William Carroll Hartley b. 23 Oct 1834 Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, USA d. 10 Jul 1871 Idaho Territory, USA: Our Family History

1834 - 1871 (36 years)

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Name	William Carroll Hartley [1, 2]
Born	23 Oct 1834	Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, USA [2, 3]
	William's mother, Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley, died at his birth.
Gender	Male
Migration	About 1837	Polk County, Missouri, USA [3]
	When William C. was about three years old, his family moved from Bond County, Illinois, to Polk County, Missouri.
Census	1840	Polk County, Missouri, USA [4]
	James "Hartly" [Hartley] household 1 male under 5 [William C., abt 5] 1 male 5-10 [Henry K., abt 7] 2 males 15-20 [Richard D. abt 15?; Solomon abt 17?; John Evans, abt 19?] 1 male 50-60 [James Hartley, abt 61] 1 female 10-15 [Channy Ann, abt 12] 0 slaves 6 total 3 engaged in agriculture
Census	23 Sep 1850	District 17, Cedar County, Missouri, USA [5]
	1. Hartly [Hartley], James, 67, male, farmer, real estate value $600, Georgia 2. _____, Thom, 20, male, laborer, Tennessee 3. _____, Henry K., 17, male, laborer, Illinois 4. _____, Wm C., 15, male, laborer, Illinois 5. [illegible], Channy, 22, female, Tennessee
Missing Census	1860
	William Hartley has not been located in the 1860 census. He was married in Cedar County, Missouri, the following year, so it seems likely that he should appear there.
Migration	1864 [6]
	In 1864 William C. Hartley and his wife, Eliza Ann Paynter, joined "McPike's train" of 30 or 40 wagons and travelled from Missouri to Boise. The train went on to Oregon, but the William Hartley family remained in Boise. A great 1914 article in the Boise Statesman (see transcription below) interviewed Eliza Ann (Paynter) Hartley about the trip West with her husband, and about their first log cabin in Boise. It is likely that William's brother Henry K. Hartley and his wife, Sarah Jane Paynter, were in the same wagon train, but traveled on with it to Oregon; their daughter Florence was born in Oregon about 1865. Sarah Jane (Paynter) Hartley and Eliza Ann (Paynter) Hartley were sisters, married to brothers.
Census	27 Jul 1870	Boise City, Idaho, USA [7]
	1. Hartley, William, 37, male, white, farmer, real estate $300, personal $1200, Illinois 2. _____, Eliza, 30, female, white, keeping house, Virginia 3. _____, Clinton F., 7, male, white, Missouri 4. _____, William F., 6, male, white, Iowa 5. _____, Elizabeth L., 3, female, white, Idaho Territory 6. Ryan, Lewis, male, white, works on farm, Illinois
Died	10 Jul 1871	Idaho Territory, USA [8]
Newspaper Article	2 Aug 1914	Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA [6]
	From the Idaho Statesman William Hartley Crosses Plains in Early Days: His Company Lead Charmed Lives Passing Through Indian Country One of the interesting pioneers of the early '60's is Mrs. E. A. Dobson, who, as the wife of William Hartley, came to Idaho from Missouri, in '64. The Hartleys, together with a number of others started for Oregon. Tehre were 30 or 40 wagons in their train, nown as McPike's train, and their trip was somewhat unusual in that it was devoid of accident. There were Indians before them and Indians behind them, but the train met none of them. They came across graves which had been made only the day before, Mrs. Dobson said, me or women who had been killed by the Indians, they heard of trouble in trains ahead and those which followed, but they seemed to bear a charmed existence. Good Enough for Them When they reached the present site of Boise, many in the train decided that this country was good enough for them, and refused to go further. The Hartleys were in the number and they settled on the spot which is now known as Collister. Mrs.Dobson, in relating stories of her early experiences, said, "Wait till I show you the house of which I was most proud. I have lived in a number of good houses in my life time, but over none was I as proud as over this, my first real house in Idaho," and she brought out a picture of her pioneer dwelling. When This Old House Was New "This picture does not do the house justice," said Mrs. Dobson, "since it was taken after we had been using it for a barn, and had a much better house, but I was so attached to it, that I had a picture taken by the first photographer who came through. You will see that the window to the left of the door is boarded up in the picture and the chimney is falling down, but when that log house was new, with the attractive old fire place, the windows roughly hewn, and a dirt floor, it looked pretty good to me." This house was at Dixie, near where Caldwell now is located, long before the city of that name was even thought of. Mr. Hartley was a stock man and died about 15 years after coming west. Mr. Dobson, Mrs. Hartleys second husband has been dead 35 years. Mrs. Dobson owns a fine ranch in Stewart's gulch, which is now being managed by her son, Clinton Hartley. There are cold and warm springs on this ranch and the water is piped into the house. She has two other children, Charles F. Hartley, who lives near Star, and Mrs. Elizabeth Meek of Caldwell. She makes her home in Boise where she is surrounded by pioneer friends with whom she enjoys many pleasant hours spent in memories of the past.
Buried	Caldwell-Canyon Hill Cemetery, Canyon County, Idaho, USA
Person ID	I1875	Full \| ProgenitorWalker
Last Modified	23 Sep 2011

