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- JOSEPH SHADLE settled in Fulton County in 1845. He is a son of Phillip and Mary Shadle, the former of Pennsylvania, the latter of Ireland, and was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1815. He was married in the same state, October 18, 1833 to Jane Burke, daughter of Joseph and Rebecca Burke, the former of Connecticut, the latter of Maryland, who was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 29, 1812. Their family consists of ten children: Hosea, Richard, William Allen, Ferdinand,Luther, Harvey, Rebecca, Mary A. Emiline, and Florence. Richard enlisted in the Union army in the 14th Regiment O.V.I. in 1861. Hosea enlisted in Company A., 67th Regiment O.V.I. in 1861 and was discharged on account of poor health after serving nine months. Allen enlisted in the 100th Regiment O.V.I. in 1861 and was discharged on account of poor health after six months. Ferdinand enlisted in the 10th Ohio Cavalry, in 1862 and was honorably discharged in 1865. Mr. Shadle has filled the offices of county commissioner, justice of the peace, and constable. Post-office, Ottokee. Business, farmer and county commissioner, section 35. (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohfulton/AtlasBioPg3.html#shad)
JOSEPH SHADLE CENTENARY.
A memorial meeting August 16,
1915 of the Shadle children, grand,
great grand, great great grand and
great great great grand children met
on the old home place now owned by
Harvey Shadle. After a bountiful
dinner a letter from Philip. Shadle
of Wells County, Indiana an only
uncle, he being over ninety years of
age was read. Also one from Flor
ence Miley of Bellaire, Michigan the
babe of the family expressing re
grets for not being present then fol
lowed this history of our father.
The subject of this sketch Joseph
Shadle, son of Philip and Mary Mc-
Glade Shadle was born in Lebanon
County, Pennsylvania, one hundred
years ago was married to Jane Burk
October 17, 1833 at the age of 18
years. At that time he was the sole
owner of an ax and gun. He began
married life by doing days work,
often receiving 40 cents per day for
his labor cutting cord wood. He con
tributed a share of his earnings to
father until he was 21 years of
age. In 1836 they left Pennsylvania
and went west, locating in Wayne
County, Ohio, where they lived on a
rented farm until November 1845,
then located in Dover township where
he purchased this home place of 160
acres. Securing a deed of Uncle
Sam by paying four hundred dollars
his first investment and his first
home, where five of us children were
born, making a family of ten chil
dren, Hosea, Richard, Rebecca (now
in higher life), Allen, Ferdinand (al
so in higher life) , Emeline, Mary
Luther. Harvey, and Florence all
present except Florence.
He began a busy life, keeping the
older boys interested on the farm,
He did carpenter work at $1.00 per
day often working fourteen and six
teen hours per day in connection with
this work he made walnut coffins cas
kets now) for an established price of
one dollar per foot, one particular one
being six feet long the price six dol
lars when complete was the talk of
the surrounding county, (compare
present prices). In 1864 the court
house in Ottokee was burned then he
began manufacturing brick on the
home place now known as the brick
yard field. In 1865 he furnished brick
for a new court house and office built
by Hiram Pritchard. By his untiring
effort" and hard work he made it
possible for his ten children to have
homes. He lived to see it accom
plished. During the Civil War each
night he would wend his way to the
Probate Office in Ottokee to hear
the war news read from the New
York Tribune it being the only daily
in the town and that cost eleven
dollars per year paid for by con
tribution and read by O. B. Verity.
Each night found the same company
to listen to the news to be repeated
after returning home. He was in
terested in politics and in advance
ment of schools and churches con
tributing liberally to all. The home
was ever open to the poor and less
fortunate, no one leaving the door
hungry. As a pioneer he was in
terested in ' the development of his
town and county and contributed
liberally of labor to secure good
roads. He was first in the town
ship, perhaps in the county to make
what was then called blind ditches,
that were made with poles and slabs
of wood to fit the ditch. Later came
the well known tile and I am safe
in saying he has made miles of tile
ditches. History tells us he was
many time honored, in his township
in the office of trustee, justice of the
peace and land appraiser twice hon
ored by the county with the office
of county commissioner; during his
administration our county jail was
built and our county Infirmary es
tablished. Many frame buildings
.of his work still stand after fifty-
eight years and longer.
His education was limited; was
practical a close observer of human
nature and learned something from
all he came - in contact with. The
last years of his earth life he was
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JOSEPH SHADLE CENTENARY.
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an ardent prohibitionist always had
a word for the abolishing of the li
quor traffic. He raised six boys and
none of them addicted to drink.
Where is there a family with a bet
ter showing in that direction. In 1878
he was one of the first of two hun
dred and eighty-eight to sign a tem
perance pledge at Ottokee and was
an untiring worker ever after in the
defense of home. He was prominent
as a harmonizer among his fellow-
men in business life and often in the
homes. He was given the name of
peace-maker, by Mrs. J. C. Aldrich,
He acquired one thousand and two
acres of land, and the wonder of it
is there never was a mortgage on
any part of it but some times he had
to borrow money the second time to
make one payment. His knowledge
of the principles of spiritualism was
firm. He affirmed the existence of
a supreme intelligence, or soul
force in the universe. Also that
this soul force is omnipresent and
the source of life visible and invisible
that the moral responsibility rests on
each individual that no one can es
cape the just penalty of wrong doing.
At present there are living eight
children, twenty-two grand children,
eiehtv great grandchildren, twenty-
six great great grandchildren, twelve
great great great grand children.
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1815 - 1901 (86 years)
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