![]() He now is extensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of his favorite brand “Old Dr. Soom after his majority he commenced flat-boating on the Ohio, and in the fall of 1854 commenced general merchandising in Adyeville, which place he laid out and founded, and where he has continued until the present, having nearly quit the mercantile business. ![]() Our subject was reared by his parents, receiving limited schooling. They were members of the Episcopalian and Methodist Churches. They then moved to New York, where they remained several years, and in 1837 moved to Perry County, where the father died in December, 1845. and Laura (Whicher) Adye, both natives of Vermont, where they were married and remained many years. and Laura Ann (deceased), who married Nathan A. This story tells about boats and dam.ĪNDREW ADYE is a native of Chautauqua County, N.Y., where he was born January 15, 1831, being the fifth son in a family of seven, viz,: John (deceased), Jason W., Joel C. People today that know the Area around Adyeville, may wonder how was there enough water to float a boat of any size or a long from Adyeville down to the Ohio? The possible answer may be the Huffman Mill and dam built at Huffman Mills down stream. It thus appears on early state maps, but in 1861 when a post office was established the name Adyeville was conferred. Adyeville was first known as Bridge-port, because of the old covered bridge across Anderson River, on the highroad leading from Clark Twp into Harrison TWP, Spencer County. ![]()
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