History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, Part 154

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Publication date: 1888
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J. K. Ross, farmer, post-office New Vernon, was born June 17, 1838, in Deer Creek Township, to Stephen and Hannah (Seisley) Ross. The father was born in what is now Deer Creek Township, to Aaron and Sarah (Harris) Ross, of Scotch-Irish extraction. Aaron and his wife are buried in the grave-yard at Fairfield, and their children were, Stephen, John, Jacob, Harvey, Joseph, Jared, Alva, Aaron, Elizabeth, Abigail, Hannah, Mary and Sarah. John, married Louisa Wetmore, and had Almera and John S .; Jacob married Anna Seisley, and had Benjamin, Elizabeth, Sabina, Samuel, Monroe, Edwin, Sarah and John; Harvey married Caroline Custard, and had James, Sarah, Albert, Richard, Wilson, Henry, Stephen and Emily; Joseph married Sophia Ervy; Jared married Martha Custard, and has Harris, Sarah, William, Stephen, Mary, Martha, Nancy, Taylor, Eva and Almera; Aaron married Martha Tif- feny, and had Henry, Mitchell, Loretta, Harriet, Elda, Charles, James, Bert and A. M .; Elizabeth married Alexander Miller, and had Fannie, Mary, Sarah, Josephine, Elizabeth, Mitchell, Henry and Nettie; Abigail married Nathan Tiffeny, and had Newton, Caroline, George, Henry, Aaron, Cory, Charles and Frederick; Hannah married Samuel Roberts, and had Addison, Madison, Mary, Milton, Myram, Hyram and Sarah; Mary married James Logan, and had Elizabeth, Harvey, Mary and Samuel. Stephen Ross was educated in the country schools of this county, and was married to Hannah Seisley, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Rhodes) Seisley, natives of this State, and of Ger- man extraction. By her he had Jacob, Hannah, Anna, Benjamin, John and Mary. He was in the War of 1812. Stephen died April 19, 1871, and his widow is living. His children are Samuel, Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Louisa, Stephen and Maria. He was a stanch Democrat. J. K. Ross was married July 3, 1862, to Julia A. Price, born March 3, 1844, in Worth Township. Her father's history appears in another part of this work. In 1866 Mr. Ross set- tled where he now resides, in New Vernon Township. He has had seven chil- dren by his marriage: Ella, married J. C. Thompson; Anna, married William Custard; Frank T., Harry, Grace, Mary and Maude. Mr. Ross has been con- stable and collector of the township, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mount Hope, of which he has been a class- leader and trustee. He is a Democrat.

JOHN SAUERS, farmer, post-office Clark's Mills, was born July 12, 1852, in Otter Creek Township, this county, to Michael, born in 1807, and Josephine (Hinkle) Sauers, born in 1810, natives of Germany, where they were married and came to Greenville about the year 1848. After a short residence at that place they removed to Otter Creek Township, and in 1860 bought seventy-one acres where they now live, in New Vernon Township. The father was a cabinet-maker in the old country, and followed carpentering some in this country. He began here with but little means, and by careful management and hard labor has accumulated a nice little home upon which to live the rest of his life. He has been a sufferer with the rheumatism since 1860. They have had five children: Kate, married D. C. Reed; Christina, married Hyram Feather; Nellie, mar- ried Henry Meibert, deceased; John, and Mary A., married Joseph Stewart. The father is a believer in the Catholic religion and his wife is a Lutheran. John, our subject, took charge of his father's farm when a mere boy. He was educated in the common schools and at Hadley. He was married September 11, 1873, to Maggie J. Carnahan, daughter of John L. Carnahan, and by her he has five children: Minnie M., dead; Nellie E., dead; Tena B., William C. and Josie R. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Clark's Mills, of which he is a steward. He spent four years in the oil regions of Clarion and Forest Counties, and owns valuable land in the

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former, on which there are some good oil wells. He is one of the progressive young Democrats of Mercer County, is strictly honest, a gentleman who has the esteem of all who know him, and was a candidate for poor director on the Democratic ticket in 1888.

