This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wh.2ADE/673.1098.1101.1 Message Board Post: Cheri: Your line of Lemley's evidently does not descend from the Rowan Co NC family that came to Union Co IL. Galesburg is in Knox County, Illinois. It looks like Dayton Lemley (father of John and William) was born Hiram Dayton Lemley in 1866, either in OH or KY, son of Jacob and Nancy (Lewis) Lemley of Lawrence Co OH. Dayton came to Marshall County, Illinois, by 1900 and to Knox County by 1910. Birthplaces of individuals and of their parents, as well as ages, are often incorrect on censuses. 1920 CENSUS, KNOX CO IL Wataga Village, Sparta Twp, ED 190, Sheet 1B DAYTON LEMLEY 49? KY IRE KY farm laborer Rebecca J., wife, 40 OH US OH John, son, 20 IL KY OH William, son, 17 IL KY OH Sadie, dtr, 15 IL KY OH (I'm temporarily unable to access the Knox Co IL 1920 census, but Dayton Lemley is there in the index that year.) ============================= 1900 CENSUS, MARSHALL CO IL Whitefield Township, 7Jun1900, ED 53, Sheet 3B? DAYTON LEMLEY, b Sep 1866 b OH, father b IRE, mother b OH. Farm laborer. Rebecca J., wife, b Mar 1877 OH OH OH John L., son, b Mar 1899 IL OH OH ================ 1880 CENSUS, LAWRENCE CO OH (LDS transcription) Windsor, p 410D NANCY LEMLY 40 OH OH OH Dayton son 14 OH OH OH Hattie dtr 10 OH OH OH (Lawrence Co OH is just across the Ohio River from Kentucky.) ================= 1870 CENSUS, LAWRENCE CO OH Windsor Twp, P. O.: Bartramville JACOB LEMLY 30 PA farm laborer Nancy 30 OH Hiram 3 OH Harriet 9 months OH See the WorldConnect Project pages http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi for submissions regarding Jacob and Nancy (Lewis) Lemley. One pedigree chart carries the line back to David Lemley who died in Chester Co PA ca 1726. See also http://members.aol.com/RYouKin/lemley.htm Illinois online death index shows Dayton Lemley died in Chicago 1927-05-09 and one John Lemley died there 1947-07-29.