According to the Charlevoix Courier, obituary dated March 8, 1944:
ROBERT PADDOCK PIONEER CITIZEN
VICTIM OF LONG CONTINUED ILL HEALTH, IS DEAD
He Did Much For Cattle Raising Industry In Region and Was Leader In Civic Lines
Robert W. Paddock, 82, retired farm manager and well known civic leader, did (sic died) Saturday following several months of ill health.
Mr. Paddock was born in Volo, Lake county, Ill., on March 13, 1861, the oldest son of Robert and Nancy Paddock, formerly of Barre, Vt. While attending college at Valpariso, ind., he met and married Mary E. Nichols, of Charlevoix, on May 6, 1885. They made their home in Dayton and other Ohio cities until coming to Charlevoix in 1898.
Mr. Paddock managed farms on the site of the present Loeb farm and in Norwood township. As a member of the old West Michigan Development Bureau, he pioneered in cattle and sheep raising and introduced the Aberdeen Angus breed in this district. He was also prominent in civic affairs having served in the State Legislature from 1902-04 and was alderman in Charlevoix from 1912-16. He was a member of the B.P.O.E. and the Knights of Pythias lodges and the Marion Center and Barnard Granges. He retired in 1926 and moved to East Jordan to make his home. Mrs. Paddock preceded him in death on November 13, 1936.
Surviving are three sons, Capt. Hubert E. of the U.S. navy, on active duty in the Southwest Pacific, Richard, of Midland, and William, of Alexandria, La. and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the See Funeral home at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. Donald R. Evans officiating. Interment was at the Brookside cemetery.
According to the Biographical History of Northern Michigan (1905), B. F. Bowen & Co. Publishers, 1905, page 570-2:
"ROBERT W. PADDOCK
Charlevoix county is favored in having as its representative in the legislature of the commonwealth so able and progressive a man and so loyal a citizen as Mr. Paddock, who figures as the subject of this brief sketch, while his is the added distinction of being the first to represent the district comprised in the county , which was a part of the Antrim district until 1901.
Mr. Paddock was born in Lake county, Illinois, on the 13th of March, 1861, and is the son of Robert W. and Nancy (Stickney) Paddock, both of whom were born and reared in the old Green Mountain state, the former being the son of Dr. Robert Paddock, of Barre, Vermont, one of the early and prominent physicians of that section. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a presiding elder in the Vermont conference. Robert W. Paddock, Sr., located in Lake county, Illinois, and became a successful farmer of that section. Our subject passed his boyhood days in his native county and secured his early educational training in the public schools, after which he continued his studies for two years in the Waukonda (sic) Academy, in the town of that name in the same county. In this well conducted institution he made himself eligible for successful pedagogic work, while later he still farther qualified himself by a thorough course in both the commercial and northern departments of the Northern Indiana Normal University, at Valparaiso, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1879. He thereafter was engaged in teaching in the public schools of his native county, while he also taught several terms in the Lake Forest Academy, that county. In 1885 he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained for two years incumbent of the position of superintendent of the local factory of the Brownell Brush & Wire Goods Company, of Cincinnati. At the expiration of the period noted he became the assistant superintendent of the Ohio Industrial School for Boys, at Lancaster, serving during the administration of Governors Foraker, McKinley and Bushnell, his wife also being for a time a teacher in the school. Mr. Paddock remained identified with his institution until 1899, when he came to Charlevoix county and identified himself prominently with its industrial activities by engaging in farming and stock-growing. He is the owner of eight hundred acres of land in Marion and Eveline townships, the property being well improved and being devoted principally to the raising of high-grade stock. In the raising of cattle, sheep and hogs he breeds from the thoroughbred sires and his is one of the best and most celebrated stock farms in this section of the Wolverine state. The home market is excellent, as this part of the state is in high favor for summer resort purposes, the great influx of summer guests causing a large demand for the various farm products. In his farming enterprise Mr. Paddock has brought to bear scientific methods and progressive ideas, and he has attained to a marked success in the connection, while his efforts have done much to encourage others, since they have demonstrated the unrivaled attractions for development and successful enterprise along these lines in this and neighboring counties. Mr. Paddock's beautiful farm has three and one-half miles of frontage on Pine lake and is mostly eligibly located one mile distant from Charlevoix, the county seat, while it is improved with substantial buildings, including an attractive modern residence. He has done much to promote the stock-growing industry here, and in the county there are fully three times as many farmers giving attention to this important line of enterprise as were to be found so doing when he inaugurated operations here.
