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James N. Ardery was reared on the old homestead, where he remained until he was twenty-five years of age, he and his brother aiding in the man- agement of the place. In 1854 he removed to a farm, in Bath township, which he rented for nine years, during which period, by industry and econ- omy, he accumulated a snug sum of money, and this amount he later invested in the homestead which continued to be his place of abode from 1864 until his death. To the original tract of seventy acres he afterward added until he had two hundred and fifty-seven acres in his home place, besides which he owned a farm of fifty acres which he rented, this property being situated near College Corner, but across the state line, in Ohio. He was very successful in the raising of corn and hogs and bought and sold and shipped stock to the city markets. He had sold wheat at two dollars and a half a bushel and hogs at nine dollars a hundred-weight. Many substantial improvements were made upon his farm, including ditching and tiling, and in 1879 he erected a comfortable and commodious house and also barns.
The success which Mr. Ardery had achieved was gained by well applied, persistent energy and hard work through a long period. He had lived in peace and harmony with his neighbors, whose respect and good wishes were consequently freely accorded him. The Republican party found in him a stanch advocate, and for years it was his pride that he has not failed in his duty as a voter. All of his sons and his sons-in-law, as well, are adherents
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of the same party. Mr. Ardery was not affiliated with any religious body or secret society, but did not withhold contributions to the maintenance of churches and schools, as he realized that any community is elevated and made better by them.
The first marriage of Mr. Ardery was solemnized October 3, 1850, when Miss Margaret Goff, of Bath township, became his wife. For forty-three years they pursued the journey of life together, but the angel of death called away the wife and mother, December 12, 1893. Their eldest son, John, was injured by the falling of a tree when he was a lad of eleven years, and from that time until his death, seventeen years later, he was a cripple. Lean- der, the second son, is engaged in, farming in Butler county, Ohio, half a mile south of College Corner. James and Albert each have eighty-acre farms in this township, that of the latter being one which adjoins the paternal homestead. Emma D., the eldest daughter, who died in April, 1899, was the wife of William E. Baker, a farmer of this vicinity. Ellsworth, who owned a small farm at Billingsville, and bought one adjoining, of one hundred and twenty-seven acres, operates his father's place at present. Mary Alice married James Orr, who died three years ago, aged thirty years. Laura, who is unmarried, resides with her sister. William Franklin owns a one-hundred- and-twenty-acre farm, and Omar Monroe sold his forty-acre place and bought the old home place of one hundred and ten acres. In November, 1894, James N. Ardery married Mrs. Lucy A. Smith, widow of James F. Smith, late of Springfield township, Franklin county, and sister of the first wife of our subject. Mr. Smith and ten of their twelve children died of con- sumption. Mrs. Ardery is a lady who is greatly loved and esteemed by all who know her. James A. Ardery died January 19, 1899, aged seventy-three years, eight months and six days, and was mourned by a large circle of rela- tives and friends.
CALEB S. DUHADWAY.
The subject of this review was born in Milton, Wayne county, Indiana, December 11, 1826, and is a son of Peter W. and Martha R. (Reeves) Du Hadway, and a grandson of Thomas DuHadway. The grandfather was a native of Maryland and spent his entire life in that state, where he was prominent in educational circles, being a teacher of more than average abil- ity. He was joined in wedlock with a Miss Wright, who bore him a large family of children, among whom was Peter, the father of our subject. Peter WV. DuHadway was born in Maryland and in 1823 came to this county, set- tling in Richmond, and later removing to Milton, where he remained a few years and finally moved to Jacksonburg, Indiana, where he died. He was a tailor by trade and was known as an exceptionally good and reliable one, receiving a large patronage, even in those pioneer times when the housewife
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spun and wove most of the clothing worn by herself and family. His wife, whose maiden name was Martha Reeves, was a native of New Jersey, and a daughter of Mark Reeves. One son was born to them, the subject of this sketch.
