WILLIAM ARDERY, farmer; P. O. Millersburg, son of James H. and Jane (McClure) Ardery, ... William, the second son, born March 26, 1841, lived with his father, receiving a common school education, and assisting with the farm work and trading in mules through the South after the war. He married, Feb. 22, 1881, to Emma Davis; born Sept. 28, 1854, to Mrs. Mary (Leeper) Davis, of Harrison County; her father, William Davis, a son of James Davis and Lizzie Matthews; she was kidnapped and brought from London, Eng., to this country when fourteen years of age and sold for five pounds sterling; she was subsequently married in Stafford County, Va.
