Leonora met her future husband when she was visiting a relative in Morgan Co. In. Leonora's mother was the niece of Perry T. Macy, Thomas Hadley's stepfather.

Following their marriage, they settled in Leonora's home town of Economy, In. Thomas, her husband entered the construction business. He built many homes and farm buildings in and near the town. He prospered, and later aquired two adjacent farms, totaling 152 acres, located 2 miles west of Economy. He combined the two farms into one, and developed his land into one of the outstanding farms of the community. He built substantial farm buildings, fine carriages, established orchards of apples, peaches, pear and cherries, and raised crops of grain and livestock. Thomas was also one of the religious leaders of his community. He, together with Edgar Lock, Albert Chamness and John Carver Keever, was instrumental in reopening the West River Friends Church in 1903, which had been closed for some thirteen years. The church located about three and a half miles west of Economy, still(1974)serves the farm community in which it is located.

MOTHER: Lucinda Macy

FATHER: Henry Clay Beard

HUSBAND: Thomas P. Hadley

MARRIAGE: Apr 1883 (4 Apr, 1881)

CHILDREN:(all born in Economy, In.)

Ralph Seward Hadley

Eva Luzena Hadley

Rebecca Madge Hadley

Mazie Matilda Hadley

Gracie Hadley

Anna Clarice Hadley

Violet Faye Hadley

FURTHER INFORMATION:

1. 1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Leonora Beard

Age in 1870: 9

Birth Year: abt 1861

Birthplace: Indiana

Home in 1870: Perry, Wayne, Indiana

Race: White

Gender: Female

Post Office: Greens Fork

Household Members: Name Age

Henry Beard 32

Lucinda Beard 31

Leonora Beard 9

Jonathan Beard 5

Nancy Finch 64

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Perry, Wayne, Indiana; Roll: M593_371; Page: 493A; Image: 90; Family History Library Film: 545870.

2. Indiana, Marriage Collection, 1800-1941

Name: Lenora C. Beard

Spouse Name: Thomas P. Hadley

Marriage Date: Apr 1883

Marriage County: Wayne

Source Citation: Title: Wayne County, Indiana, Index to Marriage Records 1860* - 1920 Inclusive V, W. P. A. Original Record Located: County Clerk's O; Book: C- N; Page: 516.

3. 1940 United States Federal Census

Name: Nora C Hadley

Age: 79

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birthplace: Indiana

Marital Status: Widowed

Relation to Head of House: Mother

Home in 1940: West River, Randolph, Indiana

Inferred Residence in 1935: West River, Randolph, Indiana

Residence in 1935: Same Place

Sheet Number: 9A

Household Members: Name Age

Marie M Hutchinson 51

Paul Hutchinson 16

Nora C Hadley 79

Source Citation: Year: 1940; Census Place: West River, Randolph, Indiana; Roll: T627_1089; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 68-24.

*Family relationships and birth/death dates and places were taken from trees on Ancestry.com. (The birth and death years came from cemetery records.)