Worley, Josiah 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 465, Astoria Township
Josiah Worley, for the past 29 years a resident of Fulton Co., was born in Harrison Co., O., May 4, 1811. Daniel Worley, his father, was born in York Co., Pa. The date of his settlement in Ohio is not known, but he probably became a contemporary with many of the first settlers of the Buckeye State. There he was married to Miss Charity Scolds, who bore him 11 children. In 1832 Josiah was married to Miss Mary Ann Miner. Five of the 10 children she bore are dead. During the autumn of 1851, with the object of making a home for his parents, he came to Astoria township and purchased property. Shortly after his coming Mrs. Worley died. During the autumn of 1854 Mr. W. was married to Mrs. Susan Elgin, relict of Samuel Elgin, and daughter of Jacob Wirtz. She settled in Illinois in 1840, first in Bond Co. George and William were born of this marriage. The former died in childhood and William lives in Nebraska.