William Perry Badders    

WILLIAM PERRY BADDERS, teacher, P.O. Black Hawk, was born in South Beaver township in 1847. His great grandfather, George Badders, was a soldier in the British army during the Revolution, and at the close of the war settled in York county, where he engaged in farming and milling. He married Deborah Huston, of Irish parentage, by whom he had nine children, seven of whom grew to maturity. He died in his seventy-seventh year. James, the second son, who came to Beaver county about 1816, and was by occupation a distiller, held a commission from the government of Ohio as captain of state militia. He settled on the land now owned by William P., his purchase consisting of 375 acres. He married Christiana Frey (by whom were born two daughters and nine sons), and died in January, 1869, aged eighty years. George, the eldest son, born Aug. 18, 1811, married Lucinda, daughter of Benjamin Todd, of Maryland, and had four sons and one daughter. William Perry, the eldest son, received his education at the common schools and at Beaver College. In 1876 he married Olivia, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Shrodes, of Hopewell township, this county. They have four children: Grace, George, Maggie and William. Since 1868, with the exception of five years, Mr. Badders has been engaged in teaching. He owns a part of the farm purchased by his grandfather. He and his wife are members of the Methodist church; politically he is a Democrat, and is strictly temperate in principle and practice.

History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com