Biography of Joseph B. Petty
Joseph Bradley Petty, one of the successful business men of Tuscola, engaged in merchandising and identified with several other enterprises of the city, was born in Hendricks County, Indiana, August 24, 1855, and is a son of Nathan and Ann Mariah (Wood) Petty, the former born in Chatham County, North Carolina, and the latter in Mercer County, Kentucky. Mr. Petty was engaged in farming for several years in Champaign County, and from 1884 to 1891 lie resided at Iantha, Missouri, where he was engaged in blacksmithing and hard-ware merchandising. In the latter year lie returned to Illinois and settled in … Read more