REV. ISAAC SCOFIELD, retired Methodist minister, post-office New Vernon, was born September 12, 1812, in Albany County, N. Y., to Daniel and Olive (Brown) Scofield, natives of the same county. The parents had twelve children. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and during his early days he was employed on a farm. He was licensed to preach at the age of twenty-two, and began preaching at Chagrin Falls, Ohio. His regular appointments were at Edinboro, Portage Co., Ohio; Centerville Circuit, Evansburg, Crawford Co., Penn .; Shippensville Circuit, Venango and Clarion Counties; Red Bank Circuit; Cambridge Circuit, Crawford County; Sheridan Circuit, Chautauqua County, N. Y .; Mckean Circuit, Erie County; Columbus Circuit, Warren County and Chautauqua County, N. Y .; Leon Circuit, State of New York; Perrysburg Circuit, State of New York; Villenovia Circuit, Chautauqua County, N. Y .; Quincy Circuit, Chautauqua County, N. Y .; Harrisville Circuit, Butler County, Penn. ; Espyville Circuit, Crawford County, Penn .; Williamsfield Circuit, Ashtabula County, Ohio; Salem Circuit, Mercer County; Evansburg, Crawford County; Jamestown Circuit, Mercer County ; Delaware Grove Circuit, Mercer County; New Lebanon, Mercer County; Waterloo, Venango County; Hendersonville, Mercer County. He retired from active service about 1873, since when he has only preached occasionally. He was married in 1837 to Ellen McConnell, who died in 1853, the mother of John, George, Wesley and Daniel. He was again married, to Mrs. Elizabeth McConnell, the widow of George McConnell, by whom he had no children. She died in 1866, and he again married Louisa Ferree, and by her he has had four children: Emma, May, Ettie and Harry B. Rev. Scoffield settled with his family where he now resides in 1872, where he has a small piece of land. He is a Republican, and the good he has done in this world will only be known in that day when the secrets of all hearts shall be opened and revealed.

B. S. WHITE, farmer, post-office Sandy Lake, was born February 18, 1824, in Lake Township. His father, Hiram White, married Polyxenia Stokely, daughter of Benjamin Stokely, a character sketch of whom is given in this work through the pen of William S. Garvin. Hiram White was born in West- moreland County, Penn., and came to this county with his parents, John and Nancy (Dugan) White, and settled at the head of what is known as Wild Cat Hollow, in Lake Township. Here John White died in 1828, and Nancy, his wife, died about four years later, in Cool Spring Township, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Lanagan. The children of John and Nancy were Hiram, Joseph, David, James, Sarah, Anna, Betsey and Rebecca. Sarah, married Aaron Scroggs; Anna, married John Scroggs; Betsey, married Valentine Zahn- iser; Rebecca, married Fergus Hill. Hiram and Polyxenia White had nine children: David, died with the typhoid fever; John, married Jane Robb, and had two children, John, Rebecca; Esther, married Hugh Mitchell; Nancy, married A. Jackson Carnahan, by whom she had Jerome, Andrew, Tezetta, Betsey, Cindarilla, Nellie, Hiram, Gustavis A. and Wilmina; Mr. Carnahan died in 1846, and was a member of the Presbyterian Church; Rebecca, mar- ried Charles Barton, and is a widow at Council Bluffs, Iowa; Benjamin S., Hiram, Nathaniel and Euclid are dead. Hiram White, the father of our subject, died in 1841, and his widow died in 1856. B. S. White was educated in the common schools, and brought up on a farm. He read medicine with Dr. Hiram White, his brother, at New London, this county, for two years.

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His brother practiced in this county about twenty-seven years, retired, and died at the home of our subject. Mr. White was married January 16, 1858, to Catharine Hettenbaugh, of Lawrence County. He settled on his present farm, consisting of 100 acres, in 1839, and has mostly developed it from the woods to its excellent condition. He has always been an ardent Democrat.

PERRY TOWNSHIP.

