Fareby King (1827 - 1911)

Born 30 Apr 1827 in Tennessee, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Benjamin C. Purcell — married 12 Feb 1846 in Pike, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Nov 1911 at age 84 in Hull, Pike, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Fareby was born in 30 April 1837 in Tennessee. ^[1]

Benjamin's younger sister, Aberilla, married James King on October 23, 1845, in Pike County.^[2]

James King, Faraby's brother and Benjamin's brother-in-law signed an affidavit consenting to the marriage on 7 February 1846. The document was witnessed by Samuel G Likely. ^[3]

Benjamin married Fareby King, on February 12, 1846, in Pike county. ^[4]

Benjamin and Fareby were living in township 5S 5W in Pike county in 1850. They had their first two sons by then. Fareby's brother, James, was split up from Aberilla and was living with the Purcell family. Benjamin and James were both said to be Coopers, ^[5] perhaps working together? Note that 5S 5W was not Pleasant Vale township which was 5S 6W. ^[6]

• Benjamin Percell - male ~30 - Indiana, Employed as a Cooper
• Fareby - female ~22 - Tennessee
• Lawrence A - son ~8 - Illinois, Father Illinois, Mother Illinois
• Aaron W - male ~2 - Illinois
• John R - male ~7/12 - Illinois
• James King - male ~24 - Tennessee, Employed as a Cooper

The 1870 Census shows the Purcell family living in Pleasant Vale, Pike County, Illinois on 13 July 1870. ^{[7] [8]}

• Benjamin - male ~50 - Ohio
• Fariby - female ~42 - Tennessee
• Aaron - male ~22 - Illinois
• John - male ~20 - Illinois
• Thomas - male ~16 - Illinois
• Malin - male ~14 - Illinois
• Henry - male ~12 - Illinois
  • Levi changed his name to Henry? (Middle name maybe)
• Charles- male ~10 - Illinois
• Robert- male ~8 - Illinois
• Benj- male ~6 - Illinois
• Enbis- male ~2 - Illinois

Benjamin and Fareby were farming in Pleasant Vale, with 9 boys still at home in 1870.^[8] Their farm can be seen on an 1872 plat map in the NW corner in section 6.

Benjamin and Fareby were farming in Pleasant Vale in Pike county, Illinois, with 9 boys still at home in 1870.^[8]

In the 1900 census, Benjamin, Fareby and their son, Robert, were living together, probably still at the same farm.^[9]

Fareby died 12 November 1911 after a three-day fight with Erysipelas. The informant was Robert Purcell of Hull, Illinois.

She was buried in Gard Cemetery in Pike County on 15 November 1911. Her undertaker was Ed Keller. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Certificate and Record of Death, Pike County, IL. Copy in David Roberts' collection.
2. ↑ Dodd, Jordan. Illinois Marriages to 1850, 1997 (Ancestry.com)
3. ↑ Pike County Commissioner's Court, Illinois, Copy in David Roberts' collection.
4. ↑ Pike County, Illinois, Marriage Certificate, Copy in David Roberts' collection.
5. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Township 5 S 5 W, Pike, Illinois; Roll: M432_124; Page: 176B; Image: 482 (Ancestry.com)
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DYLS-F7M?cc=1401638&wc=95RQ-7MS%3A1031317001%2C1031607901%2C1032486101 : 9 April 2016), Illinois > Pike > Pike county, part of > image 271 of 417; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DHCW-MNC?cc=1438024&wc=K2CQ-DP8%3A518684301%2C519267201%2C520048601 : 11 June 2019), Illinois > Pike > Pleasant Vale > image 1 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} 1870 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Pleasant Vale, Pike, Illinois; Roll: M593_269; Page: 380A; Family History Library Film: 545768
9. ↑ 1900 United States Federal Census; Census Place: Kinderhook, Pike, Illinois; Roll: T623_337; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 118. (Ancestry.com)