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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Sarah ZARLEY, Joliet. The subject of this memoir, Sarah Zarley, was born in Pike Co., 
Ohio, Oct. 25,1794; her maiden name was Sarah MUSTARD, being the daughter of Rev. 
William MUSTARD, one of the pioneer Methodists of that State, and is of the same faith 
still; in 1814, she was married to Reason ZARLEY, and in 1828, with her husband and 
family, she came to Illinois and settled near Danville, where she resided until 1831, 
when the family moved to Joliet and settled on what is known as the Zarley farm, two 
miles south of the city, where she is residing at present, and has resided for the last 
forty-seven years. Mrs. ZARLEY is the oldest resident of Joliet, as well as the oldest 
living resident of Will Co.; when she came here, Northern Illinois was a wilderness, 
inhabited only by Indians and wild beasts; with her husband, she bravely withstood the 
dangers and hardships of frontier life, and aided in rearing a large family of children; 
though 84 years of age, she is yet in the full possession of her mental faculties, and 
has a vivid rembrance of the past; her husband died in 1859, leaving her in charge of 
the farm and property, which she yet possesses; she is the mother of twelve children, to 
wit, W. M., Lydia, John W., Susan, Calneh, Calvin, Linton, Sarah, Elizabeth D., James C., 
and William H. are living, and reside in Will Co.  Indeed, few live to so ripe an age and 
have filled all duties of life so well.


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