Caleb S. Du Hadway, the only son of his parents, grew to adult years in Hagerstown and Richmond, receiving his education in the latter place. His first business venture was at the age of twenty-two, when he embarked in a general merchandise business in Hagerstown, where he continued until 1855, when he engaged in the insurance business. In 1860 he came to Richmond, where he followed auctioneering for two years, after which he became a traveling salesman for a tobacco house. The following year he was with an insurance company as bookkeeper, and was then made deputy treasurer of Wayne county, under William M. Thompson, remaining in that office three years, when he was elected to the office of county auditor, in which he served four years. He has been active in the Republican cause, and is also prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of both the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges. He was married in 1852, to Miss Priscilla Buchanan, of Hagerstown, to whom have been born four children, only one of whom sur- vives,-Charles R., assistant cashier of the First National Bank.
Charles R. Du Hadway was born March 26, 1856. His parents moved to Richmond when he was about four years old, and here he received his education. When he was fifteen years of age he left school and entered the First National Bank, where he worked his way up from messen- ger to his present position, serving as collection clerk, individual bookkeeper, general bookkeeper, and in September, 1897, being promoted to the office of assistant cashier, which he still holds. He receives the hearty commenda- tion of his superiors for his prompt and amiable manner of discharging his duties, and is widely and favorably known throughout the community. He affiliates with the Republican party, and while he is intelligently active in the work he is not an aspirant for office. He was married in 1883, to Miss Alice Castleman, of Burlington, Iowa, a lady of many personal charms.
EDWARD SHAW.
This venerable and honored citizen of Richmond was born at the close of the second war of the United States with Great Britain, April 29, 1815. His paternal grandfather, Samuel Shaw, was a native of Bucks county, Penn- sylvania, whence he removed to Red Stone, five miles east of Brownsville, Washington county, same state, where he spent the rest of his life. His death occurred while he was attending the annual meeting of Friends, at . Mount Pleasant, Ohio. To himself and wife, Susannah, two sons were born, -John and Thomas.
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The former, Dr. John Shaw, born near Quakertown, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, on the 24th day of the 11th month of 1786, removed to Wash- ington county, that state, with his parents, and in 1805 went on a flat-boat down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers as far as Cincinnati, which was then a village, with perhaps half a dozen houses, having shingled roofs. Until this time he has been engaged in farming in company with his father, but he now turned his attention to the study and practice of medicine, being thus occupied when the war of 1812 broke out. He gave his services to his country as an assistant surgeon at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Greenville, Ohio, became personally acquainted with General William H. Harrison, and was greatly relied upon by his superior officers. In 1814 he married Eliza- beth Wright, and to the worthy couple is accorded the distinction of having been the first member of the Society of Friends ever wedded in Cincinnati. He continued to practice as a physician, and, in company with David Holo- way and Jonathan Wright, was interested in merchandising for some years, the partners having one store in Cincinnati and one in Waynesville, Ohio. In 1820 Dr. Shaw was appointed Indian agent for the Wyandottes at Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and also served as postmaster during part of his five years' residence there, his home being within the fort. Returning then to Cincin- nati, he resumed his medical career, and also was agent for Judge Jacob Burnett in the sale of city lots. In 1826 he removed to Reading, a village nine miles north of Cincinnati, and there he not only practiced medicine but also carried on a tannery. In 1835 he exchanged the tannery for a farm in Greene county, Ohio, where he later purchased land adjoining and cultivated both, practicing in the meantime. Politically he was a Whig, Free-soiler and abolitionist. He died in Spring Valley, Ohio, on the 4th day of the 9th month of 1851, and was followed to the grave by his wife, who died on the 4th day of the 4th month of 1857. They were faithful members of the Friends' society, and were buried at Waynesville, Ohio, in the Friends' cemetery. They had but three children,-Edward, Thomas W. and Rebecca L. The latter married Jesse M. Hutton, president of J. M. Hutton & Com- pany, proprietors of coffin works, and both are deceased.