In politics Mr. Paddock accords an uncompromising allegiance to the Republican party, with which he has been aligned ever since attaining to his legal majority, while has been an active and effective worker in the party causes. In the fall of 1902 he was made the candidate of his party for representative of Charlevoix county in the state legislature, being elected by a gratifying majority and thus becoming a member of the general assembly of 1903-4. He was assigned to the committees on fish and fisheries, boys' industrial school, and state affairs. It was signally consistent that he be placed on the committee first mentioned, as his district includes the leading fisheries in the state, the enterprise being one of much importance here. His experience in the industrial school of the neighboring state of Ohio made his interposition particularly valuable on the second of the committees mentioned, while the committee on state affairs has the supervision of such matters as are assigned to special committees. Mr. Paddock was active in committee work and in the discussions and deliberations of the house, being an effective speaker and proving an influential working member of the lower house of the legislative body. He secured the enactment of a special bill for Charlevoix county requiring all liquor dealers to furnish surety company bonds, though a general bill covering the same ground for the entire state was vetoed by the governor.
Mr. Paddock is a member of the Charlevoix County Agricultural Society, which conducts a fair each year, at East Jordan, and he is secretary of the farmer's institute of the county, his services in this connection being greatly appreciated, as he gives to his fellow members the benefits of his wide knowledge and experience by delivering special addresses in relation to live stock and other interests. He has been a stanch advocate of improving stock grades, and has exhibited prize-winners in the fairs at Pontiac and Grand Rapids, including cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. He is also a member of the Grange, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Korassan, and the Knights of the Maccabees, taking an active interest in the affairs of each. In the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias he served two years a chancellor commander, while he also represented the body in the grand lodge of the order in the state. Mrs. Paddock is affiliated with the Rathbone Sisters and is a zealous member of the Congregational church, while she is prominent in the social life of the community, the beautiful home, located on the banks of the lake, being a center of generous hospitality and good cheer. This residence is one of the best rural dwellings in the county, being modern in design and equipment and having a most attractive site.
In 1885, Mr. Paddock was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Nicholls, of Charlevoix, she being a daughter of John Nicholls, who was a pioneer of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock have three children, John, Hubert and Richard."
ROBERT PADDOCK PIONEER CITIZEN
VICTIM OF LONG CONTINUED ILL HEALTH, IS DEAD
He Did Much For Cattle Raising Industry In Region and Was Leader In Civic Lines
Robert W. Paddock, 82, retired farm manager and well known civic leader, did (sic died) Saturday following several months of ill health.
Mr. Paddock was born in Volo, Lake county, Ill., on March 13, 1861, the oldest son of Robert and Nancy Paddock, formerly of Barre, Vt. While attending college at Valpariso, ind., he met and married Mary E. Nichols, of Charlevoix, on May 6, 1885. They made their home in Dayton and other Ohio cities until coming to Charlevoix in 1898.
Mr. Paddock managed farms on the site of the present Loeb farm and in Norwood township. As a member of the old West Michigan Development Bureau, he pioneered in cattle and sheep raising and introduced the Aberdeen Angus breed in this district. He was also prominent in civic affairs having served in the State Legislature from 1902-04 and was alderman in Charlevoix from 1912-16. He was a member of the B.P.O.E. and the Knights of Pythias lodges and the Marion Center and Barnard Granges. He retired in 1926 and moved to East Jordan to make his home. Mrs. Paddock preceded him in death on November 13, 1936.
Surviving are three sons, Capt. Hubert E. of the U.S. navy, on active duty in the Southwest Pacific, Richard, of Midland, and William, of Alexandria, La. and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the See Funeral home at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. Donald R. Evans officiating. Interment was at the Brookside cemetery.
According to the Biographical History of Northern Michigan (1905), B. F. Bowen & Co. Publishers, 1905, page 570-2:
"ROBERT W. PADDOCK
Charlevoix county is favored in having as its representative in the legislature of the commonwealth so able and progressive a man and so loyal a citizen as Mr. Paddock, who figures as the subject of this brief sketch, while his is the added distinction of being the first to represent the district comprised in the county , which was a part of the Antrim district until 1901.
