Biography of Rev. James Hadsell, page 527.  History De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Rev. James Hadsell, deceased, was the second minister of the Disciples 
church in DeKalb County.  He was born in Broome County, N.Y., Feb. 28, 
1813, a son of John and Abigail Hadsell.  When he was a boy his parents 
moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm, receiving 
his education in the district school, and by studying in his leisure hours 
when his services were not required on the farm.  He began teaching school 
when a young man, at a time when he received $10 a month for his services.  
He was married March 12, 1835, to Mary A. Abel, who was born in Trumbull 
County, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1813, a daughter of Daniel and Sally (Root) Abel.  
In 1836 they moved to DeKalb County, Ind., and entered eighty acres of 
Government land in Concord Township, where they lived thirty years.  A short 
time after his settlement in the county he was licensed to preach in the 
Disciples church, and the rest of his life was an active worker in the cause 
of Christianity, traveling over DeKalb and adjacent counties for about forty 
years.  He held many offices of trust and responsibility, and at one time 
represented his county in the Legislature.  To him and his wife were born 
eight children---Byron A., Orlina E., Marshall D., Austin A., Maria M., 
Carson C., Eveline S. and Camillus J.  Mr. Hadsell died March 6, 1876.

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