Farley, Joseph H.
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Farley, Joseph H.
| Celia Davis (View posts) | Posted: 29 Jan 2000 12:00PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Farley, Neff
from reprint of Clarke Co. History, Lewis Pub., Chicago, 1886. p 135
JOSEPH H. FARLEY, an active and enterprising farmer, and dealer in stock of Osceola Township, was born in Monroe County, Iowa, November 29, 1846, the eldest son of William T. and Ann J. Farley. He has lived in Clarke County, Iowa, since five years of age, his parents having settled in Osceola Township in the spring of 1851. Here our subject grew to manhood on a farm, receiving his elementary education in the district schools, completing his studies at the Osceola high school.
He was married May 22, 1870, to Loretta J. Neff, the only daughter of John Neff, who was among the early settlers of Clarke County. Mr. and Mrs. Farley have four children--Bert H., Alonzo V., John C. and Herman O.
Mr. Farley has a farm of eighty acres of well-cultivated land on section 6, Osceola Township, where he resides. In connection with his general farming he is quite extensively engaged in buying horses for the Dakota market, he being associated in this enterprise with AHH. Neff, a practical farmer and good business man, who is now stationed at Huron, Dakota, to which point the horses are shipped for sale. During the last year this firm have shipped over 100 head of horses to that place. Both men are strictly honorable in all their dealings, and have gained the confidence and respect of all who come in contact with them.
JOSEPH H. FARLEY, an active and enterprising farmer, and dealer in stock of Osceola Township, was born in Monroe County, Iowa, November 29, 1846, the eldest son of William T. and Ann J. Farley. He has lived in Clarke County, Iowa, since five years of age, his parents having settled in Osceola Township in the spring of 1851. Here our subject grew to manhood on a farm, receiving his elementary education in the district schools, completing his studies at the Osceola high school.
He was married May 22, 1870, to Loretta J. Neff, the only daughter of John Neff, who was among the early settlers of Clarke County. Mr. and Mrs. Farley have four children--Bert H., Alonzo V., John C. and Herman O.
Mr. Farley has a farm of eighty acres of well-cultivated land on section 6, Osceola Township, where he resides. In connection with his general farming he is quite extensively engaged in buying horses for the Dakota market, he being associated in this enterprise with AHH. Neff, a practical farmer and good business man, who is now stationed at Huron, Dakota, to which point the horses are shipped for sale. During the last year this firm have shipped over 100 head of horses to that place. Both men are strictly honorable in all their dealings, and have gained the confidence and respect of all who come in contact with them.