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William Roddick |
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WILLIAM RODDICK, Meadville, was born October 17, 1829, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, where, after receiving a common school education, when sixteen years of age, he was employed upon public work, first in construction of sewerage, in Carlisle City, England. His parents were William and Margaret (Johnstone) Roddick, natives of Scotland, the former a farmer. They had a family of nine children. In March, 1856, our subject came to this country, and three days after landing was employed as foreman of construction on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, and after the completion of the road he remained foreman until 1862, when he moved to Jefferson County, Ohio, and did the first work on the Jamestown & Ashtabula Railroad. In April, 1865, Mr. Roddick came to Meadville, where he has since remained. In the following spring he was appointed Street Commissioner, and at the end of the second year he was made Policeman and Street Commissioner, in which capacity he served two years, when the duties of High Constable, Fire Warden and Pound Keeper were added to his other duties, which positions he has held ever since. During his incumbency he has superintended a vast amount of work for the city. He was married, October 11, 1853, to Miss Mary McCall, of his native town, who followed him to America, six months after his immigration. Their children now living are: Anna, wife of James Elder, in Iowa; James, an engineer; Susan, at home; William, a boiler-maker, in Meadville, Penn.; John, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Roddick are members of the Park Avenue Congregational Church, of which he has been Trustee since the organization. Mr. Roddick is a member of the I. 0. 0. F., being Past Noble Grand, Past Chief Patriarch, and a member of the Grand Lodge of the State; he is also a member of the K. of P. History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 766 . |
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