. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . e alsomany substantial outbuildings on the farm andeverything is kept in a neat and attractive appear-ance, so that his farm constitutes one of the valu-able and productive properties of this section ofthe state. Mr. Killey was actively identified withagricultural interests until 1899, when, having ac-cumulated a goodly competence, he retired fromthe more arduous duties of a business career andhis place is being operated by his son, althoughhe still gives personal supervision to his businessaffairs and retains his residence on the farm. Mr. Killey
. Past and present of Will County, Illinois . e alsomany substantial outbuildings on the farm andeverything is kept in a neat and attractive appear-ance, so that his farm constitutes one of the valu-able and productive properties of this section ofthe state. Mr. Killey was actively identified withagricultural interests until 1899, when, having ac-cumulated a goodly competence, he retired fromthe more arduous duties of a business career andhis place is being operated by his son, althoughhe still gives personal supervision to his businessaffairs and retains his residence on the farm. Mr. Killey has been twice married, his firstunion being with Miss Jane Schoonmaker, whowas born in the state of New York. By this unionthere is one son, George W., who is operating thehome farm in Wesley township. Mr. Killey wasmarried a second time to Mrs. Maria Singleton,nee Butler, their marriage being celebrated De-cember 28, 1870. She was born March 13, 1834,atDanby, Tompkins county, New York, a daughterof Harry and Fannie (Huntington) Butler, the. MR. AND MBS. JOHN KILLEY. PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY 845 former born in Cherry Valley of the Empire state,and the latter in Greene county, that state. Re-moving from their native state they located inWilmington township, Will county, Illinois, theyear of their arrival being 1851. Mr. Butler fol-lowed farming both in the east and subsequent tohis removal to this county, and both passed awayhere, the fathers death occurring July 6, 1875,when he had reached the age of seventy-eight, whilethe mother died at the age of fifty-nine years. Thefamily numbered nine children but only two arenow living, the brother of Mrs. Killey being John,a resident of Braidwood, Illinois. The father gavehis political support to the whig party, and bothhe and his wife held membership in the MethodistEpiscopal church. The maternal grandfather ofMrs. Killey was John Huntington, who served asa soldier in the Revolutionary war, while hisbrother Samuel was one of th
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