James Hadden was born in Haddingtonshire, Scotland.

The evidence

• “James Hadden, a representative farmer and prominent citizen of Johnstown township, Rock county, Wisconsin, was born on February 15, 1840, in Haddingtonshire, Scotland, the native place of his parents, James and Ann (Brown) Hadden, and also of his grandfather, James Hadden, who was a farmer. The father came to the United States in 1856, bringing his family, and settled on a farm which he bought in section 6, Johnstown township, Rock county, Wisconsin.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/34e-biographical-5.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 555 / book p. 1039

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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