Mr. Paddock was born in Lake county, Illinois, on the 13th of March, 1861, and is the son of Robert W. and Nancy (Stickney) Paddock, both of whom were born and reared in the old Green Mountain state, the former being the son of Dr. Robert Paddock, of Barre, Vermont, one of the early and prominent physicians of that section. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a presiding elder in the Vermont conference. Robert W. Paddock, Sr., located in Lake county, Illinois, and became a successful farmer of that section. Our subject passed his boyhood days in his native county and secured his early educational training in the public schools, after which he continued his studies for two years in the Waukonda (sic) Academy, in the town of that name in the same county. In this well conducted institution he made himself eligible for successful pedagogic work, while later he still farther qualified himself by a thorough course in both the commercial and northern departments of the Northern Indiana Normal University, at Valparaiso, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1879. He thereafter was engaged in teaching in the public schools of his native county, while he also taught several terms in the Lake Forest Academy, that county. In 1885 he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained for two years incumbent of the position of superintendent of the local factory of the Brownell Brush & Wire Goods Company, of Cincinnati. At the expiration of the period noted he became the assistant superintendent of the Ohio Industrial School for Boys, at Lancaster, serving during the administration of Governors Foraker, McKinley and Bushnell, his wife also being for a time a teacher in the school. Mr. Paddock remained identified with his institution until 1899, when he came to Charlevoix county and identified himself prominently with its industrial activities by engaging in farming and stock-growing. He is the owner of eight hundred acres of land in Marion and Eveline townships, the property being well improved and being devoted principally to the raising of high-grade stock. In the raising of cattle, sheep and hogs he breeds from the thoroughbred sires and his is one of the best and most celebrated stock farms in this section of the Wolverine state. The home market is excellent, as this part of the state is in high favor for summer resort purposes, the great influx of summer guests causing a large demand for the various farm products. In his farming enterprise Mr. Paddock has brought to bear scientific methods and progressive ideas, and he has attained to a marked success in the connection, while his efforts have done much to encourage others, since they have demonstrated the unrivaled attractions for development and successful enterprise along these lines in this and neighboring counties. Mr. Paddock's beautiful farm has three and one-half miles of frontage on Pine lake and is mostly eligibly located one mile distant from Charlevoix, the county seat, while it is improved with substantial buildings, including an attractive modern residence. He has done much to promote the stock-growing industry here, and in the county there are fully three times as many farmers giving attention to this important line of enterprise as were to be found so doing when he inaugurated operations here.
In politics Mr. Paddock accords an uncompromising allegiance to the Republican party, with which he has been aligned ever since attaining to his legal majority, while has been an active and effective worker in the party causes. In the fall of 1902 he was made the candidate of his party for representative of Charlevoix county in the state legislature, being elected by a gratifying majority and thus becoming a member of the general assembly of 1903-4. He was assigned to the committees on fish and fisheries, boys' industrial school, and state affairs. It was signally consistent that he be placed on the committee first mentioned, as his district includes the leading fisheries in the state, the enterprise being one of much importance here. His experience in the industrial school of the neighboring state of Ohio made his interposition particularly valuable on the second of the committees mentioned, while the committee on state affairs has the supervision of such matters as are assigned to special committees. Mr. Paddock was active in committee work and in the discussions and deliberations of the house, being an effective speaker and proving an influential working member of the lower house of the legislative body. He secured the enactment of a special bill for Charlevoix county requiring all liquor dealers to furnish surety company bonds, though a general bill covering the same ground for the entire state was vetoed by the governor.
Mr. Paddock is a member of the Charlevoix County Agricultural Society, which conducts a fair each year, at East Jordan, and he is secretary of the farmer's institute of the county, his services in this connection being greatly appreciated, as he gives to his fellow members the benefits of his wide knowledge and experience by delivering special addresses in relation to live stock and other interests. He has been a stanch advocate of improving stock grades, and has exhibited prize-winners in the fairs at Pontiac and Grand Rapids, including cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. He is also a member of the Grange, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Korassan, and the Knights of the Maccabees, taking an active interest in the affairs of each. In the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias he served two years a chancellor commander, while he also represented the body in the grand lodge of the order in the state. Mrs. Paddock is affiliated with the Rathbone Sisters and is a zealous member of the Congregational church, while she is prominent in the social life of the community, the beautiful home, located on the banks of the lake, being a center of generous hospitality and good cheer. This residence is one of the best rural dwellings in the county, being modern in design and equipment and having a most attractive site.
In 1885, Mr. Paddock was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Nicholls, of Charlevoix, she being a daughter of John Nicholls, who was a pioneer of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock have three children, John, Hubert and Richard."