JAMES W. BEAL, merchant, post-office Clark's Mills, is a son of Edmund Beal, of Perry Township, whose parents were Thomas and Mary (Sudbury) Beal, of England, where Edmund was born November 22, 1828. About 1851 he came to America, and went to live with his uncle, James Beal, who had formerly located on the farm which Edmund now owns, and where he has since resided. In 1855 he married Mary E., daughter of Samuel and Martha McCleary, of Perry Township. She died April 7, 1887, leaving five children: James W., Emma A. (wife of David Mille, of Perry Township), Edmund G., Charles S. and Lewis L. Mr. Beal has been supervisor of Perry Township, votes the Republican ticket, and has been a deacon in the Georgetown Baptist Church of Sheakleyville for over twenty years. James W. was born in Perry Township in 1856. He attended the township schools, the academy of Sheak- leyville and New Lebanon, and remained on the homestead and engaged in teaching school during the winter months until 1881, when he entered the store of L. L. Keck, of Greenville, as clerk. In 1882 he purchased an interest with Mr. McCormick in the store at Clark's Mills. The partnership continued until March, 1888, when Mr. McCormick sold his interest to W. H. Simons, and the present firm is Beal & Simons. Mr. Beal was appointed postmaster at Clark's Mills in 1882, and still holds that appointment. In 1879 he mar- ried Ida M., daughter of Joseph Infield, of New Vernon Township. By this union they have three children: Carl, Nellie and Jennie. He is a member of the Sheakleyville Baptist Church, and of the Select Knights of the A. O. U. W., of Clark's Mills, and votes the Republican ticket.

GEORGE BEGGS, farmer, post-office Hadley, is a son of Alexander and Su- san (Dickson) Beggs, of Scotch-Irish descent, who settled in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1822. Our subject was born in that county January 31, 1823, and remained on the homestead until 1848, when he came to Mercer County and purchased his present farm. He is an agent for an iron roofing company of Niles, Ohio. He has also held various township offices. In 1850 he married Miss Rebecca, daughter of William Hutchison, of Perry Township. By this union they have had nine children: John and Warren are deceased; Susana A., wife of William Roff, of Clark's Station; Mary A., wife of Edward Cochran, of Sandy Creek Township, and their children are Clinton T. and George L .; Jennie, at home; Milton, of Cleveland, Ohio; Marvin R., farmer, Perry Town- ship, married Mary, daughter of John Cole, of Perry Township, and have two children, Neva and John; George F., living at home, and married Clara, daughter of Edmund Farrah, of Sandy Lake; Dickson A., of Sharon, married Annie, daughter of Samuel Long, of Perry Township; their children are Lillie M. and Edith M. Mr. Beggs is an elder in the United Presbyterian Church of Sheakleyville, and votes the Republican ticket.

MARTIN CARRINGER was a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., and came to this county in 1796; was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He settled in Perry Township, and died in 1838. He was the father of Jacob, George, Henry and Joseph, all dead. Jacob was in the War of 1812. George was born in Westmoreland County, and married Isabella Montgomery. He was an early member of the militia. He died in 1876, aged eighty-one years, and

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was the father of the following children: John, George, Emily, Maude, de- ceased; Milton, Isabella, married Humphrey Orr; James, deceased, was in the war; Harvey, and Jane, the wife of Stephen Feather; Isabella Montgomery, wife of George Carringer, died September 24, 1888, aged eighty-five years, making a residence on the farm they first settled on of sixty-seven years.

JEREMIAH CORLL, farmer, post-office Hadley, is a son of Jonathan and Maria (Sechler) Corll, natives of Lehigh County, Penn., who settled in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1824. Our subject was born in Lehigh County May 22, 1816. He removed to Ohio with his parents, where he remained until 1845, when he purchased his present farm, and has since resided there. The country being new he engaged in clearing land, and made shingles, which business he fol- lowed for about twenty years, covering the roofs of many houses in the county. In 1843 he married Miss Mary E., daughter of Abraham Cramer, of Trum- bull County, Ohio. By this union they have eight children: Isaac M., in Brookfield, Ohio, married to Amelia Sault; Maria S., Mrs. J. W. Thompson, of Iowa; Louisa J., at home; Mary M., Mrs. Cameron Orr, of Towa; Charles K., at home, and married to Miss Laura L. Phillips; Emma, Mrs. Cyrus M. White, of Clark's Mills; Sarah E., Mrs. James Haggertie, of Otter Creek Township, and Julia A., at home. Mr. Corll has acted as school director, supervisor, etc., of Perry Township. He is a member of Sheakleyville Bap- tist Church, and votes the Democratic ticket.

