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JAMES MADISON CHADWICK, farmer, post office East Liberty, was born in Pittsburgh, Dec. 16, 1840. His father, Thomas, was also born in that city, in 1823, and his mother, Elizabeth, was born in McPherson, Cumberland county, Pa. They were, respectively, sixteen and fourteen years old at the time of their marriage. Thomas died at Oakland in 1854, but Elizabeth is still living. He kept a shoe store and tannery, and had three sons and four daughters, of whom the following are now living: Mary Emma (Ferree), Grapeville, Westmoreland county; James M.; Caroline (McMinn), Brushton; and Jane E. (Landwehr), in Penn township. James Chadwick, father of Thomas, came from England, purchased one thousand acres of land in Allegheny county in 1820, and also owned a large tract in Westmoreland county. He built the plank-road from Pittsburgh to Oakland. He was a member of the M. E. Church, and died in 1847, at a great age. James M. Chadwick has dwelt on his present farm since he was ten years old, and received a common-school education. The Methodist Church represents his religious faith, and the republican party his political creed. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., Mystic Chain and K. P. In 1871 he married Mary McCombs, a native of Pittsburgh, daughter of John and Mary Jane (Kelly) McCombs, of Scotch extraction. Their children are Harry Homer, Bella Jane, Ella F., Rebecca W., James F., Mary and Charles Offenbach.