A Biographical Sketch of
AARON HADFIELD
Aaron Hadfield was born in New Mills, Derbyshire England, on May 27, 1819, to John and Ellen (Rangeley) Hadfield. Aaron married his first wife,
Elizabeth Darbyshire, in England. Aaron and Elizabeth followed other members of the family and immigrated to the United States from England in 1842, settling in Wisconsin. Elizabeth Derbyshire Hadfield died in 1866 in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
Aaron Hadfield From Wisconsin, his siblings and their children branched out to Iowa, the Dakota Territories, Nebraska, Colorado and Washington State.
Aaron and his second wife, Eliza Cooper, came to the Brownsville area in 1869 with their son Arthur, and several children from his previous marriage to Elizabeth Darbyshire.
Mr. Hadfield was a well known farmer in Brownsville, and had been a farmer and land owner there for almost 50 years. He was a very active and strong man.
His second wife, Eliza Cooper Hadfield, died in 1899 and was buried in the Brownsville cemetery on Feb 27, 1899.
Aaron lived until December 1, 1914, and died at Brownsville, Burr Oak Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. At the time of his passing, he was survived by the following children of his first marriage: James Henry of Seattle, Washington; Rangley of Fullerton, Nebraska; Elizabeth (Orr) of Murdo, South Dakota; and Harriet (French) of Osage, Iowa. He was also survived by three sons and two daughters of Eliza Cooper: Arthur Guy of Washington; Bert of Canada; Clifford of Glenburn, North Dakota; Maude (Markham) of Osage, Iowa; and Miss Mertie Hadfield of Brownville--who has kept the family home ever since her mother's death. Aaron Hadfield was buried in the Brownville Cemetery.
It should also be mentioned that Aaron's brother, Joseph Hadfield, owned and operated successful stone quarries in and around Waukesha and north in Lannon, Wisconsin for a number of years. Joseph also served the Chicago area with building materials after the great Chicago fire. A half-brother, William Shaw Hadfield, was a frontiersman in Logan, Colorado, after about 1863. It was also in 1863 that Aaron's father, John, immigrated to Waukesha, Wisconsin with his remaining family.
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Submitted by James Hadfield -- techdoctor@charter.net
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Copyright 2005, James HadfieldEdited by Kermit Kittleson
