Horace L. Hadley

From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County

Horace L. Hadley, attorney at law, Washington, was born in Sandwich, N. H. His father and mother, Withrop and Sybil Hadley, were natives of New Hampshire, where they still reside. They had a family of ten children, eight of whom are living.

Horace L., the subject of our remarks, was married September 1, 1868, to Miss S. Lizzie Emmerson, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Emmerson, of Massachusetts. They have one child, Olivia B. H. L.

On the 26tli of August, 1862, Mr. Hadley enlisted in Company C, 5th Massachusetts, Col. Pearson commanding, and was mustered into the service on the 16th of October, following. This was a nine months regiment, but they were in the service nearly a year before they were mustered out, which was in the middle of July, 1863.

He read law with the Hon. Sidney C. Bancroft, until he went into the army, and after his discharge he went to Salem, Massachusetts, and linished his studies with Perry and Endicut. Mr. Endicut is now Supreme Judge of Massachusetts, and Mr. Perry, author of the celebrated law book, " Perry on Trust," is now dead. Mr. Hadley was admitted to the bar on the 16th of September, 1863, the year following his enlistment, at Newburyport, Massachusetts. He first located and commenced practice, November, 1863, at Daufers, Massachusetts, where he continued until April 1, 1870. He then came to Ohio, and since October 1, 1874, he has been .practicing in Wasliington, under the firm name of Maynard & Hadley, a firm well known in Fayette and surrounding counties as one which stands at the head of the profession. In 1881, was elected representative from Fayette County.
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