J. B. DONALDSON, post-office Hadley, was born in that part of Mercer County which is now Lawrence County in 1820. He was educated at the schools of that period, and in 1836 came to Mercer County and located on a farm in Perry Township, remaining there until 1873, when he moved to Had- ley Station, where he has since resided. He has served as justice of the peace of Perry Township for twenty-five years. For the past five years has been notary public. He has also been identified with the school interests, helping to build the first school-house after the division of the township, and serving as school director for sixteen years. Also held the offices of supervisor and auditor of township. He served in the late Rebellion as a member of the State militia. February 26, 1845, he married Mehitable, daughter of Andrew Loveland, of Otter Creek Township. She died in 1872, leaving three children: William A., on the homestead in Perry Township, married to Wilhelmina, daughter of Peter Sault, of Delaware Township, and has three children: John, Dora and Horace; John A., on the homestead in Perry Township, married to Clara, daughter of John Morton, of Otter Creek Township, and has the following children: Myrtle, William, Albert, Ray, Jackson, Blanche, Effie, Clyde and Freddie; Jane, married David E. Sault, of Indianapolis, Ind., and has four children: Frank, Albert, Claude and Edward; one daughter by adoption, Nel- lie, Mrs. Alfred Morton, of Hadley Station, who has four children: John, Floyd, Clara and Olive, The present wife of our subject was Mrs. H. A. Salis- bury, daughter of Frederick Jackson, of Sandy Creek Township. Our subject is a member of the Baptist Church, and has always been a stanch member of the Republican party.

THE FEATHER FAMILY. - Cornelius Feather was a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., and a settler in Trumbull County, Ohio, about 1800. He came to Mercer County and located in what is now Otter Creek Township, about 1823, where he died in 1852. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, voted the Democratic ticket and was in the War of 1812. His family consisted of John, George, Mary, Mrs. Charles Milner; Sarah, Mrs. Henry Carringer; all of whom are dead except George, who was born in Warren, Ohio, in 1808. In 1836 he married Miss Keelen, daughter of William Keelen, and located on

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his present farm. His wife died in 1855, leaving six children, all of whom are dead except Ettie, living at home. Mr. Feather has held several township offices, and has been a leader in the United Brethren Church for many years. He is a strong Prohibitionist and a supporter of the Democratic party.

John Feather was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1806, and after moving to this county he engaged in farming, saw-milling, etc. He also run a carding machine for many years. He married Phoebe Condit, and located on a farm one mile north of Clark's Mills, in Perry Township. He was school director, supervisor, etc., of the township, and first voted the Whig and then the Republican ticket. For many years he was a deacon in the Sheakleyville Presbyterian Church. He died April 22, 1878, and his widow still lives in Perry Township. They reared eleven children: Ira C., deceased, and men- tioned in Sandy Lake Township; Cornelius, born in 1836 and died in 1874; David, born in 1838 and died in 1870; Mary, born in 1831 and lives with her mother; Rachael, born in 1832, wife of Johnston McCartney, of New Vernon Township; William, born in 1834, lives in Wood County, Ohio; Stephen, born December 1, 1840, lives in Perry Township; Hiram, of Nebraska, born Janu- ary 1, 1843; Nancy J., wife of John Vaughn, of Kirksville, Mo., born in 1845; John, living in Michigan, born in 1847; George, living on the homestead and born in 1850.

Stephen Feather, farmer, post-office Hadley, was born on the homestead December 1, 1840. He was educated at the schools of that period, and has always followed farming. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served until February 12, 1863, where he was honorably discharged because of wounds received at the sec- ond battle of Bull Run. After his recovery he enlisted in Company H, Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia, and served three months, holding commission of first lieutenant; was commissioned captain August 13, 1864, in the Iowa State Militia, by Gov. Stone, of Iowa, which position he held until the close of the war. After leaving the service he went to Iowa and remained eight years, and since that time has lived on his present farm. February 28, 1865, he married Mary J., daughter of George Carringer, of Perry Township. One child was born to this union, Rolla J., who was born in 1867, and lives on the farm with his father. Mr. Feather has been school director, town clerk and treasurer of Perry Township. He is a member of John C. Dickey Post No. 433, G. A. R., of the E. A. U. of Hadley, votes the Republican ticket, and is an elder in the Hadley Presbyterian Church.

