BIO: PARDINGTON, JOSEPH 1883 SHELBY COUNTY OHIO

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History of Shelby County  1883  Sutton

Green Township. Page 208

Joseph Pardington, deceased, was born in England Aug 7, 1800 and 
immigrated to America with his
parents, Richard and Ellen Pardington, in 1810, who located in 
Maryland, where he Joseph Pardington,
married Miss Tabitha Clark.   They remained in Maryland until 
1831, when they in the company with his 
fathers's family moved to Ohio and located in Green Township, 
Shelby County, remained about one year,
when they all returned to Maryland.  In 1837 Mr. Joseph Pardington 
returned to Green Township with
his family and made a permanent settlement on a tract of land 
between Palestine and Plattsville, 
on which he made improvements and lived until 1868, when he 
moved to Miami County, where he died
June 19, 1881.  His companion died Sept 3, 1844.  He reared 
a family of five chidren, Ann, Jemima,
Ellen, John, and Mary.  He was considered one of the best 
historians that has ever lived in Green
Township, and was esteemed and respected by all who knew him.