Jeremiah Hadley, of the township of Munson , has been a resident in Henry County since the year 1854. He was born in the village of Bunker Hill , in Lincolnshire , England , March 19, 1827 . He remained in the shire where he was born until he had passed the years of his minority, and in 1851 he came to the United States .

   He at first located in Niagra County , N. Y., and settled on a farm near the lake, where he lived until 1854, when he came to Henry County . He operated in the capacity of a renter of farms three years. He then bought land in the township of Osco , which he managed until 1866, when he sold that property, and bought 96 acres on section 19 in Munson Township , on which he now resides. He is at present also the owner of 62 acres additional, situated on section 18 in the same township. The entire acreage is under cultivation of the best type. The buildings are of a class which do credit to the judgment and good sense of the proprietor of the estate.

   Mr. Hadley was joined in marriage with Martha Poppleton, in the State of New York , in 1853. Mrs. Hadley was born in Seasend, Lincolnshire , England , and is the mother of five children, -- John, Brittan (see sketch), Emma, Frank and Lester; John is a resident in Jasper Co., Iowa ; Emma is the wife of Charles Call, of Munson Township . The parents are communicants in the Episcopal Church.

1885 Portrait & Biographical Album of Henry Co., Ill. page 597

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