BIOGRAPHY

JOSEPH CHADDOCK - OF ALEXANDER, NY

Chaddock, Joseph, P.O. Linden, NY, one of the most enterprising and successful farmers of Alexander, NY, is a son of Luther and Sally (Washburn) Chaddock, and was born in Alexander February 23, 1824. His father and a brother came from New Hampshire to Alexander and bought land of the Holland Land Company. Mr. Chaddock received his education in the public schools of his native town and has devoted his entire life to agriculture. He has never aspired to public office, nor has he held other than assessor of the town. On March 3, 1854, he married Clarissa Merritt; they have three children: Flora, wife of Jay Hammond of Kalamazoo, Mich.; Clara, wife of Frank W. Simonds of Darien; and Mary, wife of Elwood Orcott of Nebraska. Mr. Chaddock is a public spirited man and always ready to support anything for the good of his town or the citizens thereof.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890