Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

the most of the, time made his home with, his children, recently at Mr.
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' , . b,Van Sickle's. He is now in his eightyfifth year, and for so old rr, win is -
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.,.- : strong and aotive. Since Mr. Van Sickle's marriage with Miss Wiley ,
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in 1877, he has iresided on his farm, about-two' and a half miles from
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, ,' .-, the illa age of West Jersey. This marriage was blessed by two cllil-
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. . dren, Bertha A. and Charles E. He has always been a Republican,
.. -. and has held several township offices. Ile has increased his original'
I . , farm of I00 acres to 500 acres of choice lands in West Jersev.
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John JViley, son of Jacob md Anna (Sanders) Wiley, was b&*n in New '
Jersey in 1854. His parents, both born in New Jersey, callie to Illinois in
-. . 1852. They settled in MTest Jersey township where, in '54, llis mother
died. His father is still living, being now eighty-five gears of age.
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. Jol~n Wiley is the third child of a family of seven #chi1 ren. In '52,
' . when he was eighteen years of age, he came with his arents to +
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county, where he was engaged in agriculture, most of t !i' e time working
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by the month. In '65 he married Miss Eunice, daughter of Waslring-
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ton and Eleanor Trickle, born in 1838. After their marriage Mr. '
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Wiley began far~ning in West Jersey township, where lle TIOW resides, .
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". By his first marriage four children were born, tlrree of \i~lloln are liv-
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, , ' ing : Astllur J;, Ella. I,;LuI#~ A. George W. is nulliberccl with tile
dead. In '65 Mrs. Wiley died in mu~l~bcrsllip with tllc (!l~~.istian
' , ; Cl~u~*ch. III '66 &[I*. Wilcy 111i~141ai~tl Miss S:LI*~L~ (j., (ti~ttg11 tcla of AIL~OII
1~11cl i)ol.cas A tun, h)lalit1 lcultori cou~lty, I II., ill 1837. 111 'SO tl~is liitly
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tl~~ittt*, I ~XN Ma 11;. hlulll t.0~11, t~ J'laittlltl, id1 ol' \\'(MI ,lt~lasog, wt)lQt9
n~l*ic:li~~l \\ri~Il tlis(brtau, wll ic:lr untlucl in tlur~tl~. \Va \Y. Wul~stt~ib wacl oi~o
of tho li ~UIII ~J(!I'I&IIL'O WOI'ICUL'S ill Stdi UOUII~Y, 1111tI ~~l't~i~illly 0110 of
the 111ost curllust abolitionists in the St:~tu. ( I "itle gatertcal itdstol. .)
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JluI~ult~ I'~)uPL~, tliutl June 1, 1883, ugecl fif ty-four ye;~rs. 8 t c 1~21s
born in Mi~~.yland in 182'3 ; lnovetl wit11 &rents to 01do in '31, i~nd to
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=. ' Illinois in '44. ln '4(i sl~t n~ilrrietl Mr. 1 oung.
C. 1IT. Ywgu , retired ~liercltant, was born in Wnsllington county,
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Md., in 1825, o 1 wllicll sttltu his puibcnts, W illialu and Malr;~ln (ltoby)
- Young, wciae illso natives, wlrcre tlra latter cliecl about 1833. In 1538,
., beforeStrkwaso~*g~~~izod,Mr.Young,:,vitll llisfivecl~ilil~~en,locuted
in I'eoriu county, Ill., anti tliecl there in 1844 irl his fit t y-first year. Of
. his citiltlren who uccoln ~i~nied him to Illinois, H. S. 'is in- Minnesota,
Dorcus is deceased, C. d . resides here, Nary in Missonri, iknd Ainandil,
of I'rinccville, lllli~~ois. W illialn, Nelson and C11i~~lottc remi~i ncd in
Murylil~~d for sonlt time, but ul tilni~tely ciLlne lre18e. W illii~ll~ now
rcsiclns in lowu, wllilc Nelson ancl Cllulalotto are i~111011g the de;~d. 0.
W. You~lg wus in Iris tltirtcelltli yciir \\rlre~lle ciuue to Illinois. IIe
II~SSC~L tll~aougll all t l J)~OIIOCP ~ vicissl tdes of tl~ose times. I11 1 S51 or
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1852 ito engaged in business at liick~~~oo town, Ill., and in 1853 opened