Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

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father cmlie to Putnnin county, ~ ~~l~ere he first inet Miss Smith. ITe
nftel~~\-a~*tls came to T:~zemell county where tl~c,y were inar~~ied. When
3fal.y was hut seven. years old they came to Starl~ county, and settled
in Esscs townsllili,p.nd later c:me to West ,Jersey township ~vliere
they ~~cinninetl until l S86, when they removed to Missouri. Mr. and
~ r s West . are membcl~s of the ~lliaistinn cl~umli. hi^^. West is now
sixty-eight n.nd Mrs. West sistv vems of age. Of t1lleir ten nlliltlren
five tlict 1 ill infancy. Ik1ar-y. 11o;v hr1.s. 'J'erry, is the eldest child. IIer
early life was spent at home assistling l~ei* p;vents. IIer advantages
also \\.ere only those or the pioneer periocl. Since -their marriage in
- 1873 Mr. and Mrs. Terry i~a,ue resitletl on their farm in \Irest Jersey
tow nsll ip, w llich MI*. ~ eir 11;d pl*criousl\ pnrcll;tsetl. Three chilclrck
have 1)lessctl their union. ' 3fs1.y I,., 11arGet J. and William 0. I'olitiallly
&II~. l'e~mry is n iiepul)l ican, ant1 is ol)ljoscd to secret orpniz;~tions.
Mr. nntl 311~s. ' Terry are descent1;lnts of i llinois' earliest pioneers, as
this slcctcl~ ~vill show. They llnve n pIe:ts:\~it home' four miles from
Tonlon, ~~11el.e they own 145 acres (if woll-imp~aovcd limtls.
IlTazhi9tgrlton YiicAal;.lc.- Mrs. W i ley's fat her is the son of Christopher
and Mary Trickle. Ire was born near I!nltlimore, Mtl., i7ebrn;~ry 1,
1805. &hy 11, 1828, he mnrriecl Miss Elearlor Smith, who was born in
Dela~vnre in 1507. In 1835 he c;tnle to Izr~lton county, Ill., and one
war later to Stadi county, ant1 llejian farming. On July 15, 1883,
brs. T~*iclile died at their l~orne inaBm~rood, Ill. Since her death Mr.
Trickle has ~natle his home with his son-in-law, Mr. Wiley. He is now
eighty-two gears of age, strong and active. In 1811 MI*. Trickle re-
~novecl to Ohio from Maryland, wl~ere on account bf the Indians he
was qllartered in the fort. Almost n quazter of a century later he
came to Illinois.
Anmn D. Vim Sickle, son of Aaron and Nomey (Decker) Van
Sickle, was born in Warren county, N. J., March 24, 1831. His
parents, New Jerseyinns, came to West Jersey township, wl~ere his
father diet1 June 1, 1874, Iris ~nbther is still livina, and is seventye~glit
years of age. Aaron D. is thesecondchildof t eirfamil rof ten
children. In 1860 he married DIiis Mary ICelly, a native of Leland.
After their ma.rriage, Mr. Van Sicltle was employed as a farm hand,
he working for $90 per year, tvliich occupation he followed six years.
. In 1856 lie came to Stark county, and in 3863 he urchasecl a farm
and began its iml~rovement. Ia 1815 Mrs. Van Sick Y e died, her health
having been failing for some time. She 1eft.five kl~iltlren, one of whom
died in infancy.; IIarriet, no\$ MISS. Barr, of ,.Rutla, Ill. ; George, a'
farmer of West. Jersey; Jose ~hine, Mrs. Lain of hIissouri, and
Willie, at hoine. In 1877 Mr. $an Siclile milrrie %' Miss Martha Ann
Wiley, a clan41ter of Jacob ant1 Julia Ann Wiley, born in Starlc countv,.1il.,
~a.rcg 26, 1860. lIer fictl~er, a native of New .Jersey. bein
hrn in Morris connty, April 27, 1802, removed to Illinois in 1853, an §
settled in Stark county. Here, in 1854 Mrs. Wiley died. In 1855
Mr. Wiley married Mrs. Julia Ann White. She ww *born in Ohio,
27, 1872. A in Mi=. Wiley was left a widower, Mrs. Wile 's
death occurring Each, 16, 1872. She left five children, Mrs. dn
Sickle being the .third- child. Since his wife's dath, Mr. Wiley has for
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