According to the Charlevoix Courier, obituary dated March 8, 1944:
ROBERT PADDOCK PIONEER CITIZEN
VICTIM OF LONG CONTINUED ILL HEALTH, IS DEAD
He Did Much For Cattle Raising Industry In Region and Was Leader In Civic Lines
Robert W. Paddock, 82, retired farm manager and well known civic leader, did (sic died) Saturday following several months of ill health.
Mr. Paddock was born in Volo, Lake county, Ill., on March 13, 1861, the oldest son of Robert and Nancy Paddock, formerly of Barre, Vt. While attending college at Valpariso, ind., he met and married Mary E. Nichols, of Charlevoix, on May 6, 1885. They made their home in Dayton and other Ohio cities until coming to Charlevoix in 1898.
Mr. Paddock managed farms on the site of the present Loeb farm and in Norwood township. As a member of the old West Michigan Development Bureau, he pioneered in cattle and sheep raising and introduced the Aberdeen Angus breed in this district. He was also prominent in civic affairs having served in the State Legislature from 1902-04 and was alderman in Charlevoix from 1912-16. He was a member of the B.P.O.E. and the Knights of Pythias lodges and the Marion Center and Barnard Granges. He retired in 1926 and moved to East Jordan to make his home. Mrs. Paddock preceded him in death on November 13, 1936.
Surviving are three sons, Capt. Hubert E. of the U.S. navy, on active duty in the Southwest Pacific, Richard, of Midland, and William, of Alexandria, La. and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the See Funeral home at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. Donald R. Evans officiating. Interment was at the Brookside cemetery.
According to the Biographical History of Northern Michigan (1905), B. F. Bowen & Co. Publishers, 1905, page 570-2:
"ROBERT W. PADDOCK
Charlevoix county is favored in having as its representative in the legislature of the commonwealth so able and progressive a man and so loyal a citizen as Mr. Paddock, who figures as the subject of this brief sketch, while his is the added distinction of being the first to represent the district comprised in the county , which was a part of the Antrim district until 1901.
Mr. Paddock was born in Lake county, Illinois, on the 13th of March, 1861, and is the son of Robert W. and Nancy (Stickney) Paddock, both of whom were born and reared in the old Green Mountain state, the former being the son of Dr. Robert Paddock, of Barre, Vermont, one of the early and prominent physicians of that section. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a presiding elder in the Vermont conference. Robert W. Paddock, Sr., located in Lake county, Illinois, and became a successful farmer of that section. Our subject passed his boyhood days in his native county and secured his early educational training in the public schools, after which he continued his studies for two years in the Waukonda (sic) Academy, in the town of that name in the same county. In this well conducted institution he made himself eligible for successful pedagogic work, while later he still farther qualified himself by a thorough course in both the commercial and northern departments of the Northern Indiana Normal University, at Valparaiso, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1879. He thereafter was engaged in teaching in the public schools of his native county, while he also taught several terms in the Lake Forest Academy, that county. In 1885 he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained for two years incumbent of the position of superintendent of the local factory of the Brownell Brush & Wire Goods Company, of Cincinnati. At the expiration of the period noted he became the assistant superintendent of the Ohio Industrial School for Boys, at Lancaster, serving during the administration of Governors Foraker, McKinley and Bushnell, his wife also being for a time a teacher in the school. Mr. Paddock remained identified with his institution until 1899, when he came to Charlevoix county and identified himself prominently with its industrial activities by engaging in farming and stock-growing. He is the owner of eight hundred acres of land in Marion and Eveline townships, the property being well improved and being devoted principally to the raising of high-grade stock. In the raising of cattle, sheep and hogs he breeds from the thoroughbred sires and his is one of the best and most celebrated stock farms in this section of the Wolverine state. The home market is excellent, as this part of the state is in high favor for summer resort purposes, the great influx of summer guests causing a large demand for the various farm products. In his farming enterprise Mr. Paddock has brought to bear scientific methods and progressive ideas, and he has attained to a marked success in the connection, while his efforts have done much to encourage others, since they have demonstrated the unrivaled attractions for development and successful enterprise along these lines in this and neighboring counties. Mr. Paddock's beautiful farm has three and one-half miles of frontage on Pine lake and is mostly eligibly located one mile distant from Charlevoix, the county seat, while it is improved with substantial buildings, including an attractive modern residence. He has done much to promote the stock-growing industry here, and in the county there are fully three times as many farmers giving attention to this important line of enterprise as were to be found so doing when he inaugurated operations here.
