Wiley Madison BOBBITT

1809 -

• Born	24 Jul 1809	Christian County, Kentucky
  Gender	Male
  Notes	Nicholas Pyle, a Kentuckian, came from Morgan, with his wife and family, and built a cabin, made some improvement, and acquired a pre-emption right to the southwest quarter of section 10, but soon moved away. Fielding Atchinson, with a wife and several children, came with Pyle, his father-in-law, and in company with his brother-in-law, William Pyle, then unmarried, improved the northwest quarter of section 10, which William Pyle afterwards entered, but subsequently sold, and went to Kansas. Madison Bobbett arrived from Morgan county, a young man, who soon after married Sarah, the daughter of Nicholas Pyle, and improved the southeast quarter of section 10, in 1835. Dr. James S. Blackburn, whose earlier history may be found in the chapter on Rushville, where he landed in 1830, came to Brooklyn in the spring of 1836, and entered and improved the west half of the southwest quarter of section 21, where he died. His son, Robert S. Blackburn, is a merchant, and the present post-master at Brooklyn. His daughter, Prudence, the widow of Capt. H. E. Hankins, is also a resident of the same village, and Bryson, another son, resides on the northwest quarter of section 20. The number of improved farms in the township is 153, and the population 1,135 as shown by the census of 1880. The township was named after the village, when the county adopted township organization in 1853. Excerpted from The Combined History of Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois, 1882 Transcribed by Carol Longwell Miller for Schuyler County ILGenWeb Copyright 1999-2006 Judi Gilker; all rights reserved. For personal use only. Commercial use of the information contained in these pages is strictly prohibited without prior permission. If copied, this copyright must appear with the information. 1850 census brown co, IL from brown co genweb site, Pea Ridge 13 1244 1249 Bobet Madison 41 m Farmer Ky 14 Sarah 33 f Ky 15 Elen 14 f Ill 16 Columbus 11 m Ill 17 Elizabeth 7 f Ill 18 Mary 3 f Ill 19 Martila 8/12 f Ill
  Person ID	I1423	Our Family Tree
  Last Modified	30 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	William James BOBBITT,   b. 1775, Halifax, North Carolina ,   d. 1836, Illinois
  Mother	Elizabeth HALE,   d. 1864, Morgan County, IL
  Married	8 Jul 1808
  Family ID	F2116	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Sarah PYLE
  Married	12 Sep 1835	Schuyler County, Illinois   [1]
  Children	1. Calista Ovanda BOBBITT,   b. 19 Mar 1855, Illinois
  Family ID	F1882	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S16369] Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 001/0035 License Number 00000293 (Reliability: 3). BOBBETT, WILEY M PYLE, SARAH 1835-09-12 001/0035 00000293 SCHUYLER