David Gordon Haddon b. Dec 22 1835 d. Jan 7 1907 parents: Benjamin Haddon and Nancy Anderson
m. Dec 26 1856 to Nancy Ellen Wharton b. Oct 14 1837 d. Jan 16 1917
parents: Jesse Wharton and Patsey They had 13 children:

• John Benjamin Haddon b. Sep 18 1857 d. Dec 27 1857
• James Emerson Haddon b. Sep 21 1858 d. Jan 7 1911 m. Adeline Cross ch: Gordon, Charley, Pearl, Claude, Orville
• Sarah Jane Haddon b. Feb 26 1860 d. Apr 3 1935 m. Wesley Bolton ch: Haddon, Jesse
• Nancy Parthena Haddon b. Jan 11 1862 d. Oct 15 1948 Burtonsville, Alberta m. William Henry Walker ch: none of her own although she raised 7 from Williams first marriage and 1 of her sister's sons (Eugene) after she died.
• Alice Ann Haddon b. Oct 23 1865 d. Jul 13 1890 m. Bill Bolton ch: Milton, Etoiley
• David Gordon Haddon Jr. b. May 16 1867 d. Apr 17 1938 m. Etta Dorsett ch: Ellen Celina, James Robert
• Columbus Lafayette Haddon b. Mar 3 1870 d. Nov 4 1944 m. Bertha Lambert ch: Corydon, James, Bertha
• Jesse Wharton Haddon b. Apr 28 1871 d. Aug 23 1952 m. Gordon Haddon ch: Orr, Jessie Mae
• Talitha Eliza Haddon b Dec 28 1872 d. Sep 16 1967 m. Augustus Watson ch: Elmer, Beverly, Frank, Joe, Sam, Elza, Mac, Hazel, Wanda
• Martha Ellen Pearl Haddon b. Aug 26 1874 d. Apr 14 1908 m. Eugene Smith ch: Agnes, Talitha, Ethel, Joe, Boots, Lela, Eugene (Eugene was raised by aunt Nancy Parthena Haddon Walker)
• Lenora Haddon b. Mar 29 1876 d. Apr 4 1876
• Joe Johnson Haddon b. May 10 1877 d. Aug 13 1934 m. Ollie Cline ch: Obana, Joe Leon
• Elmer Finley Haddon b. Sep 14 1880 Harperville, Scott Co., Mississippi d. May 17 1972 Hydro, Custer Co., Oklahoma m. Dec 8 1907 Lenora, Dewey Co., Okalhoma to Ina Mae Simmons ch: Audrey Hazel, Meryl, Lelia, Bernice

Haddon Family History

by Audrey Haddon Murray

  My father, Elmer Finley Haddon, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Gordon Haddon, was born near Harperville, Mississipppi on Sep 14 1880. He was the youngest of 13 children. In 1883, when he was 3, his parents and the family moved to Brown Country in Texas. This move was made by wagon and ox-team. His mother and the younger children rode in a one-horse buggy, and his father rode a fine, black saddle horse. They crossed some rivers by means of ferry's, but had to drive across others. One day while crossing a river, Mr. Haddon was riding ahead to chart the best route, and the saddle horse plunged into a hole and drowned. My grandfather managed to swim to safey.

In 1893 the family migrated to Oklahoma, settling in the J V Flats, 11 miles south of Lenora, in Dewey Co. A bachelor brother of my grandfather, John Upson Haddon, moved with them, and at one time operatied a store in that area. Haddon Township was named for him. Later he was in charge of the Indian Commissary at Old Cantonment, assisted by two of my father's brothers who freighted supplies for him.

The move from Texas to Oklahoma was slow, taking several months. They had to keep on the lookout for extra food, killing game, and camping where the stock would have water and graze. Sickness sometimes caused delay, and a child was born to the wife of one of my father's brothers.  

My grandfather, David G. Haddon, was a member of the Masonic Lodge and helped organize a chapter at Lenora, where he was one of the charter members.  

There was musical talent in the family - the girls played an organ, and all the boys played fiddles and guitars. They were in great demand to play for the neighborhood dances in those early days. My father told how Redbuck, an early day outlaw, would attend some of the dances and quite often would take one of the fiddles and play one or two tunes before leaving. Redbuck was always a perfect gentleman in a crowd.

In January of 1907, my grandfather, David G. Haddon, died. A service was held that evening in the home of Rev. JN Walker. The following morning, Masonic services were conducted by members of the Lenora Lodge Chapter, then the body was taken by team and wagon to Thomas, Oklahoma for embalment and shipped to Blanket, Texas for burial.

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