George Feather, Jr., farmer, post-office Clark's Mills, was born on the homestead August 7, 1850. He attended the township schools, and for seven years he engaged in oil operations, and has since lived on the homestead. . In 1874 he married Miss Lizzie M., daughter of George Cassedy, of Venango County, Penn. They have born to them three children: George C., Lizzie L. and Lula N. He is a member of Madison Lodge No. 122, A. O. U. W., is a member of the Sheakleyville Presbyterian Church, and votes the Republican ticket.

RICHARD C. FOULK, farmer, post-office Hadley, is a son of George and Re- becca (Tompkins) Foulk. The father was born in Virginia, and mother in Phil- adelphia. They settled in Trumbull County, Ohio, and about 1842 came to Mercer County and located on a farm in what is now West Salem Township. From there they moved to Salem Township and built a steam saw-mill, which his father conducted for a number of years, and then sold the same to Lewis Lindsay and removed to Iowa; after a short time he returned to Salem and located on the farm of John Pearsoll. This farm he traded to T. B.

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Roberts for an interest in the old Salem Grist-mill, which he conducted for about five years, and traded with the Hon. J. C. Brown for the farm of 182 acres which is now owned by our subject. After selling this to two of his sons, he followed his trade of carpenter, and finally located in Sugar Grove Township, where his wife died in April, 1877, aged sixty-nine years. He is now living in Greenville at the age of eighty years; is a member of the Green- ville Methodist Episcopal Church, and votes the Democratic ticket. His family consisted of eight children: Daniel B., Esther A., Mrs. W. B. Mc- Grannahan; Rev. C. W., a Methodist Episcopal minister; he was a member of Company I, Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry; Richard C., Alfred R., also served in Company I, Second Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry; Samantha, Mrs. W. H. H. Williams; George, a physician of Geneva, Craw- ford Co., Penn .; Sydney W. Our subject was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, September 22, 1840, and came to this county with his parents, where he was reared and attended the township schools and the academy of Greenville and Meadville. He learned the carpenter trade, which he followed for many years. In 1869 he moved to his present farm and engaged in mill-wright- ing and farming. In 1865 he married Miss Amanda T., daughter of George G. McGranahan, of Sugar Grove Township, and had three children, one of whom, Sarah E., died young; Edward E. and Charles M. Our subject held the offices of assessor of Sugar Grove Township and supervisor of Perry Town- ship. He is a member of Madison Lodge No. 122, A. O. U. W., steward of Hadley Methodist Episcopal Church, and votes the Democratic ticket.

JOSHUA GILGER, merchant, post-office Hadley, is a son of Jonas and Eva (Great) Gilger, natives of Clarion County, Penn., where our subject was born in 1833. He learned the carpenter's trade, and in 1853 engaged in the mer- cantile business and continued for three years, when he went to Iowa and engaged in carpenter work and contracting. In 1865 he returned to Oil City and engaged in the mercantile business. From 1868 to. 1871 he operated in oil at Oil City and Pleasantville, Penn., and in 1871 came to Hadley and established his present general store. In 1880 he was joined by his nephew, Mr. A. F. Gilger, and has since continued the business under the firm name of Gilger & Co. Mr. Gilger owned and operated a grist-mill in Perry Town- ship for a number of years, and at present is engaged in farming in connec- tion with his store. In 1857 he married Miss Susan Mong, of Clarion County, Penn. By this union they have two children: Jessie G., wife of William Long, of Perry Township, and Claude, at home. Mr. Gilger is a member of the Adelphic Lodge No. 424, F. & A. M., of Jamestown; of the Greenville Chapter No. 212; G. W. Brown Lodge No. 592, I. O. O. F., of Hadley, and the A. O. U. W. of Clark's Mills. He and family are members of the Hadley Methodist Episcopal Church.

