(1800-1878) and Martha (McCORMICK) WADDELL (1805-1889), and died January 27,
1906. He married in Patriot, Gallia County, Ohio, on June 20, 1845 to Euphemia
STUART, who was born in 1830 and died in 1885 at the age of 54 from gallstones.
The WADDELL family came from Virginia and settled in Mason City, West Virginia.
James established a coal and salt businees, pumping brime from wells along the
river to extract salt and bromine. His furnaces boiled the salt and bromine from
the brime and also operated a copper mill to make barrels for the shipment of
his salt and bromine. On one occasion James' workers went on a strike. They set
a fire which they believed would bring him out of the house and then they
intended to shoot him in the back. When James didn't appear, the strikers
gathered around the house with James and his daughter Martha standing
back-to-back on the porch, protecting one another until the strikers gave up and
left the premises. The strikers did come back and poisoned the WADDELL's
Newfoundland dog.
James Alexander WADDELL was considred the most wealthy man in Mason City and was
often referred to as "Captain" or ""Quality." Later, due to entering into a
partnership with a bad partner, James lost his business. He spent his last days
in a family hotel in Cincinatti with his daughters.
Waddell, James Alexander (Death, 1906-01-17)
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio). Health Dept.
Address: Burlington Hotel 320 Broadway
Age at death: 80 yrs.
(1800-1878) and Martha (McCORMICK) WADDELL (1805-1889), and died January 27,
1906. He married in Patriot, Gallia County, Ohio, on June 20, 1845 to Euphemia
STUART, who was born in 1830 and died in 1885 at the age of 54 from gallstones.
The WADDELL family came from Virginia and settled in Mason City, West Virginia.
James established a coal and salt businees, pumping brime from wells along the
river to extract salt and bromine. His furnaces boiled the salt and bromine from
the brime and also operated a copper mill to make barrels for the shipment of
his salt and bromine. On one occasion James' workers went on a strike. They set
a fire which they believed would bring him out of the house and then they
intended to shoot him in the back. When James didn't appear, the strikers
gathered around the house with James and his daughter Martha standing
back-to-back on the porch, protecting one another until the strikers gave up and
left the premises. The strikers did come back and poisoned the WADDELL's
Newfoundland dog.
James Alexander WADDELL was considred the most wealthy man in Mason City and was
often referred to as "Captain" or ""Quality." Later, due to entering into a
partnership with a bad partner, James lost his business. He spent his last days
in a family hotel in Cincinatti with his daughters.
Waddell, James Alexander (Death, 1906-01-17)
Author: Cincinnati (Ohio). Health Dept.
Address: Burlington Hotel 320 Broadway
Age at death: 80 yrs.
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