Jeremiah Hadley, son of Joshua Hadley and Ruth Lindley. Born Oct 16, 1777 at Chatham County, North Carolina, died Jun 15, 1846, 68 years Married 1800 (45 or 46 years married) to: Mary Hornaday Born Nov 23, 1780, died Jun 26, 1863, 82 years Children: 3. John HadleyBorn Nov 27, 1804 at Guilford Co., North Caro, died Mar 5, 1863, 58 years HADLEY, JOHN (deceased), born in Chatham Co., N.C., Nov. 27, 1804, died March 5, 1863; son of Jeremiah (who entered over 1,000 acres of land in and around Plainfield), and Mary Hornaday; settled here in 1824. Married Aug. 12, 1824, in Butler Co., Ohio, to Edith Carter, deceased; again, Aug. 18, 1839, to Mrs. Lydia Gunn, Rush Co., Ind., born Nov. 1, 1808; eight children by first wife, one by second--Mordecai, d. May 28, 1855; Mary Ann Hornaday, deceased; Nancy J. Harding, Jeremiah Watson, deceased; Derinda, deceased; Telitha, Minerva J., Almond, Martha D. Branan (by second wife); Lydia Gunn had two children by first husband--Emma J. Wier, b. Sept. 12, 1833, and John L., b. March 16, 1837. Submitted by Meredith Thompson (Scotlass94@aol.com) Biographies of Guilford Township 4. Ann HadleyBorn Mar 9, 1807 at Guilford Co., North Caro 5. Elias HadleyBorn Aug 5, 1809 at Guilford Co., North Caro, died Dec 8, 1884, 75 years ELIAS HADLEY, deceased, was one of the early settlers of Hendricks County. He was born in Chatham County, N.C., Aug. 5, 1809, a son of Jeremiah and Mary Hadley. When he was three years of age his parents moved to Butler County, Ohio and subsequently to Hendricks County, Ind., and settled in Guilford Township, where they both died. Oct. 14, 1829, Elias Hadley was married, in Butler County, Ohio, to Miss Cox, daughter of Mordecai and Nancy Cox, a native of Butler County, born in 1814. After his marriage he settled on a tract of wild land which is now the site of Plainfield, but at that time was heavily timbered. He cleared and improved a farm, which he subsequently sold and bought one north of Plainfield, where he lived till 1874, when he rented his farm and moved to the village and lived retired from active business till his death, Dec. 8, 1884. The farm contains 180 acres of valuable land, all under cultivation. To Mr. and Mrs. Hadley were born sixteen children, six sons and ten daughters, twelve of whom are living--S------, Hiram, Nancy, Mary, Jane, David, Enos, Emma, Susan, Addie, Oscar and Arthur. Mr. Hadley was a member of the Christian Church fifty years and his wife is a member of the same denomination. HISTORY OF HENDRICKS CO. INDIANA 1885 - GUILFORD TWP. SUBMITTED BY: Tracy Turek 6. Enos HadleyBorn Feb 5, 1812 at Butler co., Ohio 7. Jane HadleyBorn Oct 17, 1813 at Butler co., Ohio 8. Orpha HadleyBorn Jul 12, 1817 at Butler co., Ohio 9. Uriah HadleyBorn Jul 12, 1820 at Butler co., Ohio |