Mrs. Sarah M. Hockley - 1879

HOCKLEY, HATFIELD, DARLING, WOODHURST

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Date: 8/19/2009 at 10:20:10

MRS. SARAH M. HOCKLEY, Sec. 36; P. O. Maquoketa; is a native of Ohio; her maiden name was Sarah M. Hatfield; when she was only 8 years of age, her parents started for the West, with but $3 in money, and there were five of them, and, when they reached Dubuque, they still had $3, making a most economical trip by working their way; they settled in Jackson Co. in 1843, and engaged in farming; Mrs. Hockley grew up to womanhood here, and says that since she was 8 years of age, she has lived within sight of her present home, and there are few persons of her age who have seen more of pioneer life than she has. In 1852, she married B.F. Darling, of Vermont; he died in November, 1867; they had three children - Helen E. (now Mrs. Woodhurst, living in Delmar), Charles F. and Mary; after remaining a widow for nine years, Mrs. Darling married, in December, 1876, William Hockley, a native of Ware, England; he was born in 1837; came to the United States in 1855, and since then has lived in Iowa. Mrs. Hockley owns sixty-one acres of land. - 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg 647