SATTLEY, ROBERT
, was born Oct. 27, 1788, in the vicinity of Vergennes, Vermont. He and his brother Archibald went with the family of Mrs. Lovina Hawley, a widow lady with two daughters and three sons, to White county, near Carmi, Ill., in the fall of 1818. He was there married, February, 1819, to Eliza Hawley. She was born March 7, 1801, near Vergennes, Vt. Mr. and Mrs. Sattley moved to what became Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in June, 1819, and settled about half a mile north of where Rochester now stands. They had eight children in Sangamon county--AARON, born Jan. 25, 1820, in Sangamon county, married March 4, 1858, to Delilah Shaver, who was born Feb. 9, 1835, in Ohio. They have seven children, JOSEPHINE, ROBERT H., RALPH D., LOVINA A., WILLIAM A., MARY E. and HARRIET, and reside one mile west of Sangamo station, Sangamon county, Ill.--1874.
RALPH, born Nov. 1, 1821, in Sangamon county, was drowned June 15, 1844, in South Fork, after having saved the life of another young man who was bathing.
HARRIET, born Nov. 27, 1823, in Sangamon county, married Jan. 3, 1849, to George M. Greene. See his name.
JOLIA, born Sept. 6, 1825, in Sangamon county, married Horace Collins, a native of Ohio. They have seven living children, and reside near Solon, Johnson county, Iowa.
LOVINA, born Sept. 14, 1827, in Sangamon county, married Charles Fairchild. See his name.
EMILY, born Oct. 22, 1829, in Sangamon county, died Dec. 15, 1851.
ALFRED died in infancy.
ELIZA J., born June 15, 1834, married John A. Twist. See his name.
ROBERT H., born Sept. 18, 1837, in Sangamon county, married Nov. 7, 1860, to Margaret J. Greene. They had four children. The eldest and youngest died in infancy. MARY E. and EMMA J. live with their parents, three miles south of Rochester, Sangamon county, Ill.
Robert Sattley died March 27, 1842, and Mrs. Eliza Sattley died June 13, 1860, both in Rochester, Sangamon county, Ill.