Shadley, David Shannon

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• his Biography was published in the Portrait and Biographical Album of Osceola County in 1884 in Osceola Couny, Michigan, USA. ¹

David Shadley, farmer, lumberman, and stockman, resident on section 24, Hartwick Township, was born Dec. 26, 1841, in Hardin Co., Ohio. He is of German and Irish descent, and his parents were natives of the State of Virginia. They came later to Ohio, and are now buried in the family burial place in Hardin County.

Mr. Shadley was sent to school while a child, but on acquiring sufficient growth and strength he was called to make practical use of both on his father's farm, where he continued his efforts until his marriage, Feb. 26, 1863, to Elizabeth J. Clark. Her parents, Thomas and Mary (Judah) Clark, were born in Fairfield Co., Ohio.

She was born May 7, 1841 in Fairfield Co., Ohio, and soon after her parients removed to Seneca County in the same State. Ten years later, in 1851, they went to Hardin County, where they now reside and manage extensive farming interests. They are aged 67 and 70 years, and are prominent members of the community to which they belong. Mrs. Shadley was educated in Hardin County, and resided with her parents until her marriage at 19. Her six children wer born in the following order: Clement L., Dec. 27, 1863; Llewellyn M., Aug. 9, 1865; Samantha A., Nov. 8, 1866; Lewis L., May 10, 1869; Esther R., July __, 1871; Homer O., Nov 28, 1876.

In March following his marriage, Mr. Shadley located on a farm in Hardin County, which he conducted four years. They set out from thence in April, 1867, and traversed the entire distance to Hartwick with a team, coming in a pioneer wagon, and consuming 23 days in the trip. There was no thoroughfare built over the last six miles of their route; snow lay four feet deep on the ground, and they had to cut their road into the bush. Their rate of travel was so slow that they were obliged to sleep in their wagon in the dense woods. They had brought with them their household effects, and on arrival at their destination they had no shelter for either themselves or their belongings, and they lived in their wagon until it was possible to contruct a rude house. Mr. Shadley had made a homestead claim of 160 acres, and later bought 160 acres additional, making a splendid farm of a half section in extent, of which 200 acres is in a cultivated condition.

Since his arrival and settlement, Mr. Shadley has operated extensively in several branches of lumbering, and has arrangements completed for "putting in " about 2,000,000 feet in the winter of 1884-5.

He is a Prohibitionist in political opinion, and has been Township Supervisor several years; is now a member of the School Board.

Mrs. Shadley is a member of the sect known as Seventh-Day Adventists.

• Appeared on the 1870 US Census 5 Aug 1870 in Hartwick Township, Osceola County, Michigan, USA, Page: 1.

Name: Shadley, David S.
Age: 29
Sex: M
Color: W
Occupation: Farmer
Value - Real Estate: 1000
Value - Personal Property:
Birth Place: Ohio
Father Foreign Born: N
Mother Foreign Born: N
Month Born in Census Year:
Month Married in Census Year:
Attended School in Census Year:
Can Not Read:
Can Not Write:
Deaf and Dumb, Blind, Insane, or Idiot:
Eligible to Vote: Y
Date of Enumeration:

• Appeared on the 1880 US census 2 Jun 1880 in Hartwick Township, Osceola County, Michigan, USA, Page: 2.

Name: Shadley, David S.
Color: W
Sex: M
Age Prior to June 1: 39
Month of Birth in Census Year:
Relationship: Head of Household
Single: N
Married: Y
Widowed: N
Divorced: N
Married in Census Year: N
Occupation: Farmer
Other Information:
Can't Read or Write: N
Place of Birth: Ohio
Place of Birth Father: Ohio
Place of Birth Mother: Ohio

• Avondale, Osceola County, Michigan, USA, Cherry Valley Cemetery

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David married Elizabeth Jane Clark, daughter of Thomas Clark and Mary Judea, on 26 Feb 1863 in Hardin County, Ohio, USA. (Elizabeth Jane Clark was born on 7 May 1841 in Fairfield County, Ohio, USA, died on 16 Jan 1916 in Avondale, Osceola County, Michigan, USA and was buried in Avondale, Osceola County, Michigan, USA, Cherry Valley Cemetery.)