“The spittin’ image of his daddy”
Ray Malone recalls what he heard from his grandfather about Madison Hemings.
Theme: Jefferson Descent
H. Ray Malone
Ray Malone was a software developer, after a career in broadcasting, and owner of radio stations. His ancestors, of Irish origin, arrived in the Chillicothe, OH, area in the early nineteenth century and were farmers in Ross County. From his uncle and grandfather, Malone heard stories about Madison Hemings that had come through his great-great-uncle Benjamin Malone, Hemings’s neighbor.
Interview Information
28 Oct. 1999, Chillicothe, OH
Interviewee: H. Ray Malone
Excerpts
“An honorable person”
Ray Malone heard in his family what Madison Hemings’s white neighbors thought about him.
Theme: Oral History Transmission
“Grandpa was trying to make two points”
Ray Malone recalls how his grandfather used the examples of Thomas Jefferson and Madison Hemings to transmit values.
Themes: Family, Jefferson Descent, Oral History Transmission
“They were people of their word”
Ray Malone finds values in common in his own family and that of Madison Hemings, who was a neighbor of his ancestors.
Theme: Family
Related People
- Madison Hemings neighbor to Malone's ancestor