Alice Virginia Farley (1855 - 1938)

Born 23 Sep 1855 in Princeton, Mercer, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

This profile is part of the Farley Name Study.

Biography

Interesting Fact: Virginia and Joseph are 4th cousins

1860 Census

1860 > VIRGINIA > MERCER > PRINCETON P O ^[1] 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^[2]

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

1870 Census

1870 > VIRGINIA > GILES > STAFFORDSVILLE TWP > Post Office: Hobbs Ferry^[3]

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^[4]

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 ^[5]

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]^[6]

Name: A. V. Farley Event Type: Census Event Date: 1880 Event Place: Walkers Creek, Giles, Virginia, United States Gender: Female Age: 24 Marital Status: Married Occupation: Keeping House Race (Original): W Ethnicity: American Relationship to Head of Household: Wife Birthplace: Virginia, United States Birth Date: 1856 Spouse's Name: J. M. Farley Spouse's Birthplace: Virginia, United States Father's Name: Father's Birthplace: Virginia, United States Mother's Name: Mother's Birthplace: Virginia, United States Page: 76 Page Letter: B Entry Number: 3073^[7] Household Gender Age Birthplace

• Self J. M. Farley M 26 Virginia, United States
• Wife A. V. Farley F 24 Virginia, United States
• Daughter N. F. Farley F 4 Virginia, United States
• Son Luther. F. Farley M 2 Virginia, United States
• Daughter Farley F 0 Virginia, United States
• Other J. W. Perkins M 11 Virginia, United States

Find A Grave Memorial# 26549698

Birth: Sep. 23, 1855 Death: Dec. 25, 1938

Daughter of MADISON and HARRIET (WILBURN) FARLEY

Family links: Spouse: Joseph Milton Farley (1863 - 1897)*

Children: Fannie Fern Farley (1880 - 1899)* Mary Stella Farley (1892 - 1897)*

• Calculated relationship

Burial: Thessalia United Methodist Church Cemetery Thessalia Giles County Virginia, USA ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Series: M653 Roll: 1362 Page: 489 ; Page 151, September 14 1860, Lines 20-24, House 1064, Family 991
2. ↑ 1860 Census
3. ↑ Series: M593 Roll: 1648 Page: 268, Page 1, Lines 4-11, House 18, Family 18
4. ↑ 1870 Census
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ 1880 Census
7. ↑ Affiliate Film Number: T9-1367 GS Film number: 1255367 Digital Folder Number: 004244618 Image Number: 00341 "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC5Q-PKF : accessed 24 Feb 2014), A. V. Farley in household of J. M. Farley, Walkers Creek, Giles, Virginia, United States; citing sheet 76B, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T9-1367
8. ↑ Created by: Sharon Brown Record added: May 02, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 26549698

• *"Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5KS-P4S : accessed 24 Feb 2014), Alice V. Farley in entry for Hallie F. Farley, 05 Dec 1875.
• "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5K3-NBT : accessed 24 Feb 2014), Alice V. Farley in entry for John F. Farley, 17 Mar 1884.
• "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5K3-X3R : accessed 24 Feb 2014), Alice V. Forley in entry for Luther Forley, 23 May 1878.
• "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5KS-GJ2 : accessed 24 Feb 2014), Alice V. Forley in entry for Lizzie C. Forley, 13 Apr 1882.
• "Virginia, Births and Christenings, 1853-1917," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5KS-GJP : accessed 24 Feb 2014), Alice V. Forley in entry for Alice V. Forley, 13 Apr 1882.