Ann Hartley

Mrs. Ann Hartley, widow of James Hartley, was born in Royton, England, in 1837, where her mother Mary (Holland) Miller, died in 1839. Her father, Joseph Miller, was a weaver, and in the cotton factories made the acquaintance of Miss Mary Madden, whom he married. About 1816 the family immigrated, settling at Crookville, Pa., but within eighteen months returned to England. Soon after the parents of Joseph and Mary (Madden) Miller died, and again they sought America for a home; coming in 1851, they obtained work in the woolen mills at Crookville, came to Peoria in 1852, thence moved to Trivoli, and ultimately settled at Wyoming. Mrs. Hartley accompanied her parents in their travels until the age of seventeen, when she began work for herself, and at Trivoli worked for a cousin of James Hartley, where she met her husband, and was married in 1856. Since his death she has not only managed the farm, but also increased the original property to nearly 600 acres, and is today considered one of the most enterprising and successful business women in the whole Congressional district.