Marriage 19 Dec 1866 Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [2]

His daughter, Valeria Ann, barely 18, a year after the war ended, married his first sergeant in Company K, William M. Cotton, whose story we have already told. [2]

Children

	1. COTTON Eugenia bur. Cabin Point, Surry County, VA.
	2. COTTON Sarah Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
	3. COTTON Cornelia Ann d. 1918, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States
	4. COTTON Richard
	5. COTTON Mary Etta, b. 30 May 1871 d. 11 May 1909 (Age 37 years)

Family ID F1039 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 11 Mar 2014

Family 2	KING William Allen, b. Abt 1835 d. 1900 (Age ~ 65 years)
Marriage	1888	Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States [2]
	Valeria, lonely and in need of help, married William Allen King, a widower of her own age and a veteran of the Civil War, on March 28,1888. He came to live.with her at the Mill Tract farm. There were no additional children from their union. We know nothing of their life together, but from that time on, Valeria was always known as Mrs. King or Grandma King. William King died in 1900. Valeria would survive him by another 50 years. Mary Etta was nearly grown when Valeria married Mr. King. [2]
Family ID	F1224	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	2 Mar 2014

[S1209] Pat Hall, Pat Hall (Reliability: 3).
[S1212] Owner: Pat Reynolds, Cotton family tree, (Compiled and Supplied by Robert L. Bartlett of Juno Beach, FL to Pat Johnson Reynolds) (Reliability: 3).