Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Edward P. FARLEY, retired farmer; P. O. Lockport; the subject of this sketch was born 
in Cortland Co., N. Y., Aug. 21, 1816; in 1836, he left New York, stopping a short time 
in Ohio, and in February, 1837, came to Illinois and settled in Lockport; soon after coming 
to Lockport, he bought claims in Lake Co., Ind., and after improving them settled there and, 
at the Government land sale, at La Porte, bought a quarter-section. He was married in 1845, 
to Mary A. LOTTS, a native of Pennsylvania; he lost his wife by death in the early part of 
1873, and November of the same year, contracted his second marriage with Elizabeth BARTLETT, 
a native of Maine; had one child by first marriage - Henry; he died at the age of 9. Owned 
at one time 240 acres. Was Postmaster at West Creek, Lake Co., Ind., twenty years; Justice 
of the Peace twelve years, and County Assessor two years. Republican; Congregationalist. He 
has retired from active business life to enjoy the ,honest rewards of a well-spent early life.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.