Madison Farley (1833 - 1906)

Born 21 Jan 1833 in Pipestem, Summers, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1906 at age 73 in Pipestem, Summers County, West Virginia, USA

This profile is part of the Farley Name Study.

Biography

Matt Farley served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: April 10 1861
Mustered out: June 12 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 23rd Virginia Infantry

Census Records

1850 Census

Name: Madison Farley Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Mercer county, Mercer, Virginia, United States Gender: Male Age: 17 Race: White Race (Original): Birth Year (Estimated): 1833 Birthplace: Virginia Household ID: 72 House Number: 72 Line Number: 28 ^[1] Household Gender Age Birthplace

• Archibald Farley M 47 Virginia
• Jemima Farley F 42 Virginia
• Louisa Farley F 22 Virginia
• Mahala Farley F 20 Virginia
• Madison Farley M 17 Virginia
• Henderson Farley M 14 Virginia
• Cloe Farley F 12 Virginia
• Albert Farley M 9 Virginia
• Henley C Farley M 6 Virginia
• Anderson Farley M 4 Virginia
• Chilena Farley F 1 Virginia

1860 Census

1860 > VIRGINIA > MERCER > PRINCETON P O ^[2] Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

• FARLEY MADISON 26 M W VA VA MERCER PRINCETON P O 1860 Farmer, property owner value 500, personal property value 300 born in Virginia.
• Harriet age 27 born in Virginia

CHILDREN: All born in Virigina

• Lewis age 6
• Alice V age 5
• Henderson age 2^[3]

Next door is John Snidon and adult family; Albert Wilson and family.

1870 Census

1870 > VIRGINIA > GILES > STAFFORDSVILLE TWP > Post Office: Hobbs Ferry^[4]

Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

• FARLEY MADISON 37 M W WV VA GILES STAFFORDSVILLE TWP 1870, Shoemaker, born in West Virginia, property owner value 400, personal property 200
• Harriet, age 38, keeping house, born in Virginia
• Virginia [Alice V], age 14, born in West Virginia, attended school in last year
• Henders, age 12, born in West Virginia, attended school in last year
• Sollie, age 9, born in West Virginia
• Mary, age 6, born in Virginia
• Naomi, age 5, born in West Virginia
• William, age 7, born in Virginia^[5]

Interesting fact: 6 houses away is Rueben Hughes. His granddaughter by son Cluff, Nancy Hughs will marry Hender's listed above, age 12, in 1878. This is probably how they met, and how Nancy came to be in Virginia and not West Virginia.

1880 Census

1880 > VIRGINIA > GILES > PEMBROKE DIST ^[6]

Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

• FARLEY MADISON 47 W VA VA GILES PEMBROKE DIST 1880, farmer
• H M ,age 48, keeping house
• Sally M, age 19, keeping house, attended school in past year
• Mary L, age 16, keeping house, attended school in past year
• Nannie M, age 13, keeping house, attended school in past year
• Wm O, age 12, Laborer, attended school in the past year
• Giles R, age 8
• Malet [?] J, son, age 3

• FARLEY, HENDERSON, age 22, Laborer
• Nannie H, age 22, Keeping house
• Inda [?] P, daughter, age 4/12, born in Feby [February 1880]^[7]

Military Service

Enlisted April 10 1861 Giles County, Virginia byr R. W. Saunders for the period of the war.

June 12 1865 signed Parole of Honor not to take up arms against the United States. View image via Fold 3 (membership required0 HERE.

Name: Madison Farley Event Type: Military Service Event Year: 1862 Age (Original): 32 Military Unit Note: Twenty-third Battalion, Infantry (First Battalion, Infantry; Hounshell's Battalion, Infantry; Derrick's Battalion, Infantry) Affiliate Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia Affiliate Publication Number: M324 Affiliate Film Number: 673 ^[8]

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #100770035
• Burial: H.C. Farley Cemetery, Pipestem, Summers County, West Virginia, USA
• Photo: Has a photo of gravestone on gravesite

• Death Record Robert H Farley, Summers County, West Virginia, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NM36-P3Y : accessed 22 Jan 2014), Madison Farley in entry for Robert H. Farley, 28 Feb 1938. NOTE: I was not able to document this child in census records??? DOB estimated at 1873 which would coincide with Giles R in 1880 Census?

Footnotes

1. ↑ Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 960 GS Film Number: 444950 Digital Folder Number: 004206382 Image Number: 00306 "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8DD-2XP : accessed 24 Feb 2014), Madison Farley in household of Archibald Farley, Mercer county, Mercer, Virginia, United States; citing dwelling , family 72, NARA microfilm publication , roll .
2. ↑ Series: M653 Roll: 1362 Page: 489 ; Page 151, September 14 1860, Lines 20-24, House 1064, Family 991
3. ↑ 1860 Census
4. ↑ Series: M593 Roll: 1648 Page: 268, Page 1, Lines 4-11, House 18, Family 18
5. ↑ 1870 Census
6. ↑ Series: T9 Roll: 1367 Page: 45, Page 6 B, Lines 5-12 House number 10 Family 10(Madison), Lines 13-15 House number 11 Family 11 (Henderson) June 2nd 1880
   • NOTE: All members of both Families born in Virginia, all parents born in Virginia, and all members can read and write including Henderson's infant child.
7. ↑ 1880 Census
8. ↑ "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J37K-1F7 : accessed 24 Feb 2014), Madison Farley, 1862.