There were many newcomers to Vermilion County in 1830. Among them are numbered Dennis Olehy. He was born and reared in Portsmouth, Ohio. He married and settled there.
In 1830 he determined to go west and journeyed with a team to Vermilion County, Illinois. At that time much of the land was yet in the hands of the government. Mr. Olehy entered a claim to the land, which was later within Danville township. When he first came he put up a pole shanty for temporary shelter until he could build a log cabin.
His wife's father, John Glaze, is suppose to have come with him. Dennis Olehy and Elizabeth (Glaze), his wife, the parents of seven children and after her death in 1845, he married Sarah Ann Jones and became the father of ten more children.
His was an honorable place among the pioneers of the county, and he lived to an advanced age. He died March 2, 1877.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M857-BCR : 9 November 2014), Dennis Olehy, Vermilion county, part of, Vermilion, Illinois, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑History of Vermilion County, Illinois. History Of Vermilion County, Illinois, by Lottie E Jones. Chicago Pioneer Publishing Company. 1911. Page 150. archive.org. (Accessed 13 Dec 2016)
↑Marriage 1. 31 Dec 1829 with Elizabeth Glaze. Pike County Ohio, marriages. Volume 1. Page 150. FamilySearch.org. (Accessed 13 Dec 2016)
↑ Grave marker photo for Dennis Olehy. Memorial 9056611. findagrave.com (Accessed 13 Dec 2016)
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9056611/dennis-olehy: accessed 14 August 2022), memorial page for Dennis Olehy (12 Oct 1801–2 Mar 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9056611, citing Atherton Cemetery, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Robin Farley Dixson Coon (contributor 46558224).
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