Joseph Pardington
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 company with his father’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 children, 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.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883