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W. B. Hadley
W. B. Hadley, Quaker Chair Company, was born in Clinton County, Ohio, in 1830, a son of Jacob and Mary (Butler) Hadley, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter a native of Georgia, and a daughter of Bail Butler, an early settler of Wayne County, Ind. They died in Clinton County, Ohio. Seven children were born to them, our subject being the third child. He was reared to farm life, receiving only a common-school education. He first engaged in merchandizing in his native county, and later was in the oil business in Pennsylvania. He moved to Richmond in 1866, and engaged in the grain trade, but later in the mercantile business. He then manufactured hubs and spokes till 1879, since which he has been in the chair factory. His wife's name was Rebecca J. Bradley. They are the parents of two daughters.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2