" William Emley, Danville, farmer, was born in Vermillion county, Illinois, on the 11th of December, 1832, and is the son of Isaac and Rebecca (Hathaway) Emley. Isaac Emley was born in Virginia on the 21st of April, 1806. He moved to Ohio with his parents when he was about two years old, and here remained for a number of years, engaged in farming. From Ohio he went to Perrysville, Indiana, where he was married in about 1829 to Rebecca Hathaway, who was born on the 4th of May, 1810, and died about 1874. From Perrysville they moved to Vermillion county, and located about four miles east of Danville; here he set out farming. He was for a number of years a preacher in the Christian Church, of which he was one of the founders in that neighborhood. He died on the 14th of June, 1877, on the farm adjoining that of Mr. E.P. Jones. Thus passed away another of the old settlers, honored and respected. Mr William Emley, the subject of this sketch, has all his life been engaged in farming here in Vermillion county, with the exception of about two years, when he was herding and driving cattle. He was married in Vermillion county to Catharine Lynn, of Vermillion county, Indiana. They have four children living. Mr. Emley owns one hundred and ninety-six acres of land."