Unidentified Newsclipping - 1888 SHADDUCK.--John Shadduck, father of the Rev. Z. W. Shadduck, early came from Connecticut to Erie County, Pa., and settled near Colt's Station. He purchased the land and laid out the Village of Wesleyville. He gave the lots for the Wesleyville Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage, and was one of the most liberal subscribers toward the construction of both. He and his wife were prominent and efficient members of the original class, organized by Henry Knapp, in 1826. They were Methodists of the primitive type, responding when the word was preached with fervor, and "shouting" when they were happy. Z. W. Shadduck was born at Wesleyville, Erie County, Pa., February 17, 1831. He was left an orphan when he was three. Church and Sabbath-school he regularly attended from childhood. From his father's estate he inherited sufficient to defray the expenses of the regular course at Allegheny College, from which he took his degree in 1857. He was a conscientious student, doing his work well, and receiving the esteem of his fellow-students and the faculty. He was particularly devoted to languages, and was quite proficient in Greek. He was converted under the labors of the Rev. S. B. Sullivan and Rev. B. D. Himebaugh when he was eighteen. A week of earnest prayer led him into the joy of salvation. Again and again when but a lad he wept over his sins and prayed in secret, but was too timid to ask help. His early life was free from gross sins and vices, yet his conversion was distinct. While at college he was so deeply impressed with the call of God to the Gospel ministry that he found no peace until he fully submitted. He was licensed to preach by the Quarterly Conference of the First Church, Meadville, Crawford County, Pa., Rev Hiram Kinsley, Presiding Elder, and was recommended to the traveling connection, and received on trial in Erie Annual Conference at Ravenna, Ohio,, in 1857. He was blessed with large success in his work. He served the following charges: Sunville, 1857; New Wilmington, 1858; Waterford, 1859; Albion, 1860; Moravia, 1861-62; Tidioute, 1863; Pine Grove, 1864-65; Dayton, 1866-68; Leon, 1869-70; Wesleyville, 1871-72; Greene, 1873-75; Eureka, 1876; Greenfield, 1877-79; Grant, 1880-81; Plumer, 1882; Rouseville, 1883-84; Reno, 1885-86. At the Conference in Jamestown, New York, he was appointed to Fagundus Charge. Though in great weakness, he went to his work one Sabbath, but was compelled by fast failing health to relinquish his field. He married Miss Lizzie DeLong, of Forestville, New York, in 1860. Two sons and three daughters, with his wife, mourn the departure of a kind father and faithful husband. After thirty years in the ministry, serving with true heroism having "endured as seeing Him "who is invisible," "was gathered to his fathers" at Reno, Pa., January 27, 1888. The funeral obsequies held at Reno, Sabbath, January 29, were conducted by his Presiding Elder, Rev. Milton Smith. A brief memoir was read and remarks made by the writer; also, remarks were made and testimonials given by the Revs. S. E. Ryan, S. A. Dean, and Dr. J. N. Fradenbaugh, and by the Presiding Elder, the Rev. Milton Smith. The remains were taken to Meadville, Pa., Monday, January 30, for interment. Written by Rev. Andrew Jackson Merchant