Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Carey, Mrs Delila L.
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Biography of Mrs Delila L CAREY, Bureau County, Illinois

Mrs. Delila L. Carey, Princeton, was born April 2, 1818, in Onondago County, 
N. Y.  Her parents were John L. and Lucina (Rhodes) Carey.  Mrs. Carey is a 
bright, cheerful lady with great force of character.  She was borne up 
bravely amid trials and adversity  which would have crushed any ordinary 
woman.  She was reared in the State of New York, where she resided till the 
spring of 1835, when she went to Morgan County, Ill., where she married Amos 
Minner, who shortly afterward died.  He was the son of Amos Miner, Sr., who 
was quite a genius, and invented many useful things.  Mrs. Carey has one son 
by Amos Miner.  The son’s name is George A. Miner, who married Elizabeth Denis.  
Mrs. Carey was married a second time in Morgan County, Ill., to Norman L. Ward.  
She came to this county with Mr. Ward, and here he died.  Three children 
blessed this union, viz.: Mary E., wife of Henry Reasoner; Julia C., deceased, 
and Darwin E. Ward, who married Mary E. Morse.  After the death of her second 
husband our subject married Lemmuel P. Carey, who was born June 26, 1801, in 
Enfield, Hampshire Co., Mass.  He followed the tanner and currier's trade in 
the East, and in the fall of 1835 came to this county, where he has been a 
successful farmer.  The marriage, which occurred August 22, 1850, was blessed 
with one child---Lemuel Carey--who died aged ten years.  Mr. Lemuel P. Carey 
died March 4, 1879.  He was a man of sterling qualities, and is well remembered 
by our old settlers.  Mrs. Carey was formerly a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church, but is now connected with the Presbyterian Church.

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