Daviess County MO Archives History .....FOLEY FAMILY ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mo/mofiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Karen Walker khw4@yahoo.com September 4, 2008, 4:55 pm THE FOLEY FAMILY OF DAVIESS COUNTY Narrator: Ed Foley of Nettleton The Foley, Brosius and Tuggle families all came from Crab Orchard Ky. to Daviess county Mo before the Civil War and now all are connected by marriage. Elijah Madison Foley, father of Ed, married Laura Virginia Brosius. Ed Foley married Maria O'Toole who was of O'Toole and Tuggle blood. The original Elijah Foley had sons: E. Madison, Green, John, James, Frank. The old Log Foley house was a sort of half way house in early times. It was a post office. The mail carrier would bring the district mail that far, and the Foleys would distribute it. It was also a kind of stopping place, in fact some old timers call it the "Foley Hotel," and the oldest stage road passed it. People on the stage often passed the night there, the next stop to the south being the Clampitt house. It was also said that officers used to bring runaway slaves there as a stop on the way home. At one time, the Foley people thought a town might spring up there. The old log cabin still stands one half mile south east of the Foley corner. It is in a dilapidated shape due to age and neglect. The stone chimney and fireplace are broken in. This was Ed Foley's birthplace. Foley cemetery is 300 yards S.E. of the cabin. The last private owner of the Foley farm was Milt Trosper now it is in the names of an insurance company. The Foley and Tuggle cemeteries were both kept back when the farms were sold. Interview 1934. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mo/daviess/history/other/foleyfam283gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mofiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb