Following a period of active and creditable service in the Union army during the Civil war John J. Chadwick became connected with agricultural interests of Bremer county and for many years thereafter engaged in farming in Frederika township, acquiring in the course of time a competency which now enables him to live retired. He was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, November 4, 1844, and is a son of David and Clarinda L. (Judd) Chadwick, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Ohio. David Chadwick moved to the latter state when he was a young man and after his marriage he and his wife went to Wisconsin, settling in Jefferson county in June, 1845. In 1854 he came to Bremer county, Iowa and entered land, paying for this property one dollar and a quarter per acre. The father afterward sold this farm and moved to Laporte City, where his death occurred when he was sixty-four years of age. His wife has also passed away, her death occurring at Frederika. The father was a democrat in his early years, but during the Civil war, visited his son on the battlefield in Mississippi and thereafter voted the republican ticket. He served as county supervisor for two terms and was for several years township assessor. He and his wife became the parents of six children: John J. of this review; Ann Jane, the deceased wife of Charles Harmon, of Laporte City; Lola L., the widow of A. Countryman, of Portland, Oregon; Gilbert L.,a resident of Nashua, Iowa; Jason D., who makes his home in Frederika township; and Merrit M., of Brandon, Buchanan county.
John J. Chadwick spent his early boyhood upon his father's farm in Wisconsin and came to Bremer county with his parents. On the 22nd of August, 1862, three months before he was eighteen years of age, he enlisted at Waverly in Company B. Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under Captain W.V. Lucas and Colonel W.T. Shaw. His regiment was sent to Dubuque and later to Davenport, whence it was transferred to the southern battlefields. It took part in the engagements of Fort DeRussy, Alexandria, Pleasant Hills, Grand Ecore, Camptee, Kane River, Marksville Plains, Yellow Bayou, Cotile Landing, Tupelo, Coldwater Creek, Old Tom Creek, and Pilot Knob and Leesburg, Missouri. Mr. Chadwick participated in all of these battles and during the period of his services was never wounded or ill. He lay in a trench at Pleasant Hill alongside of Edward O'Brien, for whom the Grand Army post at Tripoli was named, and was beside him when O'Brien's head was shot off. He was discharged at Davenport, November 16, 1864. Following this he returned to Bremer county and after spending one fall operating a threshing machine, purchased a farm in Frederika township. Upon this property he lived for many years thereafter, developing the place along practical lines and meeting with a gratifying degree of success. He continued to make his home upon the place until 1910, when he retired from active life and moved into Tripoli, where he has since resided.
At New Hampton, Iowa, Mr. Chadwick married Miss Ellen Watts, a native of England, and they have become the parents of five children: Arthur L., a machinist of Waterloo, Iowa; Roy W., engaged in the butter-making business at Waterloo; James A., of Waverly; Mabel C., the wife of Herman O'Day, of Chickasaw county; and Ethel, who married Alfred Griffin, of LeRoy township. Mrs. Chadwick is a member of the Episcopal church.
Mr. Chadwick gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as school director and road supervisor. He holds the office of escort in the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and is prominent in the affairs of O'Brien Post, No. 240, G.A.R., of which he has served as commander for twenty-five years. For seven years he has been a member of the Soldiers' Relief Commission and to the best of his ability he keeps in touch with his comrades of fifty years ago. He is one of the early settlers in Bremer county and has witnessed a great deal of its growth and development, in the promotion of which he has borne an active and honorable part. He is one of the representative and important men of Tripoli and his influence is now as always on the side of progress, reform and advancement.
