EASLEY, DANIEL, was born Oct. 18, 1773, in Stokes county, N. C. In 1791 he went to South Carolina, and in 1801 to Caldwell county, Ky. He was there married in 1805 to Mrs. Margaret Ritchie. They had five children in Kentucky, and came to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the spring of 1830 in what is now Ball township. Of his children--

WINIFRED, married Eddin Lewis. See his name.

JAMES B., born in Caldwell county, Ky., married Oct. 22, 1840, in Sangamon county, to Margaret Dodds. They had five children. Their son ROBERT HENRY married Fannie Easley, a distant relative, and resides in the southeast corner of Ball township. James B. Easley was a Justice of the Peace for many years. He died, and his widow married Warham Easley, and resides in Missouri.

BENJAMIN H., born in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county three times. He died, leaving a widow, who afterward married and died. His son WILEY married Sarah J. Phelps, a native of Kentucky. They had four children, MARTHA P., WILLIAM A., JAMES B. and FLORA A. Wiley Easley died, and his widow and children reside on the farm settled by their great-grandfather Easley in 1830. It is in Ball township.

SALLY, married Willis Shellhouse. See his name.

DANIEL W., born in Kentucky, died in Sangamon county at 12 years old.

Mrs. Margaret Easley died in Sangamon county.

Daniel Easley died at Auburn, Sangamon county, Feb. 13, 1874. If the date of his birth is correct, as given to the writer by the old gentleman himself about fifteen months before his death, he was 100 years, 3 months and 25 days old.

His recollection of events was quite distinct. He related incidents connected with the ascension of the first steamboat on the Ohio liver, which he witnessed; also of the war of 1812. He united with the Cumberland Presbyterian church when he was eighty years of age.