The family said John had 12 children with one dying in infancy.
Residences & events:
6/5/1900 N Okaw Twp, Coles Co, IL. At census time, John R Whitley,41, h ad been married 13 years to Jane A, 31, who had birthed 8children but o nly six still survived: Lowery, 10, Mary L, 8, EarnestR, 7, John W, 5 , Daisy D, 2, and Lucy S, 1, the whole family born inIL. Also counted t here was his 73 year old widowed father-in-law,William Abston, listed a s a boarder. They lived between David Dailyand widow Elisabeth Duncan . Several other Whitley families lived inthe same township including h is parents with brother Elija, brotherWilliam and Uncle Elisha.
4/15/1910 Same place. That census taker found John R Whitley, 51,and J ane R, 41, with a large family of eleven children, having losttwo othe rs: Lowery, 19, Mary, 17, Earnest, 16, John W, 15, Daisy D,13, Lucile , 11, Minda J, 9, George F, 7, Jesse, 5, Ruth, 2, andJoseph, 1m. The c ouple had been married 23 years. Also living therewas Jane's brother G eorge Abston, 54. John was employed as a generalfarmer, Lowery was a h ouse carpenter, Earnest and Abston worked asfarm hands. Down the road w ere sister Minda and Daniel Johns.
1918 Humboldt, N Okaw Twp, Coles Co, IL. The county farmer listingsa id he owned 100 acres in S10. The names of wife, Jane, and allchildre n were also included as well as saying he had been a countyresident si nce 1860.
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: John Randall Whitley
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1859
Birth Place: Oak Mills, Ill
Death Date: 1 Apr 1935
Death Place: Okaw, Coles, Illinois
Burial Date: 3 Apr 1935
Burial Place: N. Okaw, Coles, Illinois
Death Age: 76
Occupation: Farmer, For Self
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Cooks Mill
Father Name: John Whitley
Father Birth Place: Illinois
Mother Name: Mary Fuller
Mother Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse Name: Jane
FHL Film Number: 1754243
