JOHN PADAN was born in
Ireland, May 10, 1823, a son of Henry Padan, a farmer of that
which he worked at in connection with farming seven years in
Ireland. He was married May 24, 1849, and the same year came
to the United States, landing in New York, Aug. 9, Sept. 17 he came
to Portsmouth and has since made this his home. He is a father
of the Padan Brothers, proprietors of the Portsmouth Shoe
Factory. He started his sons in business and made their credit
good by his own risks. He is one of the oldest residents of
Portsmouth and has always been prominently identified with all her
interests. His family consists of five sons and one daughter,
and is one of which any man might be proud. He holds the
confidence and respect of a large circle of acquaintances.
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WILLIAM S. PATTEN,
contractor and builder and proprietor of the Portsmouth Planing
Mill, was born in Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio, Mar. 10, 1833, a
son of Richard Patten. His father died in Gallipolis in
1860 and his mother still resides in Harmar, aged seventy five
years. William S. began to work at the carpenter's
trade when eighteen years of age and served an apprenticeship of
three years. He then went to Ashland, Ky., and two years
later, in 1855, came to Portsmouth. Since 1859 he has been
contracting and building, and for twenty-three years has been in the
planing mill. In his mill he employs several hands dressing
all the lumber he uses and also doing custom work. He enlisted
in 1862 in Company F, Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and served thirteen
months, being discharged on account of disability. He was
married in 1857 to Eliza Cox, of Ashland, Ky. They have
one child, Maud, aged thirteen years. Mr. and Mrs.
Patten are members of the Sixth-Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Grand
Army of the Republic.
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H. PRESCOTT, a son of
Joseph J. Prescott was born in Bath, Grafton Co., N. H., in
1840. When twenty-three years of age he came West and located
at Keystone Furnace, Jackson Co., Ohio, where he kept books about
nine years; he then removed to Portsmouth and was employed ten years
as bookkeeper for the Portsmouth Foundry and Machine Works. In
Jan., 1882, he, with M. R. Tewksbury and Joseph Hornung,
established the Standard Wheelbarrow Works, located on Front street,
between Madison and Jefferson streets. They occupy four rooms,
each 20 x 60 feet, and besides manufacturing wheelbarrows have
machinery for making all kinds of hoops. They have the
capacity for making ten dozen wheelbarrows a day and, when all their
machinery is in use, employ thirty men. Their sales are in job
lots, shipping principally West and South. Mr. Prescott
was married in 1868 to Mary S. Tewksbury, of Bath, N. H.
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J. W. PURDUM was born in
Montgomery County, Md., Apr. 15, 1815, and moved with his parents in
the fall of 1817 to Ohio. He was reared in Ross County and
learned the carpenter and joiner's trade in Chillicothe, and came to
Portsmouth Jun 11, 1835, and at once commenced to work at his trade.
In 1842 he began contracting and followed that business till 1881,
when he was obliged to retire on account of ill health. He has
built some of the finest houses in Portsmouth, including residences,
churches and business blocks. He was married Oct. 8, 1838, to
Eliza Ratcliff, a native of England. She died Mar. 20,
1854, leaving three children - Harriet Ellen, John Walter
and Anna Eliza. Apr. 10, 1855, Mr. Purdum
married Sarah Pursell, a native of England, and a sister of
James Pursell, a merchant of Portsmouth. They have one
son, J. P. Purdum, the present City Solicitor. Mr.
and Mrs. Purdum are members of the Second Presbyterian Church,
Portsmouth.
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