ADDY, Charles - 1914

ADDY, HOLDEN, PIERCE

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HISTORY OF
Cherokee County
IOWA
VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1914
by Thomas McCulla

CHARLES ADDY.

Charles Addy, a retired farmer living in Marcus, was born in Jackson county, this state, January 17, 1856. He is a son of John and Sarah (Holden) Addy, natives of Lincolnshire, England. The parents came to America in early life and located in Ohio, where they remained for two years and a half. At the end of that time they moved to Jackson county, this state, and the father purchased land there, operating a farm in that locality until his death, which occurred in November, 1896. He had long survived his wife, whose death occurred in March, 1872.

Charles Addy was reared in Jackson county and acquired his education in the public schools. He remained at home until he was twentytwo years of age and was then for four years a farm hand. On the ist of March, 1882, he came to Cherokee county and bought one hundred and sixty acres on section 19, Sheridan township, paying for this property nine dollars per acre. After he had improved and operated it for one year he sold it at a profit of one thousand dollars and then bought one hundred and sixty acres on section 25, Amherst township, continuing to make his home thereon for a number of years and steadily carrying forward the work of its development along practical and progressive lines. His well directed labors were rewarded by a gratifying measure of success and in 1912 he retired from active life and moved into Marcus, where he purchased a comfortable home four blocks from the business section. He is a stockholder and director of the First National Bank of Marcus and owns eighty acres of land in Sheridan township and one hundred and twenty acres in Marshall county, South Dakota.

On the 25th of April, 1883, Mr. Addy married Miss Bessie Pierce, a daughter of Emanuel Pierce, a native of England, who came to America in early life and located in Wisconsin. He afterward moved to Cherokee county and bought land, which he improved and operated until 1891, when he retired. He moved to Le Mars, Iowa, and there resided until his death, which occurred in April, 1910. During his life he followed mining to a considerable extent, working at that occupation in England and afterward in Michigan, Wisconsin and Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Addy became the parents of four children: A. L., who is farming his fathers property; Stanley C., engaged in agricultural pursuits in Cherokee county; Ivan P., also upon his fathers farm; and Edward, who lives at home.

Mr. Addy is a member of the Methodist church and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is one of the present county board of supervisors in the third year of his service and he has been a trustee of Amherst township several times. The present rest which he is enjoying is well deserved, as it rewards many years of active and well directed labor in the past.