Charles & George Oakley

OAKLEY

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 9/21/2002 at 14:46:06

Oakley, Charles & George W., farmers, Section 22 (Fairfield township), PO Brush Creek; own 145 acres, valued $5,000; Charles was born in Lake Co., Ohio, June 26, 1835; George W. was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, June 11, 1847; their father, Simon Oakley, died Oct. 15, 1854; they came with their mother to this county and settled on their present farm in April, 1876; they have one sister, Eliza, who lives with them.

Page 613, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"