Rawley, John bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 959-960, Woodland Township
John Rawley, agriculturist. The subject of this sketch was born in Penn. on the 23d of July, 1807; his father, Rubert Rawley, was a native of Delaware, but moved to Va. in an early day, where he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Bargheiser, by whom he had 11 children; John, who was the eldest born of this marriage, grew to manhood in Va., where he was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Simmers, by whom he has 8 children; from Va. he moved to Indiana in 1853; for nearly 3 years he resided in Indiana, and then located in Henderson Co., Ill., two years later settling in Woodland tp., Fulton Co. In 1870 Mrs. R. was laid at rest in Woodland tp.; and in 1873 Mr. Rawley united his fortunes to Miss Katie Saulsbury, who died six months later; April, 1875, Mr. R. married Miss Catherine Baker, by whom he has one child, Sarah. Mr. Rawley ranks among the more substantial farmers and progressive citizens of this township.