Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Willey, Charles L. 1867 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter

CHARLES L. WILLEY.

    Among the residents of Balderson township, Marshall county, who have won a
prominent place in the affairs of the township and the county, it is well to
mention Charles L. Willey, one of the successful farmers and stockmen of the
district, who was born in Starke county, Indiana, on July 14, 1867, and is the
son of Albert Burton and Anna (Prettiman) Willey.

    Albert Burton and Anna Willey were born in the state of Delaware, the former
having been born on March 11, 1832, and died at his home in Blue Rapids, Kansas,
in 1897. Mrs. Willey was born on May 18, 1832, and is living with her children,
since the death of her husband. They were educated in the common schools of
their native country and later were married and located in Kansas, where they
became prominent in the social and the civic life of the community, where they
were held in the highest regard and esteem by all.

    Charles L. Willey received his primary education in the public schools of
Indiana, where he lived until he was sixteen years of age, when he came with his
parents to Kansas and with them located in Balderson township, Marshall county.
Here he remained with his parents until 1886, when he rented a farm in the
township and began the active operations of life for himself. He engaged in
general farming for a time and later rented a farm in Nebraska, where he
remained until 1893, when he returned to Marshall county and purchased eighty
acres of land in Balderson township, which is a part of his present farm. The
tract at that time had no improvements whatever, not even a fence. Mr. Willey at
once engaged in the task of developing and improving his new farm and was soon
in a position to purchase more land. He added eighty acres to his original tract
and in a short time was the owner of two hundred and forty acres of splendid
land, all of which was placed under high cultivation and was well improved. He
engaged in general farming with much success and kept high-grade stock,
including Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. In 1916 he raised some one
hundred acres of corn, which gave him a splendid average. In addition to his
large interests on the farm, Mr. Willey is a holder of stock in the co-operative
store at Oketo and is president of the company. He is a director of the elevator
at Oketo, and has had much to do with its success.

    In 1886 Charles L. Willey was united in marriage to Lucy Shores, who was
bortn in North Carolina on May 13, 1868, and is the daughter of James and Sarah
M. (Manard) Shores. Her parents were natives of that state and there they
received their education in the common schools, grew to maturity and were later
married. After their marriage they continued to reside in North Carolina until
1883, at which time they decided to locate in Kansas. On their arrival in this
state they established their home on a farm in Balderson township, Marshall
county, where they resided up to the end of their lives.

    To Charles L. and Lucy Willey have been born the following children: Charles
R., a resident of Nebraska; Earl, one of the successful men of Balderson
township: Ruth, a graduate of the common and normal schools and now a successful
teacher of the county; Fern, Floyd, Fay and Orval are at home and Jewell is
deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Willey are active in the affairs of the community and
have long been prominent in the social and the religious life of the district.
Mr. Willey is identified with the Republican party and was for eighteen years a
member of the local school board and is now township clerk. He and his family
are regular attendants of the Baptist church, in which Mr. Willey is a deacon.
He is a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. He has for some years
been a deputy fire marshal of his home township and is also recorder of the
births and the deaths.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)



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