Edward Shaw, the only survivor of his father's family, was well educated in his boyhood, notwithstanding the fact that he lived on the frontier. His mother was a woman of exceptional attainments. for that day and place, she having completed her education at the Friends' Westtown boarding-school near Philadelphia, and under her wise direction her children acquired knowledge far in advance of their playmates. He and his brother learned the tanner's trade with their father and for six years managed a tan- nery for him, and after they removed to Spring Valley, Ohio, they built a large stone building in the tan-yard, which they subsequently exchanged for
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six hundred acres of western land. Then, for a period the brothers managed a farın near Waynesville, and for about a year were in partnership with H. T. Butterworth, in the dairy business on a four-hundred-acre farm twenty-six miles north of Cincinnati and on the Little Miami river. In 1859 they came to Richmond and engaged in farming in the vicinity until the death of Thomas W., a year or two after their arrival here. In 1863 our subject took up his residence in Richmond, and during the years which have since elapsed he has manufactured and sold, in large quantities, what is known as Shaw's Railroad Liniment. The leading drug-stores of towns in this and surround- ing counties keep this favorite household remedy, and in spite of his advanced age Mr. Shaw delivers supplies of the article to the various places which keep it for sale, most of his trips being made with a horse and wagon. He has been a good business man and financier, careful, industrious and economical
In the eighth month of 1840, Mr. Shaw married Penninah Hill, the youngest daughter of Robert Hill, one of the Wayne county pioneers, and his wife, Susannah. He came here from Guilford county, North Carolina, in 1802, and at one time he represented this county in the Indiana state leg- islature. To the union of our subject and wife four sons and four daughters were born, of whom Elizabeth died in infancy; Robert H. is employed in the the carpenter department of the Hutton coffin works; Rebecca L. is deceased; John W. is in the employ of the Bowman Dairy Company, of Chicago; Mary E. is the wife of Lewis K. Harris, president of a plow-manufacturing company in Richmond; Henry C. is engaged in the undertaking business in Richmond, with H. C. Downing; William T. died when ten years of age; and Susan B. is at home, and is tenderly caring for her father in his declin- ing years, her mother having passed away the 7th day of the 3d month of 1893. Our subject has the honor of being the oldest member of the North A Street Hicksite church, of the Society of Friends. He was overseer for years, was influential in securing the first-day school in connection with the church, and was its superintendent for a number of years. In his political preference he is a stanch Republican, and is always loyal in his support of all measures calculated to benefit the community or the general public.
ICHABOD STOUT.
Residing near the town of College Corner, Indiana, and ranking with the representative farmers of the vicinity, is found the subject of this sketch, Ichabod Stout. He was born in Oxford township, Butler county, Ohio, Sep- tember 15, 1840, son of John and Mary (Freeman) Stout, early settlers of But- ler county. John Stout was born in Pennsylvania in 1814, and in 1817 was brought west by his parents, their settlement being in Butler county, Ohio. His wife came to Ohio, a young widow, with her mother. At the age of
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seventeen he began working in a stillhouse for his uncle, Wilson Stout, at Darrtown, and was thus employed for seven years, becoming familiar with every detail of the business. Farming, however, was his life work. When he had accumulated $1,000 he bought fifty acres of land, located one mile east of College Corner, Union county, Indiana, -Union county adjoining Butler on the west,-and it was on this farm that Ichabod Stout was reared. It is now occupied by Oscar Stout, the father having died in 1866.
Ichabod Stout resided on the home farm until he was twenty-nine years of age, when, in 1869, he purchased his present farm, on the south side of the village of College Corner. Here he has one hundred and eight acres of excellent farming land, and he also owns one hundred and sixty acres a mile and a half west of the home farm. He carries on general farming, making a specialty of the dairy business, keeping the best grade of Jersey cows. He has a milk route, making daily deliveries of his product, also using a part of the milk in the home dairy, where an excellent quality of butter is made. Mr. Stout erected his commodious and attractive brick residence in 1893.
Politically Mr. Stout is a Republican and has served two years as a member of the town board of College Corner. He was reared in the Chris- tian church, but is now identified with the Methodist church.
Mr. Stout was married September 8, 1869, to Miss Virginia Campbell, a native of the same county and township in which he was born, and a daughter of John Campbell, of that place. They have a family of eight living children, namely: John, George E., Bertha, Arthur H., Harry W., Ruth E., Fred L. and Ralph C.,-all at home.
ISAAC H. PAXSON.
