John Gaddis and Rachel Davis

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Husband John Gaddis ¹

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           Born:  - North Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA
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         Father: Robert Gaddis (Abt 1742-      ) 1
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Wife Rachel Davis ¹

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           Born:  - Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA
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Children

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1 M James Gaddis ¹

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2 M Robert Gaddis ¹

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           Born: Oct 1809 - North Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Sarah Carter (1812-1887) 1

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3 F Sison Gaddis ¹

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           Died: 6 Oct 1882 - Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: John Gaddis (1788-1868) 2 3

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4 F Priscilla Gaddis ¹

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         Spouse: Thomas D. Dixson (      -      ) 1

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5 F Sarah Gaddis ¹

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         Spouse: Caleb Fry (      -      ) 1

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6 F Mary Gaddis ¹

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         Spouse: Caleb Campbell (      -      ) 1

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7 U [Infant] Gaddis ¹

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8 U [Infant] Gaddis ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John Gaddis

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He was known as "Muddy Run John," to distinguish him from others of the same name, John being a favorite name in the Gaddis family. He was a farmer all his life, in North Union, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Baptist church, a strict observer of the sanctity of the Sabbath, and although living five or six miles from his church, did not miss a Sunday service for twenty-five years. On Saturday afternoon he and his family would begin preparation for the Sabbath; no cooking was done that day, everything for Sunday meals being cooked on Saturday; no work of any kind, not even shaving or blacking boots, was allowed on the farm-nothing but feeding and watering the stock. His life was ordered on the strictest line of Christian duty and self-sacrifice; withal he was just and generous, hard working, but asking none to do more than he did himself.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 27.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 29.

3 Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Nelson, Rishforth & Co., 1888), Pg 607.