Obit: Hadley,
Allen J. (1853 - 1935)
Contact: Crystal Wendt
Email: crystal@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Hadley, Storey, Flora, Halmstead, Genung, Boardman, Anderson, Evenson, Biddle, Baker
----Sources: Neillsville Press (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.) 4 April 1935
Hadley, Allen J. (21 March 1853 - 26 March 1935)
Allen J. Hadley died at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Ovid Homstead at Neenah, March 26, 1935, at the age of 82 years, having reached the mark on March 21. The immediate cause of his death being pneumonia and pleurisy. He had not been well since he was in an automobile accident in the fall of 1933, and was in a Chippewa Falls hospital for over a year. Since then he had lived with his granddaughter.
He was born in Erie County, New York, March 21, 1853, and came to Wisconsin, near Eau Claire when a small child. Several years later he moved to Eau Claire and ran a ferry, taking people across the Chippewa River before bridges were built. He later operated a saw mill at Boyd, many years and then to Eidsvold where he had a store, a saw mille and later a farm.
In 1881, he was married to Miss Imogene Storey, who died nine years ago. Two children were born to them, a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Flora, who preceded him in death in 1922, and a son, Earl, who lives at Proctor, Minn. Besides his son, Earl, he leaves his granddaughter, Mrs. Ovid Halmstead (nee Opal Flora) also other grandchildren and two brothers, Ed and Frank Hadley, of Tillamook, Ore. The body was brought to Stanley for burial. Services were held from the Presbyterian Church with Rev. E. S. Genung officiating.
The pallbearers were, Erve and Vedell Boardman, Gust Anderson, Christ Evenson, Melvin Biddle and Frank Baker.
1900 Federal Census, Thorp, Clark, WI ED 30
Allen Hadley Male 47 Married White Head A 14 18 Mar 1853 NY 1882 NY NY
Imogene Hadley Female 39 Married White 2 Wife 2 A 14 18 Mar 1861 WI 1882 NY NY
Myrtle Hadley Female 17 Single White Daughter A 14 Sep 1883 WI NY WI
Earl Hadley Male 11 Single White Son A 14 Jul 1889
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Bio: Hadley, Earl Allen (1889-1964)
Name Earl Allen Hadley, WWI Private
Sex Male
Event Date 1917-1918
Event Place Clark, WI, United States
Event Place (Original) United States, WI, Clark County
Citizenship Place United States
Birth Date 4 Jul 1889
Birthplace Eidsvold, WI, United States
Death: 6 Dec 1964 (aged 75)
Burial: Oneota Cemetery, Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota, USA
Postcard sent to Earl Hadley from "Jim"
*Contain his WWI draft record
Military Service
Event Place Duluth, St. Louis, MN, United States
Event Place (Original) Duluth, Minn
Name Earle Allen Hadley
Enlistment Date 2 Aug 1917
Birth Date 4 Jul 1889
Birthplace Eidsvold, Clark, WI
Military Rank Private
Military Service Branch Army
Military Unit Co. D, 10th Engineers, Unassigned
Father's Name Allen J Hadley
Father's Sex Male
Father's Birthplace US
Mother's Name Imogene Hadley
Mother's Sex Female
Mother's Birthplace US
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