Posted on: Whiteside Co. Illinois Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/Whiteside/701 Surname: Carley ------------------------- I checked the 1870 and 1860 Whiteside Census. No Carley's in 1860. In 1870, in Prophetstown Twp. there was a John Carley and wife, young child, older lady Mary (prob. John's mother) and a James about the same age, prob. John's brother. No Susan. Also, Bent Wilson mentions a James Carley who came to the Sterling area in 1838. None of this helps with Susan's parents..but you never know! With the dates you give, I would really try to get a death certificate for her from where she died in Minnesota. I suspect there is some relationship...seems a little odd that John Carley was in Prophetstown in 1870, but in 1880 in the same area the only Carley was William and family. There were several Carley's in the 1900 census and in the 1950's, the Buick dealership in Morrison was run by a man named Carley. Bob