In politics Mr. Paddock accords an uncompromising allegiance to the Republican party, with which he has been aligned ever since attaining to his legal majority, while has been an active and effective worker in the party causes. In the fall of 1902 he was made the candidate of his party for representative of Charlevoix county in the state legislature, being elected by a gratifying majority and thus becoming a member of the general assembly of 1903-4. He was assigned to the committees on fish and fisheries, boys' industrial school, and state affairs. It was signally consistent that he be placed on the committee first mentioned, as his district includes the leading fisheries in the state, the enterprise being one of much importance here. His experience in the industrial school of the neighboring state of Ohio made his interposition particularly valuable on the second of the committees mentioned, while the committee on state affairs has the supervision of such matters as are assigned to special committees. Mr. Paddock was active in committee work and in the discussions and deliberations of the house, being an effective speaker and proving an influential working member of the lower house of the legislative body. He secured the enactment of a special bill for Charlevoix county requiring all liquor dealers to furnish surety company bonds, though a general bill covering the same ground for the entire state was vetoed by the governor.
Mr. Paddock is a member of the Charlevoix County Agricultural Society, which conducts a fair each year, at East Jordan, and he is secretary of the farmer's institute of the county, his services in this connection being greatly appreciated, as he gives to his fellow members the benefits of his wide knowledge and experience by delivering special addresses in relation to live stock and other interests. He has been a stanch advocate of improving stock grades, and has exhibited prize-winners in the fairs at Pontiac and Grand Rapids, including cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. He is also a member of the Grange, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Korassan, and the Knights of the Maccabees, taking an active interest in the affairs of each. In the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias he served two years a chancellor commander, while he also represented the body in the grand lodge of the order in the state. Mrs. Paddock is affiliated with the Rathbone Sisters and is a zealous member of the Congregational church, while she is prominent in the social life of the community, the beautiful home, located on the banks of the lake, being a center of generous hospitality and good cheer. This residence is one of the best rural dwellings in the county, being modern in design and equipment and having a most attractive site.
In 1885, Mr. Paddock was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Nicholls, of Charlevoix, she being a daughter of John Nicholls, who was a pioneer of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock have three children, John, Hubert and Richard."
ROBERT PADDOCK PIONEER CITIZEN
VICTIM OF LONG CONTINUED ILL HEALTH, IS DEAD
He Did Much For Cattle Raising Industry In Region and Was Leader In Civic Lines
Robert W. Paddock, 82, retired farm manager and well known civic leader, did (sic died) Saturday following several months of ill health.
Mr. Paddock was born in Volo, Lake county, Ill., on March 13, 1861, the oldest son of Robert and Nancy Paddock, formerly of Barre, Vt. While attending college at Valpariso, ind., he met and married Mary E. Nichols, of Charlevoix, on May 6, 1885. They made their home in Dayton and other Ohio cities until coming to Charlevoix in 1898.
Mr. Paddock managed farms on the site of the present Loeb farm and in Norwood township. As a member of the old West Michigan Development Bureau, he pioneered in cattle and sheep raising and introduced the Aberdeen Angus breed in this district. He was also prominent in civic affairs having served in the State Legislature from 1902-04 and was alderman in Charlevoix from 1912-16. He was a member of the B.P.O.E. and the Knights of Pythias lodges and the Marion Center and Barnard Granges. He retired in 1926 and moved to East Jordan to make his home. Mrs. Paddock preceded him in death on November 13, 1936.
Surviving are three sons, Capt. Hubert E. of the U.S. navy, on active duty in the Southwest Pacific, Richard, of Midland, and William, of Alexandria, La. and several grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at the See Funeral home at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon with Rev. Donald R. Evans officiating. Interment was at the Brookside cemetery.
According to the Biographical History of Northern Michigan (1905), B. F. Bowen & Co. Publishers, 1905, page 570-2:
"ROBERT W. PADDOCK
Charlevoix county is favored in having as its representative in the legislature of the commonwealth so able and progressive a man and so loyal a citizen as Mr. Paddock, who figures as the subject of this brief sketch, while his is the added distinction of being the first to represent the district comprised in the county , which was a part of the Antrim district until 1901.
