JOHN C. JOLLEY

    The subject of this sketch was born October 3, 1819, in Union County, Ohio.  He was a son of John and Hannah Jolley. He was reared to man's estate on a farm and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school.  On October 7, 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Keyes, an estimable lady, born March 8, 1828, in Madison County, Ohio.  She was a daughter of Daniel and Betsy Keyes, with whom, when a child, she came to Union County.  By this union there has been an issue of three children-Homer, born January 22, 1854; Preston, born April 3, 1856; and Emily D., born June 21, 1861.  In 1856, he settled in Jackson Township, where he remained until his decease in August 1862.  To his family he was an indulgent husband and father, and with his fellow men he dealt with a spirit of generosity and uprightness.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; his bereaved widow, who still resides in Jackson Township, is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the owner of ninety-four acres of land.