A Portrait and Biographical Record of Hendricks County (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1895)--pages 1063-1064
James A. Hadley, a progressive young farmer of Middle Township, Hendricks County, Ind., is a member of one of the oldest and most respected families of the county. Jonathan Hadley, his grandfather, was born in North Carolina, and early settled near Plainfield, Hendricks County, Ind., where he rose to distinction as a citizen and a member of the Friends' Church, and married a Miss Carter. Enos Hadley, his son, was born in Plainfield, and at his death was the second oldest white child born within the precincts of the county. He was the owner of a farm of 230 acres, was formerly an old-line Whig, but later became a stanch Republican, and served as township trustee and county commissioner. He was a pillar of the Christian Church and was also a pioneer teacher of the county. His death took place November 11, 1893.
James A Hadley was born in Washington Township, Hendricks County, Ind., July 15, 1855, and has always been engaged in farming. He married Eliza Kurtz, daughter of Henry and Margaret (Van Nuys) Kurtz, and to this union have been born two children—Jesse M. and Henry K. After his marriage Mr. Hadley settled on his present farm of eighty acres, where he and family enjoy the esteem of their neighbors and are passing their lives in the quiet pursuit of agriculture, and in the observance of the tenets of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, Mr. Hadley is a Republican.