Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Illustrated
1908, and the History of Fulton County, by Newton Bateman, LL.D. and
Paul Selby, A.M., Edited by Jesse Hevlin
Chaddock, Mrs. Louisa Amanda (Farwell) She is the daughter of
John Farwell (whose biography appears on another page of this volume),
was born in Woodland Twp., Fulton Co., on Apr 17, 1855, and was
educated in the public schools.
On Dec. 18, 1872 she was united in marriage to James Chaddock, a
native of Vermont, IL, and who was born on April 16, 1848. Mr. Chaddock
represents one of the fine pioneer families of Fulton County and is a
son of James Chaddock who was born in Ohio in 1799.
The elder Chaddock came to Vermont while there was little to
attract the young man of purpose and ambition, before public
thoroughfares existed and while still the wigwam was a familiar feature
of the landscape. The timbered regions of the far stretching prairies
constituted a hunter's paradise, and no fear of starvation confronted
the man who could handle a gun and prepare a frontier feast. At first
his habitation was of rude logs, as rudely fashioned together, and on
many occasions his barnyard was visited by slender deer in quest of
food. He later built a frame structure, surrounded himself and family
with ever increasing advantages, and finally became the owner of 240
acres. Into all his transactions he carried the integrity and
consideration of those of the Quaker faith, in which he was born and
which remained his creed forever after.
He was a Republican in politics.
He was thrice married, his first wife being Lida Mercer, born in
Ohio in 1831, and of the union were seven children: John, deceased,
Robert and Sarah, twins, living in Kansas, Martha, deceased wife of
Joseph Barrett, also deceased, Rebecca, deceased wife of E. Mathews, of
Vermont Twp.
The second Mrs. Chaddock was Dora Ben, born in Ohio in 1815, and
of this union were seven children: James Jr., Joseph, a resident of
Kansas, Rachel, wife of Louis Howell, and who died in Ipava in 1875,
Mary, who died in Evanston, Henry, a resident of Canada, George and
Lida, who died in infancy.
The third marriage of Mr. Chaddock was Ellen Wilkinson, of
Vermont, Ill., born in 1818. There were no children of this union.
James Chaddock, Jr., husband of Louisa Amanda Farwell, is one of
the prominent retired farmers of Astoria. He has served as Justice of
the Peace, and Road Commissioner. Like his father he is a Republican,
and though not a Quaker, he shares the high moral standards and
benevolent tendencies of the older man.
submitted by Sara Hemp
