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

Calner ZARLEY, of the firm of Zarley & Co., publishers of the Joliet Signal, Joliet; 
among the very earliest settlers of Will Co., was the family of Reason ZARLEY, who 
emigrated from Pike Co., Ohio, in 1829, and, after spending two years in Vermilion Co., 
Ill., settled in Joliet Twp., Will Co., in 1831, where he resided until his death, in 
1859; his widow still lives on the original farm, being the oldest living inhabitant 
of the township; of the eight children living at the time of their father's decease, 
three have since died, and the remaining five are all residents of Will Co.; the subject 
of this sketch was born in Pike Co., Ohio, April 21, 1825, and came to Illinois with the 
family, as above stated ; he remained at home on the farm until he attained his majority, 
in 1846; be then entered upon his editorial career as one of the editors and proprietors 
of the Joliet Signal, in which capacity he has continued for the past thirty-two years, 
during which time the Signal has continued to increase in circulation, popularity and 
influeince; in politics, it has always been Democratic; it now has a bona-fide 
circulation of 1,200 copies weekly; Mr. ZARLEY held the office of Postmaster of Joliet 
during the administratioti of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan, and has served for the 
past nine years on the Board of School Inspectors. He was married in 1862, to Miss Annie 
KEEGAN, of Joliet, and has five children - Katie, Edwin C., Sarah, Frank W. and Thomas K.


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