Dade County, Missouri Biographies-Dr. Charles Aaron BADGLEY

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 793, 794

Dr. Charles Aaron Badgley, doctor of dental surgery, of 
Greenfield, Mo., is a native of Auglaize County, Ohio, born in
1854, and is the son of George and Martha (Watkins) Badgley; 
grandson of George and Rebecca (Eddy) Badgley; great-grandson
of Aaron and Joannah (Hedges) Badgley; great-great-grandson of
George Badgley, and great-great-great-grandson of George 
Badgley, who was a native of England, born in the latter part
of the sixteenth century, and a ship carpenter by trade. He 
was also one of the best swimmers known, yet he came to his 
death by drowning. George Badgley (great-great-grandfather)
came to America about 1740 with his cousin, Anthony Badgley,
and died here in 1799. Aaron Bedgley (great-grandfather) was
born August 10, 1771, and married Miss Hedges, January 1, 1791.
George Badgley (grandfather) was born in April, 1800, and 
married Miss Eddy in 1824. they became the parents of six sons
and two daughters, George Badgley (father of the subject of 
this sketch) being the eldest son and second child. He was 
born November 27, 1828, in the State of Ohio, was a teacher 
by profession, but at the time of his death, which occurred 
in Auglaize County, Ohio, in 1860, be was a student of 
dentistry. His wife, Mrs. Martha (Watkins) Badgley, was a 
native of Ohio, born in 1833, and after the death of Mr. Badgley
she married Stephen Armstrong, who is also deceased. Mrs. 
Armstrong now resides in Putnam County, Ill., and is the mother
of six children, three living, two by her first marriage, and
one by the second, viz.: Dr. Charles A.; Hester C., wife of 
H. C. Mills, of Putnam County, Ill.; and Willis, in Auglaize 
County, Ohio. Dr. Charles A. Badgley received his literary 
education in his native county, and in 1871 commenced the study
of dentistry at Winona, Ill., with his uncle, Dr. A. E. Badgley,
where he remained a student three years. He then commenced 
practicing with his uncle, which he continued until 1875, when
he went to La Salle, Ill., and in 1879 came to Greenfield, Mo.
September 14, 1879, he married Miss Georgia M. McDowell, a native
of Dade County, Mo., and the daughter of W. G. and M. J. (Jones)
McDowell, and only sister of Mrs. Addie (McDowell) Dixon, at 
this time of Trinidad, Colo. To this union were born four 
children: Irma, Edna, Charles (deceased) and George. Dr. Badgley
is the only resident dentist in Dade County, is a skillful 
workman and gives good satisfaction, all his work being warranted.
He has a large and increasing practice, is a man much respected,
and is one of Greenfield's best citizens. He visits Golden City,
Lockwood, Ash Grove and Everton at stated intervals each month. 
He is a Republican in politics. Dr. Badgley and wife are members
of the Presbyterian Church.

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