Husband Albert Gaddis 1
Born: 30 May 1849 - Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
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Father: Robert Gaddis (1809-1895) 2
Mother: Sarah Carter (1812-1887) 2
Marriage: 25 Oct 1871 3
Wife Esther Jones 4
Born: - North Union Twp, Fayette Co, PA
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Father: John Jones (1802-1892) 3 5
Mother: Jane Van Horn (1802-1879) 4 5
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1 F Jane Carter Gaddis 3
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2 U [Infant] Gaddis 3
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General Notes: Husband - Albert Gaddis
He was educated in the Bute district school, Madison Academy and the State Normal School, at California, Pennsylvania. His early life was passed on the farm, but after leaving school he taught two years (1866-67) in the public school. He then located in Monongahela City, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the grocery business, being senior partner of the firm Gaddis & Marsh. He continued there five years, then sold out to his partner and moved to a farm near Fayette City.
For the next two years he cultivated a farm with his brother-in-law, Mr. Patton. In 1879 he removed to a farm in North Union township, where he then resided for many years. He continued there seven years until 1886, then in partnership with Ami G. Thomas he bought the flouring mill in Uniontown that stood across the street from the later site of the Baltimore & Ohio depot. In March of the same year Mr. Thomas died, and on July 3d following, the mill was totally destroyed by fire. In the autumn of 1886 he formed a partnership with his brothers-in-law, B. V. and Samuel W. Jones, and built a mill on Mill street, in Uniontown. In February, 1887, the mill was finished and until 1906 the firm of A. Gaddis & Company operated it with most gratifying results to the owners. Mr. Gaddis was chief manager, and during the last years of their existence were running at an annual business of $300,000. They controlled local markets and furnished the finest brands of flour then known. In 1906 they sold the mill and business to Hogsett & Hankins and dissolved partnership. In 1897 Mr. Gaddis assisted in the organization of the Second National Bank of Uniontown, and for several years served on the board of directors. In 1901 he was one of the principal organizers of the Citizens' Title & Trust Company, which he served as president from its organization. They opened for business in November, 1901, and had a very prosperous existence.
Mr. Gaddis devoted his principal energy to this institution, having offices in the bank building, where he was always to be found during banking hours. He had, however, many important interests not connected with finance. He was a director and vice-president of the Waltersburg Coke Company; director of the Prospect Coke Company; president of W. A. Stone Coal & Coke Company; director of the Fayette Real Estate Company; president of the Uniontown Building & Loan Association; director and vice-president of the Uniontown Grocery Company; president of the Gaddis Coal Company, which owned fifteen thousand acres of coal land in Monroe County, Ohio; director of the Belton Coal Company.
He was a strong Prohibitionist, having cast his fortunes with that party from its very early days. While others faltered and turned back, he courageously adhered to his principles and could fitly be termed one of the "Old Guard" that "dies but never surrenders."
He became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at the age of seventeen years. He was sent as a delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church held in Chicago, Illinois, in 1900. This was a well deserved honor to a faithful Methodist. He was fraternally an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Royal Arcanum.