Dr. John Lemuel Hadley and Gertrude R. French

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Husband Dr. John Lemuel Hadley ¹

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           Born: 13 Feb 1865 - Adamsville, West Fallowfield Twp, Crawford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robinson Taggart Hadley (1834-1908) 2 3
         Mother: Louisa J. Palm (1842-1909) 3

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       Marriage: 1 Jun 1904 - ? Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Gertrude R. French ³

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           Born: 18 Sep 1880 - Clinton, Middlesex Co, CT 3
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         Father: Winfield Scott French (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Mary Barber Vaughan (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Dr. James Edward Hadley ³

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           Born: 1 Jun 1909 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 3
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           Died: Jan 1984 - ? Oil City, Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: Genevieve A. Rowley (1913-      ) 3
           Marr: 3 Jun 1939 3

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2 M John French Hadley ³

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         Spouse: Leah Merritt (      -      ) 3

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3 F Ruth Elizabeth Hadley ³

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         Spouse: Howard Sharp (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Lemuel Hadley

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Public schools of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, furnished his early formal education, and he also attended Mackilwain Institute, at New Lebanon, in 1883 and 1884. After two years there, he taught school for two terms in Mercer County and for one term near Evansville, Wisconsin. He then became associated with the H. G. Cady Agricultural Works, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in the capacity of traveling salesman in the Southern States, so continuing for a year. Next he re­turned to Pennsylvania, settling at Hadley and engaging in farming operations. For a year he was associated with the undertaking firm of John S. Orr in Youngstown, Ohio. Then, in 1889, he went to the Pennsylvania State Normal College, in Edinboro, where he was graduated in 1891. In Bradford, McKean County, he was principal of the Sixth Ward School. In the autumn of 1892 he removed to Pleasantville, where he undertook the task of grading the schools and served for two years as school principal. In the fall of 1894 he turned his attention to the medical profession, entering Cleveland Medical College, in Cleveland, Ohio, which was the homoeopathic department of Ohio State University, in Columbus. In the spring of 1897 he was graduated as a Doctor of Medicine from that institution.
After that time Dr. Hadley devoted his attention in the main to the medical profession, in which he began his career as an interne at Huron Road Hospital, Cleve­land. Passing the State Board examinations in June, 1897, he at once came to Oil City to establish himself in medical practice. There he opened an office for the gen­eral practice of his profession, though as time went on he specialized more and more in obstetrics and pedia­trics. During his years of medical work he brought more than 3,300 babies into the world. He was a member and at one time president of the Venango County Medical Society, vice-president of the Oil City General Hospital staff and a member of the obstetrical staff there, also a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical So­ciety and the American Medical Association. He was a member of the board of directors of the Standard Life Insurance Company of America. A Republican in his political views, he served as a member of the Oil City Board of Health. He belonged to Latonia Lodge, No. 1018, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in Oil City, and was a charter member and past president of the Lions' Club. Particularly active in Lions' Club affairs, he was also a regional director of the organiza­tion, and was a delegate to the Lions' international con­vention in Toronto, Ontario, in 1932. He was a member also of the Protected Home Circle and the Independent Order of Foresters. He attended Christ Protestant Epis­copal Church in Oil City. Hunting and fishing were among Dr. Hadley's favorite pastimes, though he was fond of all kinds of healthful outdoor recreations.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 51.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1123.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 52.