Sullivan County PA Archives Biographies.....PARDOE, Joseph 1845 - living in 1899
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  JOSEPH PARDOE is extensively engaged in general farming and lumbering in Elkland
  township, Sullivan County, and is one of the most reliable citizens of that
  community. He comes of an old Sullivan County family, and was born to William
  and Jane (McCarty) Pardoe, March 30, 1845. His grandfather was Joseph Pardoe,
  who came to this country from his native land, England, locating at
  Northumberland, Northumberland County, Pa., where he became a neighbor of Dr.
  Priestly, an extensive landowner in Sullivan County, whom he knew previously in
  England. From him he purchased 200 acres of uncleared land at two dollars per
  acre, and after clearing sufficient ground he erected a little log cabin into
  which he moved with his wife. Together they labored zealously and in time
  converted the wild timberland through which the wild animals roamed at will into
  beautiful fields, now under a high state of cultivation. In this little log
  cabin their children first saw the light of day and there grew to maturity. He
  lived a long and useful life, spending the last few years in retirement at the
  home of a daughter, having disposed of the old homestead to Watson Wright, Esq.
  He lived to reach the age of ninety years and his wife also reached a ripe old
  age, both now lying buried in the Pardoe burying-ground, a small tract set off
  from his farm for that purpose. Subsequent to settling in America, he married
  Sarah Roberts, and eight children blessed their home: William; Joseph; John;
  George; Richard; Thomas; Elizabeth; and Sarah.
  
    William Pardoe, the father of our subject, also took to agricultural pursuits
  and, upon reaching manhood, purchased a tract of land three miles south of the
  old homestead, which consisted of eighty acres of timberland. He made a clearing
  and built a log house, following farming there the remainder of his days. During
  the forty-third year of his age, while engaged in clearing some land, he
  severely cut his foot, and before receiving medical assistance almost bled to
  death. This wound finally resulted fatally. He married Jane McCarty, a daughter
  of Joel McCarty, and they reared five children: John, a resident of Forksville;
  Albert, deceased; Joseph, our subject; Joel, deceased; and Mary, the wife of
  Frank Barnes of Elkland township. Mrs. Pardoe was fifty-four years of age at the
  time of her demise. Politically Mr. Pardoe was originally a Whig, but became a
  Republican upon the organization of that party, serving in a number of township
  offices. Religiously he was a member of the Society of Friends.
  
    Joseph Pardoe received his intellectual training in the district schools and
  was reared on a farm. Upon leaving the parental roof he bought the Henry Huckell
  farm of one-hundred and thirty-six and one-half acres, and there he has since
  lived, following a life of consistent industry and great happiness. In 1888 he
  built a new and handsome house for a residence and also erected a new barn.
  Surrounding the house are beautifully-laid-out-grounds which, with their large
  trees and hedges, present a striking appearance! He has not only engaged in
  general farming, but in lumbering to an extent, leasing portable saw-mills, and
  sending his lumber to market at New Albany, Pa., and at Wilkesbarre. He has not
  only attained the highest success in the business world but in private life is
  esteemed by all who know him.
  
    Mr. Pardoe married Lizzie Molyneux, a daughter of John and Martha Molyneux,
  and she passed away in 1883, aged forty-three years. Our subject formed a second
  marital union with Mrs. Mary Kelder, widow of Lester Kelder and a daughter of
  Edwin Saben, by whom he had one son, Thaddeus, a bookkeeper of New Albany. In
  1895 William Emery of Forksville, who at that time lost his wife, leaving him
  with three children, being in straitened circumstances he gave the second child,
  Gracie, to our subject and wife, with whom she has since lived. Politically Mr.
  Pardoe is a firm Republican and has served as auditor of the township.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
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