Henry M. Hadley (1841 - 1924)

Born 11 Jul 1841 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 8 Jan 1924 at age 82 in Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Henry was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1841, the son of Samuel Hadley and Ann Munroe. His mother died when he was about 7 years old.

He enlisted to serve in the Civil War when he was 20 years old. He mustered in as a Private in Company E of the Massachusetts 13th Infantry on July 16, 1861. He was discharged at Boston, Mass., on August 1, 1864, at the end of his 3 year term.

He married Adelaide Jordan, daughter of George and Emma (Noyes) Jordan, in 1866.^[1] They were living in Portland, Maine, in 1870, where Henry worked as a glass packer.^[2] They soon returned to Boston, where both of their sons were born. Henry, born in 1873, died when he was 5 years old.

Henry worked as a paper hanger, the occupation of his father, in 1880^[3]; a janitor in Boston in 1900^[4]; and by 1910 he was living in Somerville, MA, with his wife. The 1920 census shows him working as a nightwatchman for a safety vault. He was 78 years old at the time.^[5]

Henry died in Chelsea, MA, in 1924. His final resting place is not known.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N4Q6-JSM : 24 May 2018), Henry M. Hadley and Adelaide H. Jordan, 28 Nov 1866
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6DX-JWQ : 12 April 2016), Henry M Hadley, Maine, United States
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHXJ-HH1 : 26 August 2017), Henry M Hadley, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9YM-7MK : accessed 29 May 2018), Henry M Hadley, Precinct 1 Boston city Ward 5, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX1N-DRD : accessed 29 May 2018), Henry M Hadley, Somerville Ward 5, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

• "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1B-P4BC : 16 March 2018), Henry M Hadley, 1892.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDSS-Q6B : 12 April 2016), Henry S Hadley in household of Samuel P Hadley, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States