"History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Co.'s, Indiana"
Goodspeed Bros. and Co., 1884


JAMES MARLEY, a native of the township and county where he yet resides, and
the third son and fifth born in a family of eight children, was born June 9,
1838.  He was raised on a farm, obtained a fair education in youth and July
29, 1860, was united in marriage with MISS NANCY FERRELL, who was born
October 30, 1843, a daughter of JOHN and MARY (HOARD) FERRELL.  When treason
threatened the destruction of the Union, Mr. Marley was among the first to
volunteer for its preservation, and July 12, 1862, became a member of
Company F, Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.  In 1863 he was
commissioned Second Lieutenant of his company, and early in 1865 was
promoted to the First Lieutenancy, serving as such until the close of the
war, being honorably discharged July 5, 1865.  Since that time he has
engaged extensively in agricultural pursuits, and a fertile farm of 400
acres is the result of his labors.  As an unswerving and outspoken
Republican, Mr. Marley was elected Township Trustee in 1868, serving as such
continuously until 1880, with credit to himself and township.  In 1884 he
was again elected to this responsible position.  Mrs. Marley is a member of
the Baptist Church and the mother of those here named:  MARY (deceased),
JOHN, ALFRED, HOWARD, ROLLA, HARLEY, WALTER, JOSEPH B. and CHRISTOPHER C.
MANLEY and SARAH (BLAIR) MARLEY, parents of our subject, were natives of
North Carolina, were married in Lawrence County, Ind., and for many years
resided in Martin County this State.


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