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Berrien County Biographies
A new message, "IRVING PADDOCK," was posted by Portrait and Biographical
Record on Tue, 13 Feb 2001
Surname: PADDOCK, TAPPEN, WARE, GOIT
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DATE: Feb 13 2001
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QRYTEXT: Portrait and Biographical Record of Berrien and Cass Counties,
Biographical
Publishing Co., Chicago, 1893.
Page 549
IRVING PADDOCK, a representative general agriculturist and a leading
citizen of New
Buffalo Township, Berrien County, Mich., is a native of the
Empire State and was born March 25, 1830, in Onondaga County. The parents
of our subject were James and Charlotte (Tappen) Paddock, well-known and
influential people of that locality. The father was born in Orange County,
April 18, 1806, and was the son of James Paddock, Sr., whose birthplace was
also in New York, and who served bravely as a militiaman in the War of
1812. The paternal great-grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary
War. He was of English descent and bore the name of David. The father of
our subject emigrated from New York to the West in 1836, and located in
what is now Galena Township, then Hudson, LaPorte County, Ind. He was a
farmer by occupation and survived to witness the changes of a half-century
in the settlement of Indiana. The mother, also a native of New York, was
baorn in 1808. She died in LaPorte County, Ind., in 1872, and had borne
unto her husband a family of twelve sons and daughters, of whom Irving was
the eldest. He was only six years of age when with his parents he journeyed
to LaPorte County.
Reared and educated in the common schools of Hudson Township, Mr. Paddock
arrived at
manhood, and when the Civil War broke out he soon enlisted in
the service of the Government and patriotically joined Company F,
Twenty-fifth Michigan Infantry, as a private. Promoted for his gallant
bearing and general efficiency, our subject was made Sergeant, Second
Lieutenant, First Lieutenant, and finally became Captain. He served until
June 24, 1865, and then was honorably discharged. During the fight at Tebbs
Bend, between Morgan and the Twenty-fifth Michigan, Mr. Paddock was shot
through the hips. He was twice wounded at Atlanta, Ga., and was shot
through the right arm, between the wrist and elbow. Our subject actively
participated in the Loudon fight, Kingston, Tenn., and took part in the
battles of Kenesaw Mountain and Buzzard's Roost. He was engaged in the raid
from Rocky Face, Ga., to Atlanta, and was under fire most of the time,
being three months making the one hundred miles. Wh!
en Mr. Paddock was first wounded he was taken to the field-hospital,
from
there to the prisoners' hospital at Louisville, and was then removed to
Hospilal No. 12. The second time he was wounded he was carried to Hospital
No. 3, at Nashville. Our subject was mustered out of service at Salisbury,
N.C., June 24, 1865, and was sent to the barracks in Jackson, Mich., in
July, and soon returned to his home in Berrien County, to which he had
removed in 1860, at that time locating upon the farm where he now resides.
The homestead originally contained but eighty acres, five of which had
been cleared
of timber, upon which clearing was the sole improvement--an
old log house. Since then the tract, increased to one hundred acres and
highly cultivated, has been further improved by an attractive dwelling and
substantial barns. The farm, pleasantly located, is midway between the
villages of Three Oaks and New Buffalo, and is three and a-half miles from
each.
Irving Paddock and Miss Esther Ann Ware were united in marriage in New
Buffalo,
December 25, 1859, and received the hearty best wishes of many
friends. Mrs. Paddock was born in Mexico, Oswego County, N.Y., September
19, 1838. She is a daughter of Reuben and Esther (Goit) Ware, who were
natives of Vermont and accompanied their respective parents to New York in
a very early day. Spending their last years in Amboy, they both passed away
in the Empire State. Our subject and his estimable wife habe been blessed
by the birth of three children, but one of whom now survives: Clarence,
residing near Springfield, Mo.; Lottie and Albert are both deceased. Mr.
Paddock is politically a Republican and has held by able service the
official kposition of Township Treasurer, and in the discharge of the
duties involved has given satisfaction to his fellow-townsmen. Our subject
cast his first Presidential vote for Winfield Scott and is ever interested
in both local and national issues. His exce!
llent wife is a valued member of the Congregational Church and is
active
in good work. Mr. Paddock, while not a professor of religion, is mindful of
those less fortunate than himself and is known as a liberal-spirited and
enterprising citizen.