Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Kangley, Owen 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

Kangley, Owen – A man who understands how to farm properly can always make 
money, especially in days like the present, when the demand for farm produce 
is so stupendous.  Many of the substantial men of Grundy County realize this 
and are devoting themselves more or less exclusively to agricultural pursuits 
with results that must be gratifying to them, and certainly serve to advance 
the general prosperity of the country.  One of these progressive farmers of 
Aux Sable Township is Owen Kangley, who is operating 120 acres of land.  He 
was born in Shanahan Township, Will County, Ill., October 7, 1863, son of 
Peter and Mary Ann (Kindelain) Kangley.  The father was born June 26, 1830, 
and his wife January 9, 1838, both being natives of Ireland.  They came to 
Shanahan Township, Will County, in the winter of 1860-1, and Mr. Kangley 
worked in the warehouse on the canal about three years, before he began 
farming.  When he was able to buy two lots, he erected a house upon them, 
continuing his farming in that vicinity until 1886.  He then moved to Fayette 
County, there buying 200 acres of land for which he paid $25 per acre.  This 
he farmed until March, 1912, when he sold his personal property, rented his 
farm, and bought a fine residence at Hawkeye, Iowa, and there he and his wife 
are living retired.  Their children were:  Bernard, who lived at Wilmington, 
Ill., died December 15, 1913; Owen; Patrick, who lives at Hawkeye, Iowa; 
Julia, who lives at Sioux City, Iowa; Anna, who is Mrs. Martin Boomer, of 
Brown County, Kan.; Margaret, Mrs. Sampson, who died at the age of thirty-four 
years; John, who lives at Kansas City, Mo.; Terrence, who lives at Oklahoma 
City, Okla.; Rose, who lives at Cedar Rapids; and Mamie, who is Mrs. Judd 
Fish, of Hawkeye, Iowa.

Owen Kangley was educated in the rural schools and grew up on the farm, where 
he remained until he became of age, at which time he left home to work for 
neighboring farmers.  In 1886 he rented 160 acres of land in Aux Sable 
Township, and spent ten years on this farm.  Owing to the illness of his 
father, he was then forced to leave and go to the homestead where he remained 
for three years assisting in operating it.  In 1910 he moved on the Tabler 
homestead and is now operating 120 acres of this property, devoting it to 
general farming and stock raising.  On February 28, 1910, Mr. Kangley was 
married to Elizabeth Tabler, born in Aux Sable Township, daughter of Ezra and 
Helen (Randall) Tabler, natives of Virginia.  No children have been born of 
this marriage.  Mr. Kangley belongs to St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Minooka.  
Politically, he is a Democrat.  He is recognized as an excellent farmer and 
good business man.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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