TURLEY, HOWARD, a resident of Arenzville, Ill., whose fine farm of 160 acres lies in township 17, range 11, Cass County, Ill., was born in Morgan County, Ill., on April 17, 1852, a son of John and Elizabeth (Ogle) Turley, natives of Kentucky. John Turley was born in 1817 and died in 1869. His widow, who was born in 1822, still survives, and maker her home with her son Howard.

When young both John Turley and Elizabeth Ogle moved to Morgan County, where they were married, and then settled on a farm in the vicinity of Concord. In 1868 they changed their residence to Arcadia, Ill., where John Turley died, and the family subsequently moved back to Concord. There Howard Turley lived with his mother on rented land for nineteen years, and then moved to Portland, Oregon, where he also farmed. After working on a farm there he herded cattle in Washington for eighteen months, remaining in the northwest for five years. He served in the Modoc Indian war, being a volunteer in the Oregon militia for fifty-two days, in 1873. Returning then to Morgan County, Ill., he started farming on his mother's farm. In his youth Howard turley had attended the Mt. Vernon district school, near Concord, and obtained a fair common school education.

On January 24, 1878, Mr. Turley was united in marriage with Margaret J. Goodpasture, born near concord, Ill., December 28, 1897, daughter of Abram and Zannah (Richardson) Goodpasture, natives of Tennessee and Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Turley have the following children: John A., born March 17, 1879, lives on his father's place and married Kathrina Schurther; and Mora, born September 7, 1887, now Mrs. Eugene L. Peck, lives with her father. Mrs. Turley is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Turley located in Cass County, Ill., where he rented farms for fourteen years. Then Mr. Turley bought a forty-acre improved farm, later adding 120 acres, and on these 160 acres he carries on general farming. He has built several houses and has put up all the present improvements. Besides grain farming he raises cattle and hogs. In politics Mr. Turley is a Democrat, and has served as clerk of elections many years and as school director, and since 1895 he has served as road district clerk, and since 1911 he has been deputy assessor of township 17, range 11, Cass County.