Joseph Urban Medley

1868 - 1932  (63 years)

• Name	Joseph Urban Medley
  Birth	2 Apr 1868	Rineyville, Hardin, Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Feb 1932	Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky   [1]
  Person ID	I7724	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph Gatton "Gat" Medley,   b. 1 Dec 1840, Rineyville, Hardin, Kentucky d. 18 Aug 1914 (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Rosella Anna "Rosie" Hayden,   b. 20 Nov 1848, Daviess County, Kentucky d. 1 May 1873, Kentucky (Age 24 years)
  Marriage	1866  [1]
  Family ID	F6658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Virginia Blandford   d. 24 Sep 1909
  Marriage	5 May 1905  [1]
  Family ID	F4687	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Jun 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Malissa Marie Clark,   b. 27 Oct 1882   d. 27 Dec 1947, Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1911  [1]
  Children	1. Mary Virginia Medley,   b. 2 Aug 1912, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming d. 12 Apr 1994 (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F4693	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2020

  
  

• Notes

  From Donnelly, John Medley (1615-1660): "JOSEPH URBAN MEDLEY (849) was born 4/2/1868 in Rineyville, Kentucky, the son of JOSEPH GATTON "GAT" MEDLEY (487) and ROSELLA ANNA HAYDEN (549). JOSEPH URBAN MEDLEY was named as an heir of his grandfather URBAN HAYDEN (276) (Deed D:132, Daviess Co., KY). He spent many years on his father's farm prior to his marriage, and served in the Spanish American War. On 5/5/1905 he married first Mary Virginia Blandford (d 9/24/1909). At the time of their daughters births they were residing in Omaha, Nebraska and then returned to Owensboro, Kentucky. In Owensboro on 8/16/1911 he married secondly Malissa Marie Clark (b 10/27/1882, d 12/27/1947 in Owensboro, KY), the daughter of Felix Clark and Catherine Blandford. They moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming. JOSEPH URBAN MEDLEY was a professional photographer and the family lived near Army installations as he specialized in troop pictures. They next moved to Texas City, Texas, and then to El Paso, Texas where he built a large home for his growing family. Malissa Marie was never satisfied being so far from Kentucky and eventually the family returned to Kentucky and bought a large farm across the river in Indiana. A flood wiped out his entire first crop and the family lost everything. The family returned to Owensboro where JOSEPH URBAN MEDLEY was a policeman and park supervisor of Mooreland Park. While a policeman he never arrested a drunk. Instead he called a taxi to take the person home, and payed for it out of his own pocket. While a park supervisor he planted all the beautiful trees that one today sees in Mooreland Park. At the time of his death on 2/7/1932, he was a barber in Owensboro. He is remembered by his children with respect and love.

  
  

• Sources

  [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995.