[History of Bremer County, Iowa Vol. II 1914]
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John J. Chadwick spent his early boyhood upon his father's farm in Wisconsin and came to Bremer county with his parents. On the 22nd of August, 1862, three months before he was eighteen years of age, he enlisted at Waverly in Company B. Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under Captain W.V. Lucas and Colonel W.T. Shaw. His regiment was sent to Dubuque and later to Davenport, whence it was transferred to the southern battlefields. It took part in the engagements of Fort DeRussy, Alexandria, Pleasant Hills, Grand Ecore, Camptee, Kane River, Marksville Plains, Yellow Bayou, Cotile Landing, Tupelo, Coldwater Creek, Old Tom Creek, and Pilot Knob and Leesburg, Missouri. Mr. Chadwick participated in all of these battles and during the period of his services was never wounded or ill. He lay in a trench at Pleasant Hill alongside of Edward O'Brien, for whom the Grand Army post at Tripoli was named, and was beside him when O'Brien's head was shot off. He was discharged at Davenport, November 16, 1864. Following this he returned to Bremer county and after spending one fall operating a threshing machine, purchased a farm in Frederika township. Upon this property he lived for many years thereafter, developing the place along practical lines and meeting with a gratifying degree of success. He continued to make his home upon the place until 1910, when he retired from active life and moved into Tripoli, where he has since resided.
At New Hampton, Iowa, Mr. Chadwick married Miss Ellen Watts, a native of England, and they have become the parents of five children: Arthur L., a machinist of Waterloo, Iowa; Roy W., engaged in the butter-making business at Waterloo; James A., of Waverly; Mabel C., the wife of Herman O'Day, of Chickasaw county; and Ethel, who married Alfred Griffin, of LeRoy township. Mrs. Chadwick is a member of the Episcopal church.
Mr. Chadwick gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as school director and road supervisor. He holds the office of escort in the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and is prominent in the affairs of O'Brien Post, No. 240, G.A.R., of which he has served as commander for twenty-five years. For seven years he has been a member of the Soldiers' Relief Commission and to the best of his ability he keeps in touch with his comrades of fifty years ago. He is one of the early settlers in Bremer county and has witnessed a great deal of its growth and development, in the promotion of which he has borne an active and honorable part. He is one of the representative and important men of Tripoli and his influence is now as always on the side of progress, reform and advancement.
[History of Bremer County, Iowa Vol. II 1914]
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Following a period of active and creditable service in the Union army during the Civil war John J. Chadwick became connected with agricultural interests of Bremer county and for many years thereafter engaged in farming in Frederika township, acquiring in the course of time a competency which now enables him to live retired. He was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, November 4, 1844, and is a son of David and Clarinda L. (Judd) Chadwick, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Ohio. David Chadwick moved to the latter state when he was a young man and after his marriage he and his wife went to Wisconsin, settling in Jefferson county in June, 1845. In 1854 he came to Bremer county, Iowa and entered land, paying for this property one dollar and a quarter per acre. The father afterward sold this farm and moved to Laporte City, where his death occurred when he was sixty-four years of age. His wife has also passed away, her death occurring at Frederika. The father was a democrat in his early years, but during the Civil war, visited his son on the battlefield in Mississippi and thereafter voted the republican ticket. He served as county supervisor for two terms and was for several years township assessor. He and his wife became the parents of six children: John J. of this review; Ann Jane, the deceased wife of Charles Harmon, of Laporte City; Lola L., the widow of A. Countryman, of Portland, Oregon; Gilbert L.,a resident of Nashua, Iowa; Jason D., who makes his home in Frederika township; and Merrit M., of Brandon, Buchanan county.
John J. Chadwick spent his early boyhood upon his father's farm in Wisconsin and came to Bremer county with his parents. On the 22nd of August, 1862, three months before he was eighteen years of age, he enlisted at Waverly in Company B. Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under Captain W.V. Lucas and Colonel W.T. Shaw. His regiment was sent to Dubuque and later to Davenport, whence it was transferred to the southern battlefields. It took part in the engagements of Fort DeRussy, Alexandria, Pleasant Hills, Grand Ecore, Camptee, Kane River, Marksville Plains, Yellow Bayou, Cotile Landing, Tupelo, Coldwater Creek, Old Tom Creek, and Pilot Knob and Leesburg, Missouri. Mr. Chadwick participated in all of these battles and during the period of his services was never wounded or ill. He lay in a trench at Pleasant Hill alongside of Edward O'Brien, for whom the Grand Army post at Tripoli was named, and was beside him when O'Brien's head was shot off. He was discharged at Davenport, November 16, 1864. Following this he returned to Bremer county and after spending one fall operating a threshing machine, purchased a farm in Frederika township. Upon this property he lived for many years thereafter, developing the place along practical lines and meeting with a gratifying degree of success. He continued to make his home upon the place until 1910, when he retired from active life and moved into Tripoli, where he has since resided.