Isaac H. Paxson, one of the pioneer business men of Richmond, has long been recognized as one of her best and most patriotic citizens. From his early years he has been industrious and persevering in whatever enterprises he has undertaken, and by diligence and economy has accumulated a compe- tence for his declining years. His straightforward, manly course in life may well be held up as an example to the young, and has proved an inspiration to many.
At an early day in the history of this country the paternal ancestors of our subject were numbered among the inhabitants of Pennsylvania. His par- ents, Isaac and Sarah (Harlan) Paxson, were natives of Berks county, same state, and in their early married life they made their home in Lancaster county. In 1835 they determined to try their fortunes in the west, and accordingly they set out for Wayne county, Indiana. Settling on a tract of land two miles south of Richmond, they lived in a log cabin and were obliged to endure the many hardships of frontier life. The mother died not long
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after her arrival here, and the father survived until 1850, when he, too, entered the silent land. He had learned the butcher's business in his early manhood and followed it, in connection with farming, as long as he lived. In his political views he was a Whig, and in religious faith he was an adherent to the creed of the Society of Friends.
The birth of Isaac H. Paxson took place in Lancaster county, Pennsyl- vania, October 15, 1834. He was the youngest of seven children, and was less than a year old when his mother died. He learned his father's trade in youth and has followed it until the present time. From 1863 to 1868, and again from 1870 to 1872 he lived in Iowa, but with these exceptions he has been engaged in the market business in Richmond since 1850. He is the proprietor of one of the neatest and best kept markets in the city, and has been longer engaged in this line of business than any other man here. He received the patronage of the leading families, hotels and restaurants, as he keeps the choicest cuts of meat and pays particular attention to the wants of his customers,
Since he became a voter Mr. Paxson has used his right of franchise in favor of the Republican party, but has never been a politician, in any meas- ure. He was married in 1857 to Miss Ella C. Thomas, of Richmond, and two sons and two daughters have been born to them: William T., the elder son, is his father's assistant in the market, and is a young man of consider- able business ability; George L., the younger son, is now occupying a posi- tion as stenographer to the superintendent ot the Logansport (Indiana) asy- lum; Iona M., the elder daughter, is living in Richmond; and the youngest of the family is Mrs. Susan S. Polglose, of Chicago.
MORDECAI PARRY.
Deeds are thoughts crystallized, and according to their brilliancy do we judge the worth of a man to the country which produced him, and in his works we expect to find the true index to his character. The study of the life of the representative American never fails to offer much of pleasing interest and valuable instruction, developing a mastering of expedients which has brought about most wonderful results. The subject of this review was a worthy representative of that type of American character and of that progressive spirit which promote public good in advancing individual prosperity and con- serving popular interests. He has long prominently identified with the busi- ness interests of Richmond and Wayne county, and while his varied affairs brought him success they also advanced the general welfare by accelerating commercial activity.
Mr. Parry was of Welsh ancestry and possessed many of the strong-
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est and best characteristics of the people of that little rock-ribbed coun- try. About 1690 Thomas Parry and his wife, Eleanor, came with their family to America, locating at Radnor, Pennsylvania, where the wife and mother was buried, in 1701. The father afterward removed to Philadelphia, and later to Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, where his last days were spent. His children were Edward, Thomas and Mary. The second Thomas Parry, the great-grandfather of our subject, was born in Cardiganshire, Wales, in 1680, and came with his family to Amer- ica, at the age of ten years. During the greater part of his life he resided at or near Willow Grove, then known as Parry's Mills, now Morgan's Mills. Throughout his business career he carried on the milling business and was the owner and operator of Parry's mill. His death occurred there May 18, 1749. He was a member of the Society of Friends. His wife bore the maiden name of Jane Philips, and to them were born ten children, nine of whom married and had families.
