Geneva County AlArchives Biographies.....Treadwell, Hardy P. December 28 1859 - living in 1893 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson alabammygrammy@aol.com May 26, 2004, 11:23 am Author: Brant & Fuller (1893) HARDY P. TREADWELL, M. D., physician and surgeon, of Geneva, was born in Daleville, Dale county, December 28, 1859. After receiving his education in the common schools of his native county he went, when twenty years of age, to Pike county, and in company with his brother, who is now a prominent physician of Troy, bought a farm and engaged in farming for two years. In the meantime, when twenty-one years old, he commenced reading medicine, and in his twenty-third year he entered the medical college at Mobile, taking two courses of lectures. He then opened an office at Echo, Dale county, and began the practice of his profession, remaining there for two years. Then, on the 25th of December, 1884, he removed to Geneva, and has been engaged there in the practice of his profession ever since. He is the son of William A. and Lucy A. (Surrill) Treadwell, the former of whom was born in Jasper county, Ga. He came to Alabama while a young man, settled in Chambers county, and was married there. Later he took up the study of medicine, graduated from a medical college, and began the practice of medicine before he was thirty years old. He began his practice in Chambers county, and afterward was a resident of Dale county for a number of years. Eventually he settled in Coffee county, at Victoria, and there died in May, 1889. He was a democrat and a member of the Primitive Baptist church. His wife was a native of Alabama, grew up in Chambers county, and was married in her eighteenth year. She has had ten children, six of whom survive. She is a member of the Primitive Baptist church, and resides at Victoria, Coffee county. Hardy P. Treadwell was married, in 1879, to Miss. Fannie E. Warren, daughter of William G. Warren. She was born in Eufaula, in 1860, and received a good education. She was married in her seventeenth year. She is now the mother of two children, Mertie E., attending school at Eufaula, and Willie D., attending the Geneva high school. Mrs. Treadwell has a millinery establishment adjoining her husband's drug store. Dr. Treadwell has worked his way up from a poor boy to his present position as one of the leading physicians of Geneva county. His practice is very extensive and covers the adjoining counties in Alabama, and extends into Holmes county, Fla. He has accumulated property of considerable value. Beside his drug store and residence property he owns a fine plantation of 200 acres of land. He has been identified with every movement and enterprise calculated to advance the interests of the city and county of Geneva, and is recognized as one of the county's most public-spirited citizens. Additional Comments: from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1041-1042 Published by Brant & Fuller (1893) Madison, WI This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb