WILLIAM BADLEY

    William Badley, it is said, was the second one to locate in the precinct of Dover Township.  He settled on Mill Creek just below Mr. Burroughs, in 1818.  He was a native of Maryland, where he married Sarah Hurst, by whom he had the following children: James, Arthur, Tabitha, Mahala, Anna, one daughter who married a Mr. Cook, Mercy, William, Nelson, Sallie and Zachariah, most of whom died early in life with consumption.  Mr. Badley was honest, upright and a worthy pioneer.