BIOGRAPHY: James M. NOTLEY, Cambria County, PA 

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From Wiley, Samuel T., ed. Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Cambria 
County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Union Publishing Co., 1896, p. 473-4
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JAMES M. NOTLEY, a general merchant and lumber dealer of Hastings, this county, 
is a son of John F. and Amanda E. (Jones) Notley, and was born near Cherrytree, 
Indiana county, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1864.
     The Notleys went to Ireland with King William, Prince of Orange, and, for 
services rendered the king, received a large tract of land in county Antrim, 
where they became prominent as land-owners, and where there is still a large and 
influential family. John F. Notley, grandfather, was born in county Antrim, 
where he married Miss Eliza Flanigan about 1816. In 1829, with his family, he 
emigrated to America. Setting sail from Dublin about March 24, he landed at 
Quebec August 8 of the same year, and started immediately for Albany, New York, 
where he left his family for a short time, while he went on to Burnside, 
Clearfield county, Pennsylvania. He located at Burnside, and removed his family 
to that place, but only resided there a short time, when he removed to 
Montgomery township, Indiana county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a large 
tract of timber land, which he afterwards exchanged with Seth Kemp for the tract 
of land now known as the Notley homestead in Montgomery township, near 
Cherrytree, where he cleared a farm and engaged in farming and lumbering. Being 
a man of considerable enterprise and business ability, he was acknowledged as 
one of the most successful business men of his locality. He was a member of the 
Presbyterian church.
     To his union with Eliza Flanigan a large family of children were born, of 
whom five are still living: Robert, a farmer, of Missouri; Eliza, the wife of 
Jacob Ake, a farmer and hotel-man, of Gettysburg, Indiana county; John F., 
father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch; James, deceased; William, 
deceased; Frank, who went west, and from whom nothing has been heard for many 
years; Robert, deceased; Ellen, deceased, who was the wife of James Dowler; and 
Charlotta, the widow of the late Jacob Bastrick.
     John F. Notley, father, was born in Ireland in 1828, and came to America 
with his parents when but an infant. He was reared on the farm, and educated in 
old subscription schools of his boyhood days. On reaching mature years he 
adopted farming as a means of gaining a livelihood, and became quite an 
extensive farmer and lumber-man, engaging in the latter business in connection 
with his agricultural pursuits. He now resides in Cherrytree, where he has 
practically retired from active business, and is enjoying the results of a well-
spent life. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. He married Miss Amanda 
E., a daughter of D. E. Jones, formerly of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, late of 
Indiana county, and their union resulted in the birth of nine children, of whom 
but five are living: Elizabeth, the wife of F. B. Kemp; D. E., a lumber-
merchant, of Cherrytree; R. F., a lumberman, of Hastings, this county; James M. 
and Cecelia, at home.
     James M. Notley's boyhood was spent on a farm, where he attended the common 
schools of his district. At the age of fifteen he entered the employ of his 
father, and assisted him in the lumber business until May, 1888. In the latter 
year he located in Hastings, where he opened a store, in which business he is 
still engaged. He conducts a general mercantile establishment, and in his stock 
will be found everything usually carried in a first-class general store. In 
addition, he is interested to some extent in the lumber business. In political 
affairs he supports the principles of the Republican party.
     On April 15, 1894, he was united in marriage with Miss Emma, a daughter of 
Robert McKage, of Cherrytree, and they have one child, John F.