Of these Isaac Parry, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Penn- sylvania, in 1738, and died October 18, 1802, on his farm in Montgomery county. In early life he followed the stone-mason's trade, and later carried on agricultural pursuits. He married Grace Comly, daughter of Robert and Jane (Cadwallader) Comly, in 1764, and they became parents of nine chil- dren, six of whom grew to mature years, while three died in infancy. The youngest of the family was Joseph Parry, father of our subject. He was born in Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, December 1, 1788, and died September 1, 1870. On leaving his native county he located in Chester county, Pennsylvania, whence in the spring of 1828 he came to Richmond Indiana, where his remaining days were passed. He was a plasterer by trade and followed that vocation throughout his entire life. In 1809 he married Sarah Webster, daughter of Naylor and Martha (Fisher) Webster, and they had a family of eight children, two of whom died in infancy, and five of whom lived beyond the age of seventy years, the youngest being sixty-nine at the time of his death. They were: William; Robert, a plas- terer; Isaac, who was also a plasterer, and removed to California; he returned to his home in Norristown, Pennsylvania, where he died; Grace; Mor- decai; and George, who went to California in 1849, and died there in 1889.
Mordecai Parry, whose name introduces this review, was born in Mont- gomery county, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1818, and when ten years of age was brought by his parents to Richmond, where he was reared to manhood. He learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for thirty years, but his energies were by no means confined to one line of endeavor. He was a man of resourceful ability and extended his field of operations from time to time.
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To his blacksmithing he added the manufacture of carriages, and subse- quently he established a coal, wood and lumber yard, building up an exten- sive trade in those commodities. He also erected many houses and engaged largely in the real-estate business, handling his own property, which was acquired through judicious investment of his savings. He also owned a dry- goods store in Plainfield, Indiana, and a carriage repository there; but in 1867 he disposed of all his interests save the real estate. He continued his residence in Richmond until 1872, when on account of impaired health he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he died July 31, 1892. He was the owner of extensive and very valuable real estate, both in Minne- apolis and Richmond, and acquired a handsome fortune.
Mr. Parry was married three times. He first wedded Gulielma Henley, of Richmond, a daughter of Micajah and Gulielma (Charles) Henley, January 4, 1845, and they had two children: Martha, the wife of Lindley A. Haw- kins, of Wayne township, Wayne county; and Webster, a real-estate dealer of Richmond, who is also vice-president of the Richmond Home Telephone Company. He managed his father's real-estate business in Richmond from the age of twenty years, and upon the death of the latter succeeded to the business. He married Miss Lou M. Lefferts, of Oakland, California. Mrs. Gulielma Parry died August 5, 1849, and Mr. Parry, May 23, 1855, was united in marriage with Sarah Bell, of Henry county, Indiana, and a daughter of Thomas and Jerusha (Strattan) Bell. By this marriage there were six children, of whom two are living,-Joseph E., of Minneapolis, Minnesota, who married Elma Mulford, of Richmond, Indiana; and Sarah B, also of Minneapolis: she is the wife of Dr. George D. Head. The other children, excepting Gulielma, died without issue. Gulielma became the wife of Mil- ton D. Brown, and had two children,-Alice L. and Sarah B.,-and died November 3, 1884. One of the sons, Charles M. Parry, who died in Minne- apolis, March 17, 1894, was one of the most promising young men in the Flour City. The mother of the above named children died January 22, 1880, and on the 9th of March, 1882, Mr. Parry married Martha E. Hill, of Richmond, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Hoover) Hill. She still sur- vives her husband, and resides in Richmond, of which place Mr. Parry was so long an honored and influential citizen. Not only in business affairs was he well known: he was active and earnest in his advocacy of all measures for the public good, was a very zealous member of the Society of Friends, con- tributed liberally to its support, and also built Parry Hall, of Earlham Col- lege. In early life he exercised his right of franchise for the benefit of the Republican party, and afterward was a Prohibitionist. A friend of temper- ance, he did all in his power to promote sobriety, morality and Godliness ·among men, and his own upright, honorable life formed an example well wor-
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thy of emulation. Mrs. Parry, like her husband, shares in the high regard of a large circle of friends. She is a representative of two of the most promi- nent and honored pioneer families of Wayne county,-the Hoovers and the Hills, -and as such is well deserving of mention in this history.
JACOB GETZ.
In the history of the business interests of Richmond the name of Jacob Getz cannot be omitted, for through many years he was one of the leading merchants of the city, progressive, enterprising and persevering. Such qualities always win success, sooner or later, and to Mr. Getz they brought a handsome competence as the reward of his well directed efforts.
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