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Surname: PADDOCK, RHOADES
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"A Twentieth Century History and Biograpical Record of LaPorte County,
Indiana", Rev. E.D. Daniels, page 737.
Harvey S. Paddock, who follows general farming on section 12, Galena township,
was born on section 13 of the same township, April 11, 1841, and is the
seventh child and sixth son of James and Charlotte Paddock. His parents
are mentioned on another page of this work in connection with the history
of Morrison Paddock. On the old homestead he was reared, his boyhood days
being spent in a manner not unlike that of most farmer lads of the period.
He worked in the fields from the time of early spring planting until crops
were harvested in the late autumn, and during the winter months he pursued
his education in the district schools. He thus remained at home up to the
time of his enlistment for service in the Civil war. When the south attempted
to overthrow the Union he joined Company E of the Twentieth Indiana Infantry,
in 1861, as a private to serve for three years. On the expiration of that
period he re-enlisted, and was in the army altogether for four years. Although
he joined his regiment as a private he was afterward promoted to the rank
of corporal, then to sergeant major, later to second lieutenant and then
to first lieutenant. His command was with the Army of the Potomac, and
he was in every engagement from the battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines
to the close of the war. Although he was often in the thickest of the fight,
he did not receive a single wound, nor was he off duty or ill in all that
time. He participated in the grand review in Washington, D.C., and received
an honorable discharge at Indianapolis in July, 1865. He then returned
to his native township with a most creditable military record and resumed
farming.
In February, 1866, Mr. Paddock was united in marriage to Miss Clymena Rhoades,
who was born in New York and came to Galena township when twelve years
of age with her parents, Luther and Ann Rhoades. Not long after their marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Paddock established their home upon a farm, and today he owns
one hundred and twenty acres of well improved land, which returns to him
a golden tribute for the care and labor he bestows upon it. His place is
divided into fields of convenient size by well kept fences, and everything
about his farm is neat and thrifty in appearance, indicating his careful
supervision and his practical methods of work. He belongs to Charles Woodruff
Post, G.A.R., at Three Oaks, Michigan. In his political views he is Republican,
having always supported the party, and he served as assessor for four terms.
Having spent his entire life in the county, he is well known, and the fact
that many of his staunchest friends are numbered among those who have known
him from his boyhood days is an indication that his career has at all times
been worthy of respect and confidence.