Harlan H. Hadley

As printed in 1882

HARLAN H. HADLEY, farmer, P. 0. Clarksville. Jonathan T. Hadley, the father of our subject, was born about the year 1793, in Chatham County, N. C.; was the son of Simon and Elizabeth Hadley. Simon Hadley’s ancestors emigrated originally from Ireland, and settled somewhere in Pennsylvania, when America still consisted of colonies. Jonathan T. Hadley was reared on a farm. In his early days, he received but a very limited education, but in after years he acquired considerable self-culture. On October 23, 1814, he left his native State and started on his journey for Ohio, arriving here November 10, of the same year. This remarkable journey of about 593 miles, was accomplished in about eighteen days; he having ridden the whole way on horseback, and during that time he was compelled many times to cut his way through the woods and bushes. He came directly to Clinton County, and remained there the following winter. In the following summer of 1815, he raised a crop of corn on some of the land he had cleared. In July of that summer, he started back for his native State, completing the journey this time in about fifteen days, and on horseback, as before. On September 3, of the same year, he again started for the State of Ohio, taking with him nothing but his clothes, books, and a little money, and arriving in Clinton County on the loth of October, completing the journey in about thirty-seven days. About one and one-half months after the date of his arrival, he married Miss Rebecca Harvey, daughter of Isaac and Lydia Harvey, who settled in Clinton County in the fall of 1806, and whose ancestors originally came from Eugland. Isaac Harvey first settled on Todd’s Fork, near where the Springfield Meeting-House is located. Jonathan T. Hadley was the father of nine children, six of whom are living, viz.: Lydia, Samuel L., Simon, Deborah L., Milton, Harlan H.; and three deceased. After he arrived in Clinton County, he first erected a log-cabin, and began clearing oft his land, which consisted of 150 acres, for which he paid about $2.50 per acre, in the clearing of which ho endured a great many hardships and privations. He afterward kept adding to the land which he already possessed until by subsequent purchases he had in his possession at one time about 1,000 acres of land. He was a member of the Friends' Society, and departed this life October 28, 1879. He was a man of remarkable energy and industrious habits; of decided character, and firmness of resolution; honorable and upright in his dealings with his fellow-men. In his death, Clinton County lost one of her worthiest citizens. Harlan II. Hadley, son of Jonathan T., and subject of our sketch, was born October 21, 1835. He was reared to the years of manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In 1858, November 18, he married Miss Susie Kimbrough, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Kimbrough. They are the parents of five children, viz.: Ella, Atwell M., Isaac P., Horace A. and R. Edna. Harlan H. had left to him, by inheritance from his father, about 130 acres of land, located about two miles north of Clarksville, on which farm he is at present located, and by subsequent purchases has at present about 310 acres of land. For the last twenty-five years, he has been extensively engaged in stock-raising. He is a member of the Friends’ Society. In 1862, he was elected Township Trustee, and served about nine years.

As printed in The history of Clinton County, Ohio (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.