Joseph McFadden

MCFADDEN, JAMISON, MARSHALL, HOYT, LAUMAN

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Date: 5/13/2009 at 14:57:46

1889 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF
SHELBY AND AUDUBON COUNTIES, IOWA
W. S. DUNBAR & CO., PUBLISHERS
113 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO

pages 725-726

JOSEPH McFADDEN, a successful
farmer and stock-raiser, was born in
Fayette County, Pennsylvania, April 1,
1853. He is the youngest son of Joseph and
Mary (Jamison) McFadden. Joseph McFad-
den, the father, was born in Pennsylvania,
and is a descendant of a Scotch-Irish family.
The mother, Mary Jamison, was also born in
Pennsylvania, and after her marriage to Mr.
McFadden they settled in Fayette County,
where they lived until they removed to Mc-
Donough County, Illinois; here they lived
on a farm for six years, and in 1872 they
removed to Audubon County, Iowa, and set-
tled on a farm now owned by Mr. Shingle-
decker in the east part of the township of
Leroy; at that time this place was raw prairie,
and here Mr. McFadden passed the remainder
of his days. He died October 4, 1886, in his
ninety-third year, and was active in mind and
body until within six months of his death.
When eighty years of age he made a hand
in the harvest field. He was a kind husband,
an indulgent father, and a generous neighbor.
His wife is still living, and makes her home
in Shelby County with her daughter, Mrs.
Andrew Marshall. Joseph McFadden, Jr.,
the subject of this sketch, was thirteen years
old when he removed to Illinois with his
parents; at the age of nineteen the family
removed to Audubon County, and his serv-
ices being valuable on the farm his school
days were cut short; he was well trained in
agricultural pursuits. He continued to live
with his parents until May, 1886, when he
was married to Miss Abbie Hoyt, daughter of
Francis and Elizabeth (Lauman) Hoyt. Her
parents now reside in Melville Township, Au-
dubon County, and are natives of Connecticut
and Pennsylvania respectively. Mr. and Mrs.
McFadden are the parents of one son -- Francis
Hoyt McFadden. After his marriage Mr.
McFadden settled on his present farm of
eighty acres, which he has developed from
raw prairie land into choice, well-improved
land on which he has built a good residence.
He is a very successful stock feeder, fattening
from a half to a car-load of cattle annually.
Mr. McFadden votes with the Republicans,
and takes an active part in elections. Mrs.
McFadden was born April 22, 1862, at Ot-
tawa, La Salle County, Illinois.