At New Hampton, Iowa, Mr. Chadwick married Miss Ellen Watts, a native of England, and they have become the parents of five children: Arthur L., a machinist of Waterloo, Iowa; Roy W., engaged in the butter-making business at Waterloo; James A., of Waverly; Mabel C., the wife of Herman O'Day, of Chickasaw county; and Ethel, who married Alfred Griffin, of LeRoy township. Mrs. Chadwick is a member of the Episcopal church.
Mr. Chadwick gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as school director and road supervisor. He holds the office of escort in the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and is prominent in the affairs of O'Brien Post, No. 240, G.A.R., of which he has served as commander for twenty-five years. For seven years he has been a member of the Soldiers' Relief Commission and to the best of his ability he keeps in touch with his comrades of fifty years ago. He is one of the early settlers in Bremer county and has witnessed a great deal of its growth and development, in the promotion of which he has borne an active and honorable part. He is one of the representative and important men of Tripoli and his influence is now as always on the side of progress, reform and advancement.
[History of Bremer County, Iowa Vol. II 1914]
Additional information submitted by Louis
John J. Chadwick spent his early boyhood upon his father's farm in Wisconsin and came to Bremer county with his parents. On the 22nd of August, 1862, three months before he was eighteen years of age, he enlisted at Waverly in Company B. Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry, under Captain W.V. Lucas and Colonel W.T. Shaw. His regiment was sent to Dubuque and later to Davenport, whence it was transferred to the southern battlefields. It took part in the engagements of Fort DeRussy, Alexandria, Pleasant Hills, Grand Ecore, Camptee, Kane River, Marksville Plains, Yellow Bayou, Cotile Landing, Tupelo, Coldwater Creek, Old Tom Creek, and Pilot Knob and Leesburg, Missouri. Mr. Chadwick participated in all of these battles and during the period of his services was never wounded or ill. He lay in a trench at Pleasant Hill alongside of Edward O'Brien, for whom the Grand Army post at Tripoli was named, and was beside him when O'Brien's head was shot off. He was discharged at Davenport, November 16, 1864. Following this he returned to Bremer county and after spending one fall operating a threshing machine, purchased a farm in Frederika township. Upon this property he lived for many years thereafter, developing the place along practical lines and meeting with a gratifying degree of success. He continued to make his home upon the place until 1910, when he retired from active life and moved into Tripoli, where he has since resided.
At New Hampton, Iowa, Mr. Chadwick married Miss Ellen Watts, a native of England, and they have become the parents of five children: Arthur L., a machinist of Waterloo, Iowa; Roy W., engaged in the butter-making business at Waterloo; James A., of Waverly; Mabel C., the wife of Herman O'Day, of Chickasaw county; and Ethel, who married Alfred Griffin, of LeRoy township. Mrs. Chadwick is a member of the Episcopal church.
Mr. Chadwick gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has served as school director and road supervisor. He holds the office of escort in the local lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America and is prominent in the affairs of O'Brien Post, No. 240, G.A.R., of which he has served as commander for twenty-five years. For seven years he has been a member of the Soldiers' Relief Commission and to the best of his ability he keeps in touch with his comrades of fifty years ago. He is one of the early settlers in Bremer county and has witnessed a great deal of its growth and development, in the promotion of which he has borne an active and honorable part. He is one of the representative and important men of Tripoli and his influence is now as always on the side of progress, reform and advancement.
[History of Bremer County, Iowa Vol. II 1914]
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