Hartley, John

Born: 1817-XX-XX Indiana

Flourished: Paris, Illinois

John Hartley, a grocer and day laborer in Edgar County, Illinois, married Sarah Hartley of Indiana in 1842. By 1860, the couple had at least four children, had a personal estate valued at $600, and owned real property in Paris, Illinois, valued at $1,200. John Hartley also served as a trustee on the Paris City Council in 1856.

Indiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 30 November 1842, Vermillion County (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997); U.S. Census Office, Eighth Census of the United States (1860), Paris, Edgar County, IL, 42; U.S. Census Office, Ninth Census of the United States (1870), Paris, Edgar County, IL, 59; Frank E. Shopp, comp., General Ordinances of the City of Paris, Illinois: In Force Jan. 1, 1912 (Paris, IL: Paris Beacon, 1912), iii.