JOHN M. CADDY
JOHN M. CADDY, hardware merchant, was born in Waltham, Mass., in 1850, removing when very young to Greene County, Ohio; he learned the trade of tinner there, serving as an apprentice some four years; he came to Kansas in 1871, locating in Spring Hill. Was for a year employed as a clerk in the hardware business, after which he purchased the stock, etc., and conducted the business until the spring of 1873, when he sold out and moved to Boston, Mass., where for a year he worked at his trade. He then removed to Greene County, Ohio, and worked at it there until 1877, when he returned to Spring Hill and engaged in this business. He has a nice business and carries a stock of $3,500. He was a member of the city council in 1879, and also during that period filled the office of City Clerk. He was elected Mayor of Spring Hill in the spring of 1881 and re-elected in 1882. Was married in 1872, at Spring Hill, to Rebecca Berkshire; they have one son, Edward A.
From William G. Cutler, History of the State of Kansas, first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
