William Morgan Bly (1837 - 1918)

Born 30 Apr 1837 in Herkimer County, New York, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Comstock) Bly — married 15 Jul 1866 in Ogle County, Illinois

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1918 at age 81 in Stillman Valley, Ogle, Illinois, United States

Biography

BLY , WILLIAM M. Farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Stillman Valley; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., in 1846; have five children; Julia E., Mary E., Nathan N., Ada M. and Cora M.; came to this Co. and settled in 1856; enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in 92d Regt. I. S. V., Co. K, and served until June 24, 1865; was with Kilpatrick in all the battles he engaged in, Chicamauga and other engagements; was sick in hospital four months, and captured March 8, 1865, near Fayetteville and held; traveled 250 miles under rebel guard; was confined in Libby Prison twenty-two days; was parolled and obtained furlough for thirty days, when he was sent to Springfield and honorably discharged; he then returned to this Co. and settledon his farm of 185 acres, valued at $7,500; both members of the Methodist Church.

William was born on 30 Apr 1837. He passed away in 1918.

Sources

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois, Containing A History of the County---Its Cities, Towns, Etc., A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN, History of the Northwest, History of Illinois, Map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, Etc., ILLUSTRATED, Chicago, H. F. Kett & Co., Times Building, 1878, p. 823.

• Find a Grave memorial page for William Morgan Bly (30 Apr 1837–7 Dec 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #35977934 William Morgan Bly
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS4Y-ZLR : accessed 28 February 2020), William W Bly, Marion Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84, sheet 7A, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1240333.