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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of Mrs. Louisa Amanda (FARWELL) CHADDOCK 

[Surnames: BARRETT, BEAN, CHADDOCK, FARWELL, HOWELL, MATHEWS, MERCER, WILKINSON] 

CHADDOCK, MRS. LOUISA AMANDA (FARWELL) 

    
She is the daughter of John Farwell (whose biography appears on another page of this volume), was born in Woodland Twp., Fulton Co., on Apr 17, 1855, and was educated in the public schools. On Dec. 18, 1872 she was united in marriage to James Chaddock, a native of Vermont, IL, and who was born on April 16, 1848. Mr. Chaddock represents one of the fine pioneer families of Fulton County and is a son of James Chaddock who was born in Ohio in 1799. The elder Chaddock came to Vermont while there was little to attract the young man of purpose and ambition, before public thoroughfares existed and while still the wigwam was a familiar feature of the landscape. The timbered regions of the far stretching prairies constituted a hunter's paradise, and no fear of starvation confronted the man who could handle a gun and prepare a frontier feast. At first his habitation was of rude logs, as rudely fashioned together. and on many occasions his barnyard was visited by slender deer in quest of food. he later built a frame structure, surrounded himself and family with ever increasing advantages, and finally became the owner of 240 acres. Into all his transactions he carried the integrity and consideration of those of the Quaker faith, in which he was born and which remained his creed forever after. He was a Republican in politics. 
    
He was thrice married, his first wife being Lida MERCER, born in Ohio in 1831, and of the union were seven children:
John, deceased
Robert and Sarah, twins, living in Kansas
Martha, deceased wife of Joseph BARRETT, also deceased
Rebecca, deceased wife of E. MATHEWS, of Vermont Twp.
The second Mrs. Chaddock was Dora BEAN, born in Ohio in 1815, and of this union were seven children:
James Jr.
Joseph, a resident of Kansas
Rachel, wife of Louis HOWELL, and who died in Ipava in 1875
Mary, who died in Evanston
Henry, a resident of Canada
George and Lida, who died in infancy.
    
The third marriage of Mr. Chaddock was Ellen WILKINSON, of Vermont, IL, born in 1818. There were no children of this union.
    
James Chaddock, Jr., husband of Louisa Amanda FARWELL, is one of the prominent retired farmers of Astoria. He has served as Justice of the Peace, and Road Commissioner. Like his father he is a Republican, and though not a Quaker, he shares the high moral standards and benevolent tendencies of the older man.