Mr. Paddock was born in Lake county, Illinois, on the 13th of March, 1861, and is the son of Robert W. and Nancy (Stickney) Paddock, both of whom were born and reared in the old Green Mountain state, the former being the son of Dr. Robert Paddock, of Barre, Vermont, one of the early and prominent physicians of that section. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church and was a presiding elder in the Vermont conference. Robert W. Paddock, Sr., located in Lake county, Illinois, and became a successful farmer of that section. Our subject passed his boyhood days in his native county and secured his early educational training in the public schools, after which he continued his studies for two years in the Waukonda (sic) Academy, in the town of that name in the same county. In this well conducted institution he made himself eligible for successful pedagogic work, while later he still farther qualified himself by a thorough course in both the commercial and northern departments of the Northern Indiana Normal University, at Valparaiso, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1879. He thereafter was engaged in teaching in the public schools of his native county, while he also taught several terms in the Lake Forest Academy, that county. In 1885 he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he remained for two years incumbent of the position of superintendent of the local factory of the Brownell Brush & Wire Goods Company, of Cincinnati. At the expiration of the period noted he became the assistant superintendent of the Ohio Industrial School for Boys, at Lancaster, serving during the administration of Governors Foraker, McKinley and Bushnell, his wife also being for a time a teacher in the school. Mr. Paddock remained identified with his institution until 1899, when he came to Charlevoix county and identified himself prominently with its industrial activities by engaging in farming and stock-growing. He is the owner of eight hundred acres of land in Marion and Eveline townships, the property being well improved and being devoted principally to the raising of high-grade stock. In the raising of cattle, sheep and hogs he breeds from the thoroughbred sires and his is one of the best and most celebrated stock farms in this section of the Wolverine state. The home market is excellent, as this part of the state is in high favor for summer resort purposes, the great influx of summer guests causing a large demand for the various farm products. In his farming enterprise Mr. Paddock has brought to bear scientific methods and progressive ideas, and he has attained to a marked success in the connection, while his efforts have done much to encourage others, since they have demonstrated the unrivaled attractions for development and successful enterprise along these lines in this and neighboring counties. Mr. Paddock's beautiful farm has three and one-half miles of frontage on Pine lake and is mostly eligibly located one mile distant from Charlevoix, the county seat, while it is improved with substantial buildings, including an attractive modern residence. He has done much to promote the stock-growing industry here, and in the county there are fully three times as many farmers giving attention to this important line of enterprise as were to be found so doing when he inaugurated operations here.
In politics Mr. Paddock accords an uncompromising allegiance to the Republican party, with which he has been aligned ever since attaining to his legal majority, while has been an active and effective worker in the party causes. In the fall of 1902 he was made the candidate of his party for representative of Charlevoix county in the state legislature, being elected by a gratifying majority and thus becoming a member of the general assembly of 1903-4. He was assigned to the committees on fish and fisheries, boys' industrial school, and state affairs. It was signally consistent that he be placed on the committee first mentioned, as his district includes the leading fisheries in the state, the enterprise being one of much importance here. His experience in the industrial school of the neighboring state of Ohio made his interposition particularly valuable on the second of the committees mentioned, while the committee on state affairs has the supervision of such matters as are assigned to special committees. Mr. Paddock was active in committee work and in the discussions and deliberations of the house, being an effective speaker and proving an influential working member of the lower house of the legislative body. He secured the enactment of a special bill for Charlevoix county requiring all liquor dealers to furnish surety company bonds, though a general bill covering the same ground for the entire state was vetoed by the governor.
Mr. Paddock is a member of the Charlevoix County Agricultural Society, which conducts a fair each year, at East Jordan, and he is secretary of the farmer's institute of the county, his services in this connection being greatly appreciated, as he gives to his fellow members the benefits of his wide knowledge and experience by delivering special addresses in relation to live stock and other interests. He has been a stanch advocate of improving stock grades, and has exhibited prize-winners in the fairs at Pontiac and Grand Rapids, including cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. He is also a member of the Grange, the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of Korassan, and the Knights of the Maccabees, taking an active interest in the affairs of each. In the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias he served two years a chancellor commander, while he also represented the body in the grand lodge of the order in the state. Mrs. Paddock is affiliated with the Rathbone Sisters and is a zealous member of the Congregational church, while she is prominent in the social life of the community, the beautiful home, located on the banks of the lake, being a center of generous hospitality and good cheer. This residence is one of the best rural dwellings in the county, being modern in design and equipment and having a most attractive site.
In 1885, Mr. Paddock was united in marriage to Miss Mary F. Nicholls, of Charlevoix, she being a daughter of John Nicholls, who was a pioneer of this section. Mr. and Mrs. Paddock have three children, John, Hubert and Richard."
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