b. May 30, 1828 in Kentucky
m. March 9, 1852 to Sarah Foland
d. June 23, 1863
William Staley and Sarah Foland Staley had five children: John William Staley, Samuel Bruce Staley, Flora Staley Moores, Thomas F. Staley, and Abraham L. Staley. Sarah Foland remarried after William Staley's death. Sarah Foland and Wm M Puckett had one child together, Seth Puckett, b. March 22, 1870 in Dallas City, IL. In the 1900 Tallula IL census Sarah is listed as Sarah Staley, widow.
Siblings of John William Staley:
Flora Staley Moores
b. November 25, 1858
m. Moores?
d. August 3, 1887
Flora "preceded her mother in death."
Thomas F. Staley
b. August 13, 1860
Lived in Tallula, IL
d. January 21, 1929
Occupation: Blacksmith
Who is Grace L. Staley?
Abraham Lincoln Staley
b. May 3, 1862
Lived in Tallula, IL
d. August 29, 1927
John William Staley is the son of Willam Staley and Sarah Foland Staley.
b. February 11, 1854 in Nicholas County, KY near Carlisle
Lived in Menard County, IL, Tallula, IL, and Chandlerville, IL.
d. November 12, 1912 in Chandlerville, IL.
John William Staley married Emma Dickinson Staley. They had two children, Edward Winthrop Staley and Russell D. Staley.
b. January 6, 1880 in Tallula, Menard County, IL
m. January 11, 1911 to Ethel Olive Granger
b. Aug. 15, 1888
m. June 18, 1913 to Florence Garner
d. December 7, 1951 in Nashua, IA
Russell and Florence have one child, Harold Richard Staley, who has two children, Karen Lee and Russell Staley