Elizabeth (Brown) Hadley (1840 - 1922)

Born 15 Jan 1840 in Mooresville, Indiana

Ancestors

Wife of Calvin Hadley — married 26 Aug 1860 in Guilford, Hendricks County, Indiana

Died 17 Apr 1922 at age 82 in Baldwin City, Kansas [uncertain]

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Biography

Elizabeth "Eliza" Brown was born January 15, 1840 in Morgan County, Indiana to Hance and Abby Doan Brown. She had an older brother named Rufus. More brothers and sisters were born: Melissa, James Martin, ^[1] John, Wilson and then unnamed twin sons, who died shortly after birth. The twins were delivered March 21, 1851. Sadly, their mother died and they did not survive. Abby died March 21, 1851. ^[2] She was buried March 24, 1851 in Friends Cemetery, now White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Indiana. There are two graves for infant sons near hers. Another grave is marked "Son of H & A Brown", it was for Wilson, interred July 20,1851. ^[3].

In 1850, the Brown family lived in Hendricks County, Indiana. Eliza was ten years old. The census reports her mother was born in Indiana, and her father was born in North Carolina. Their children were all born in Indiana. ^[4]

Eliza lived in Plainfield, Guilford Township, Hendricks County at the time of the 1860 census. Hance Brown, her father married for the second time. He and Melinda Love were married in 1852. They had three more sons: Clarence, and twins, Ira and Alfred. Her family and John Hadley's family were neighbors. ^[5]

Calvin Hadley and Eliza, daughter of Hance Brown and Abigail Doan, were married August 26, 1860.^[6] Calvin was the son of Joab Hadley and Mary Pickett. Mary Pickett married second Jacob Chandler. The Chandler family were prominent in the Quaker community. ^[7] Eliza and Calvin Hadley had three children: Joab (1861), Mary (1864) and Larry (1875). All three were born in Indiana.

In 1880, Eliza and Calvin Hadley and their family lived in Palmyra, Douglas County, Kansas. Calvin was a farmer. The children still at home were Mary and Lara L.[Larry]. ^[8]

Calvin died January 29, 1897. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas.^[9]

Eliza Hadley and her son Lee were recorded living together on the farm in the 1900 and 1910 census records in Palmyra, Kansas. ^{[10] [11]}

In 1920, Eliza Hadley was living with her son, Lee L., his wife, Lydia, and children, Marie and Leo in Palmyra, Kansas. ^[12]

Eliza Brown Hadley died April 17, 1922. She was buried next to Calvin in Oakwood Cemetery, Baldwin City, Douglas County, Kansas, USA. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Harding, Dora Brown,"Recollections", personal paper, copy from the collection of Allen Brown.
2. ↑ Neidigh, M Maggie Pygman Neidigh, "Abigail Brown Find A Grave Memorial # 52248267" Record added: May 11, 2010, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=52248267&PIpi=28634293
3. ↑ Earlham College; Richmond, Indiana; Burials, 1820-1870; Collection: Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original Data: • Indiana Yearly Meeting Minutes. Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana.
4. ↑ "1850 Federal Census, Guilford, Hendricks, Indiana; Roll: M432_150; Page: 104B; Image: 216." Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original Data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5. ↑ "1860 FederalCensus Place: Guilford, Hendricks, Indiana; Roll: M653_265; Page: 593; Image: 119; Family History Library Film: 803265". Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original Data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
6. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V8MW-9WM : 21 January 2016), Calvin Hadley and Eliza Brown, 26 Aug 1860; citing Hendricks, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,316,562.
7. ↑ Hadley, John Vestal, "History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Her People, ,Industries and Institutions" B. F. Bowen and Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, 1914, page 332, https://archive.org/details/historyofhendric00hadl
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFPY-8T9 : 14 July 2016), Eliza Hadley in household of Calvin Hadley, Palmyra, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 73, sheet 183D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0380; FHL microfilm 1,254,380.
9. ↑ Mc, F, "Calvin Hadley Find A Grave Memorial # 55598776, Record added: Jul 29, 2010, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55598776,
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMTN-ZQ6 : 20 January 2015), Eliza Hadley, Palmyra Township (south part), Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 50, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,479.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M2CQ-R76 : 20 October 2015), Eliza Hadley in household of Leo Hadley, Palmyra, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 74, sheet 4B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,451.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF6H-RXV : 14 December 2015), Eliza Hadley in household of Lee L Hadley, Palmyra, Douglas, Kansas, United States; citing sheet 5B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,531.
13. ↑ Mc, F, "Eliza Brown Hadley Find A Grave Memorial # 55598776, Record added: Jul 29, 2010, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55598490