Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Haley, James 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

JAMES HALEY. One of the well-known livery establishments of Joliet is situated 
at Nos. 526-528 South Chicago street, and is owned and conducted by Mr. Haley. 
He has been engaged in business at his present location since March, 1899, 
when he bought the lot and erected a large brick barn, using for the purpose 
money he had saved while in the real-estate business. Besides the horses he 
owns he gives especial attention to the care of the horses that he boards. His 
vehicles are modern and substantial, including rubber-tire buggies and a 
rubbertire hack. Besides his livery business he owns five acres of land two 
miles southeast of Joliet.

Our subject's father, John Haley, a native of County Kilkenny, Ireland, was 
married there in June, 1852, to Miss Ann O'Mara, of the same county. The day 
after their  marriage they started for America. They sailed in the "John 
Bell," which consumed five weeks and three days in the voyage to Quebec. After 
spending three months in the latter city they came to Joliet. For a time Mr. 
Haley worked as brakeman on the railroad. Afterward he had charge of a work 
train. While filling that position he was accidentally run over by a train, 
receiving injuries that resulted in his death May 14 1874. His widow still 
resides in Joliet. They were the parents of eight children, but only two are 
living, James and Frank, the latter a dairyman in this city. The former was 
born in Joliet June 3, 1862, and received his education principally in 
parochial schools. When he was eleven years of age he began to support 
himself. His first work was carrying water for a gang of workmen on the Rock 
Island Railroad. Such other work as he could secure he was glad to accept. Of 
evenings he attended school, thus gaining a fair education. From fifteen until 
nineteen years of age he was employed as a section hand on the Rock Island 
road. For a similar period he was brakeman on a gravel train, after which, for 
sixteen years, he was foreman of a switch engine in Joliet. On retiring from 
the railroad business he engaged in the livery business, which he has since 
conducted.

In 1887 Mr. Haley married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Ann (Furlong) 
O'Brien. Her parents were natives of Ireland and emigrated to America, 
settling in LaSalle,  Ill., where she was born; they are now deceased. By his 
marriage Mr. Haley has two children, Elizabeth and James F. The family are 
connected with the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and Mr. Haley is a regular 
contributor to its work. He has never been active politically, although he is 
a pronounced Democrat and always supports with his ballot the principles of 
his party.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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