Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

OF ESSEX TOWNSHIP. 517
ceeded is shown in the fine fanu he left his falnily at his death in 1871.
Of liis chilclren, Ed~vin resides ia Esses; ~ a r f A., now Mrs. John
Duckworth, of Vnllej~ ; 1Villi;nn EI., Walter J:, nncl Clara, residing
at home. Sarah J. and Eliza 13. ;we numbered alllong the dead. In
e;wly gears Mr. I-Iartley becalne a member of the Yrot estan t Episco11;tl
church, and died in col~nnuyion with that society.
iThas. Ann /hc~tlc!/, \r itlour of James Hnrtley. \\-nu born in Itovton,
E~~glantl, in 1 S37, \~llere lrer iriother ~I;LI:\- (1Ioll;~utl) BIiller tlied ~n
1 S:%). Her f:~tlr el*, Josel~ll Jl ill eta, nTas :I. \\ren\Tela and in t lre cotton
f;~ctories m;ule the ;\cqn;tintance of Miss &I:lry IiIatltlen, wllonl he waribietl.
About 1846 thc Yaw il y i~lllnig~a;~ted, settling ;it (Jlbool;r-ille, Pa.,
but within eicllteen ~nontlls ~bet~a~t~etl to Englantl. Soon after the
pare11 ts of ~oyepll and i\l;~r\i (filittltlr~~) ~i 11; (lied, anid gain they
sougllt Aluericn for a lronle ; col~ring in 1151, tllev obtni~~etl \\~urlc in
the \voolen lnills at Croolc~~ille. ca.mc to Peori;\. in'l852, tlrellce inouecl
to Trivoli, ant1 ult1ilnately settletl ;it Wyo~ning. l\llas. E1;rrtley nccompanietl
]lev parents in tllei~ t~;lvels nu bil tile age of seven teen, \\rllen
shc began work for herself, ant1 at Trivoli \vo~~l;etl fo~ a cousin of
J;~ines JIart'ley, where slre met her 11usl);xntl. anti wrs inawietl in 1S56.
Since his death she 11ss not only tna.u;tgetl the farm, but also increased
t 11 e origi n;~l pr013el~t.v to ne;ubl y (i( 10 acres, itnrl is today consi t le~etl one
of tlre most enterprising anti successf~~l business \yomen in the whole
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Cong~essional tlishict.
I/; I;,yi~o~i~ was boim in Ken tsl~ire, Eng1;~ntL. in IS%. His fi~tller,
Willi:~ln, antl ~r~otller, RIarg;wet, diet1 there. At the age of tlen years
Mr. Ingiaibtl~ lrirctl out us ;I b~~tcllera's i)o,v. Eleven years latela lie tnliicyratecl
to tlre Unitetl States, st;ry ing a, s11ort time in Ne\v Yo1.B and ;it
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C'lricago, tmtl settled i ~t Peoria, iv1rel.e Ile fount1 worl< at $3 per ltlonth.
Some years litter he came to tlris to\\-lislrip in compally \rit!l James
I-Iartley, he purchaseti ltiO acres, on ~~hicll he \rorkecl with a, \\-ill
antl soon acltletl a house to the few tllen in t1llis section of St;~rli. Two
vears l;!.ter 1le nlarrietl Miss Jxne, tl;~rlgll t,er of Etllnund W rigley, and
sister of the banker, John 'W~~igley. This 1;ldy ~vns born in Engl;il~cl.
but came to America \\-it11 1 ~ 1 . latl~er ant1 F;~~nil,v as relatetl in their
fa111il.y llistol-.y. &'or three years tlre vowng people liretl i tl a small llouse
on section 19, then ~~loretl to
\~llere Mr. Ingl*;~nl estnblisl~ecl
tlie fi~st rnwt malal;ct. Tlre ve;tia tlre C. E. c!k iJ. \r;ls conq~letetl
to Wro~ning 11le ~*ei;lu~letl f;~rln li F; 011 section 12. where X1.s. Ingratl
tlietl 'in 1878. OF their sis clliltliaelr. E~llln;~ is 111s. C. ;\lcAIillen,
(:hi~l*le~, II~LPYJT, F~aetl, Jesse ; r tl ~ Kell ie i8esi tlt in the townsllip. 111
Xovenlbel*, 1889, &ha. Ingrain il~;t~*ried kI iss T,;~r~rn St~*;tnge, of l'roria.
horn ;at Fishkill, PI'. IT., in IS44 ; liretl in Ohio i t Ilei* g:.l*antll~~other
until 1860, when slre joinetl ller p;~i*ents ili l'eol-i;~ coi~n ty. I11 ;tgricalt-
11~11 irntl fine stock ;rtf;~irs MI.. Ingrim is trnly ;I ~*cj~wsel~t;~tive man.
IIe is one of tlle loo Inen \rllo own t!le i ecolatls of tlre Tlevon C;~t,tle
ilssociation, imtl in 1oc;~l matters takes a lentli ng 1 )I act: ililto ng the
stock-gl~owers of the district. His ilolne is eritle~~cd of all \\-Ilicll thrift
antl labor may :~cco~nplisll. 111 pc )lit ics he is I'Le11rll)licail.
&-wed Jones, son of Heul-y nutl Sancy (Moss) dooes. \\-as born in
Jackson county, Ohio, in ISIT. His father. a Yirginian, lliored