John Eckley

John and Abigail (Henderson) Eckley were residents of Ohio and seven of their children were born in that state. In 1845, with their children, they joined other families on a move to the State of Iowa. Here two more children were addet to their family and in 1850 they moved to Stark County, Illinois. Later, they moved to Knox County, Illinois, where Mr. Eckley engaged in carpenter work in the now town of Oneida. the family continued residence there until 1869, when. with their unmarried children, they move to Clay County. Iowa.

    Their years were spent as loyal, conscientious, Christian citizens, respected and loved by their family, neighbors alnd friends;  Their internent was in the Fanny Fern Cemetery, Douglas Township, Clay County, Iowa.  (Page 156, The Records of the Eckley Family in America, 1962, by Lizzie Johns)