Biography - William O. Cadwallader
WILLIAM O. CADWALLADER. A miller of London Mills, Fulton County, he was born
10 Sept 1830 in Mahoning Co, PA, the son of Eli and Catherine (Hank)
Cadwallader. The former a native of PA and the latter of MD. He received a
common school education and worked at shoe-making until 1858, and then followed
other professions and business until he changed to milling in which he has been
very successful. On June 11, 1855, he was married to Isabel Sence and they have
been the parents of one child, a boy who died at three years of age. He removed
to OH, thence to IA and to IL in 1866. He is a Republican, and clings to the
Unitarian doctrine. He was Township Clerk in Iowa, Postmaster in OH, and is now
Postmaster. P.O. London Mills, Fulton County.
Contributed by Joan Achille, extracted from the 1878
History of Knox County, Illinois published by Charles C. Chapman.
