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    JOHN ADLARD

    JOHN ADLARD, retired silversmith; P.O. Fletcher; was born in England March 1823, and is a son of John and Mary (Norton) Adlard; his father was born about 1776 , in Louth, Lincolnshire, England, died 1828; his mother was 15 years his junior, and died August, 1848. Our subject was raised to town and city life; in early life , in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, he learned watch-making, which remained his occupation during his life in England. In 1845 he married Elizabeth Colton, who was born at Marhan-on-the-hill, near Horncastle, England, eight days his junior; she is the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Colton. John Jr., and wife, in 1847, embarked for the United States; after their arrival, they located in Waterford, N.Y., where they remained one year; thence removed to Canal Dover, Ohio where they remained about twenty years; there he engaged in his former trade a portion of the time; the remainder was spent in various pursuits; after which a change or two was made, and about 1869 he located in Fletcher, Brown Township, where Elizabeth (his wife) died in 1875. They were the parents of eight children, of whom five are now living; Mr. Adlard married for his second wife Mrs. Eliza Looker, who was born in Bucks Co., Penn in 1830, and emigrated to Ohio in 1852, and in the same year married Gipson R. Looker; Mrs. Adlard is a daughter of John and Eliza (Harvey) Johnson, who were both natives of Penn.

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