J. W. FARLEY

FARLEY, BADGER

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Date: 6/4/2009 at 11:15:08

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

HON. J. W. FARLEY, Mayor of the city of Centerville; born in Hancock Co., Ill., in 1838; moved to Washington Co., Iowa, in 1839, with his parents and located in this county in 1871. Married Miss M. E. Badger in 1865; she was born in Ohio in 1832; their children are Effie M., Mamie M., Roy E. and J.W. Members of the M.E. Church; Republican. He was elected Mayor in 1875. Enlisted in the 13th Iowa V.I. in August 1861; wounded at Shiloh and discharged through diability, the effects of wounds; mustered out at Cincinnati, Ohio, July 22, 1862.