A. F. GILGER, merchant, post-office Hadley, is a son of Adam and Lavina (Neely) Gilger, of Clarion County, Penn., where our subject was born in 1848. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed at Monroe for a number of years. In 1875 he came to Hadley, and entered the store of Joshua Gilger as clerk, and in 1880 became the junior member of the firm of Gilger & Co. In 1872 he married Miss Ella, daughter of Jeremiah Heeter, of Clarion County, and by this union they have three children: Jessie, Harry and Waldo. Mr. Gilger is a member of Eureka Lodge No. 272, F. & A. M., of Greenville, and G. W. Brown Lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 592, of Hadley. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he votes the Republican ticket.

MRS. MARY GOODRICH, farmer, post-office Hadley, is the widow of the late David S. Goodrich, who was a son of Roswell and Abigail (Blossen) Goodrich,

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natives of New York State, who moved to Ashtabula and then to Trumbull County, Ohio, where they died. David S. was born in Granville, N. Y., and at the age of fourteen moved with his parents to Ohio. In 1846 he mar- ried Miss Mary, daughter of Isaac and Margaret (Kitchen) Patterson, -natives of Adams County, Penn., and settled in Trumbull County, Ohio. In 1856 they removed to Mercer County, and located on a farm in what is now Perry Township. He was an enterprising farmer, and was elected justice of the peace, but refused to serve. He was one of the charter members of the Had- ley Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he was afterward trustee for many years, and a supporter of the Republican party. He died in 1880, leaving his widow, who bore him the following children: Isaac B., on the homestead; Ma- ria J., wife of James Baxter, of Shawnee County, Kas .; Alice M., wife of John Lyons, of Perry Township; Luella, wife of John McCurdy, of Crawford County, Penn. ; Albert, his son, was a member of Company G, One Hun- dred and Forty-fifth Pennsylvanias, and died at Alexandria, Va., November 24, 1863. Isaac B. was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, May 6, 1845, and has always been engaged in farming. In 1869 he married Miss Eva, daughter of Joel Smith, of Greenville. By this union they have four children: Fred, Basil, Ralph and Frank. He has been school director and supervisor of the township, and is trustee and superintendent of the Sunday-school in the Had- ley Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he is a Republican.

D. C. HADLEY, farmer and stock dealer, Hadley, Penn., is a son of David and Jane (Robinson) Hadley. David Hadley, the father of our subject, was born in Sussex County, N. J., in 1806. In 1817 his father, John Had- ley, moved to Columbiana County, Ohio. About, 1843 David came to Mercer County and purchased a tract of land in what is now Perry Township. He followed his trade of shoemaking, and he and his family engaged in clearing up and settling the land, erecting saw-mills, etc. He was prominently identi- fied with the building of the village of Hadley, which is named after him, and in getting the railroad station located there, donating the land for that pur- pose. He also built several miles of the road, and was one of the first stock- holders. He held the office of justice of the peace for many years. He was one of the organizers of the Hadley Presbyterian Church, and was ruling elder for many years. Mr. Hadley was thrice married. His first wife, Jane Robinson, died July 15, 1874. Their family consisted of seven children: William R., of Hadley, being the eldest; John D. and Robinson T., of Sharps- ville; Robert B., David C., Sophia A. (wife of Ezra Boyd, of Perry Town- ship), Jane (wife of S. H. Lyons, of Ohio). His second wife, Hannah Kelso, died April 15, 1876. David Hadley died December 2, 1884, and his third wife is still living at Grand Island, Neb. Our subject was born in Hubbard Town- ship, Trumbull Co., Ohio, March 6, 1843. He was reared in Perry Town- ship, this county, and educated in the township schools. He was bred a farmer, which he has always followed, and in 1873 he engaged in dealing in stock, which he has since continued. In 1865 he married Miss Evaline, daughter of Thomas and Jane Morrison, of Perry Township. By this union they have had two children, one of whom, Edwin T., was killed by accident at the age of fifteen years, and Warren M. lives at home. They also have one daughter by adoption, Josie E. Smock. Mr. Hadley occupied his pres- ent farm since 1873. He and family are members of the Presbyterian Church, and politically he is a Democrat, as was also his father.

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History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present, Part 154

Author: Publication date: 1888 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk Number of Pages: 1288

Author:
Publication date: 1888
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Brown, Runk
Number of Pages: 1288