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Born 1832
From History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885), History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906)
CALVIN HALLADAY, merchant, Lima, was born June 4, 1832, in Suffield, Conn. His father, Edmond T. Halladay, a native of Connecticut, was twice married, first to Caroline Noble, who bore him four sons: Horace, Calvin, Albert and George. Mrs. Halladay dying in 1840, he married for his second wife Miss Clarissa Kendall, and by this union there were three children, of whom only Edmond, a representative in the State Legislature of Connecticut, is now living. Our subject was educated in his native town. He came to Ohio in 1848, and was bound out to a Mr. King, also a native of Connecticut, the indenture being that he should receive $35 and board for first year, which should be increased
$10 each year until he received $100. After completing his time he started out for himself. He was married, September 19,1854, to Isabella Kincaid, by whom he has three children: Edgar B. (married to Ella, daughter of L. Reichelderfer, have two children — Clara and Calvin), Fannie K. (wife of Thomas Shaw), and Leila (unmarried). Calvin Halladay was a member of the firm of Harriot & Halladay eight months, with B. P. Holmes one year, when the firm became Halladay & Brown, which partnership lasted fourteen years, the firm again becoming Halladay & Holmes, which continued until the latter’s death, when the business was sold to A. C. Stutson. After three months our subject entered a store in Hardin County, where he remained three years, and then returned to Lima (his family having resided there during his absence), and has since done business on Main Street here. He is a successful business man, had but $2,000 to start with, and has always been able to pay 100 cents on the dollar.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
ALVIN HALLADAY. Among the early business men of Lima, none was held in higher esteem than the late Calvin Halladay, whose death took place April 30, 1900. He was born at Suffield, Connecticut, June 4, 1832, and was the second of four sons born to his parents, Edmond T. and Caroline (Noble) Halladay.
Although Connecticut was his birthplace, it was in Ohio that Calvin Halladay was developed into the capable young business man and still later into the prominent citizen and capitalist. When he came to Ohio, in 1848, he was 16 years of age, just out of school and dependent on his own resources. He entered into an apprenticeship agreement with a Mr. King, with whom he remained during the stipulated term, providently saving what he could of his meagre salary, so that he was possessed of a small capital when ready to engage in business for himself. His first partnership was as the junior member of the firm of Harriot & Halladay, merchants at Lima, which continued but eight months, when he went into partnership first with B. P. Holmes and later with a Mr. Browm the firm of Halladay & Brown doing business here for 14 years. The firm style was then changed to Halladay & Holmes and this partnership continued with great prosperity, until the death oUB. P. Holmes, when Mr. Halladay sold his interest to A. C. Stutson.
After closing up his business affairs at Lima, Mr. Halladay went into a mercantile business in Hardin County, where he continued for three years, never removing his residence, however, from this city. Subsequently he returned to Lima and resumed a business here on Main street, in which he was more or less interested until his death. He was a man of exceptional business ability and built up a large estate. Strict honesty in business dealings, loyalty to his friends and care in the promotion of the welfare of his family made him personally respected and esteemed, while his strict sense of justice and responsibility made him an ideal citizen.
Mr. Halladay was married on September 19, 1854, to Isabella Kincaid, and they had three children, as follows: Edgar B., residing in Chicago, who has two children — Clara and Calvin; Fannie K., wife of Thomas R. Shaw, an oil operator of Lima, who has two sons — Ralph and Allan; Lelia, wife of John C. Winchester, a merchant clothier of London, Ohio, who has two sons — Fred and James. Mrs. Halladay, one of the city’s most highly respected ladies, resides in her comfortable and well-appointed home at No. 751 West Spring street. Mr. Halladay was a 33rd degree Mason and very prominent in the business and social circles of the city.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Main Street
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