Father	James Hartley, b. Abt 1779, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia , d. 16 Oct 1855, Cedar County, Missouri, USA (Age ~ 76 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Walker, b. Abt 1790, d. 23 Oct 1834, Bond County, Illinois, USA (Age ~ 44 years)
Married	Abt 1810	Dickson County, Tennessee, USA [9, 10]
Family ID	F288	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Eliza Ann Paynter, b. Abt 1840, Virginia, USA , d. Yes, date unknown

Married 7 Mar 1861 Cedar County, Missouri, USA [11]

Brothers, William C. Hartley and Henry K. Hartley, married sisters, Sarah Jane Paynter and Eliza Ann Paynter. Both families moved to the West.

Children

	1. Clinton F. Hartley, b. 21 Mar 1862, Missouri, USA , d. 3 Nov 1916, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA (Age 54 years)
	2. William F. Hartley, b. 20 Mar 1864, Iowa, USA , d. 5 Sep 1923, Boise, Ada County, Idaho, USA (Age 59 years)
	3. Elizabeth L. Hartley, b. About 1867, Idaho Territory, USA

Last Modified 23 Sep 2011

Family ID F1455 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Documents » Slide Show		James Hartley, 1850 Cedar County, Missouri, census 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 465, family 465, James "Hartly" household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
		James Hartley, 1840 Polk County, Missouri, census 1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, p. 193 (stamped, recto), line 6, James "Hartly" [Hartley], Sr. household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0014857.
		William C. Hartley, cemetery stone, 1871, Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho "Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 September 2011), entry for William C. Hartley (1871).
		William C. Hartley, marriage to Eliza Ann Paynter, 1861, Cedar County, Missouri “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011), Cedar County, [vol. not stated]: 181, for Hartley-Paynter (1861).
		William C. Hartley, 1870 Ada County, Idaho Territory, census 1870 U. S. census, Ada County, Idaho Territory, population schedule, Boise City, p. 28-29 (penned), p. 15B-16A (stamped), dwelling 241, family 240, William Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 185.
		William F. Hartley, son of William C. Hartley and Eliza Paynter, death certificate, 1923, Ada County, Idaho "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937," database, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 21 September 2011), entry for William F. Hartley, Ada County, death certificate (1923), certificate no. 43040; GSU film no. 1530765.
		Clinton F. Hartley, son of William C. Hartley and Eliza Ann Paynter, death certificate, 1916, Ada County, Idaho "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937," database, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org : accessed 21 September 2011), entry for Clinton F. Hartley, Ada County, death certificate (1916), certificate no. 15857; GSU film no. 1509301.
		Newspaper article about William C. and Eliza Ann (Paynter) Hartley, their wagon train trip from Missouri to Idaho. Boise Statesman, 1914. "William Hartley Crosses Plains in Early Days," The (Boise) Idaho Statesman, 2 August 1914, p. 9, col. 1-2; digital image, _GenealogyBank.com_ (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 22 September 2011).

Sources

[S1490] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, District 17, p. 317 (penned, verso), p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 465, family 465, James "Hartly" household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395.
[S1390] John E. Hartley Bible, The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, translated out of The Original Greek. . . (stereotyped by E. White, New York [n.p.], [n.d.]), privately held by Debra Seaton, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2000; digital copies from Hartley descendant Diana Erwin, in the possession of Janis Walker Gilmore (2011). Family data from 1811-1876. In addition to entries on family data pages of the Bible it held several loose sheets of data written in different inks and hands. The earliest data includes the birthdates of children of James and Elizabeth (Walker) Hartley.
[S1360] “Cedar County Biographies Published by Goodspeed,” transcriptions, Welcome to Cedar County, Missouri (http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocedar/ : accessed 12 March 2008), entry for John E. Hartley; citing History of Barton, Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade, and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 734-735.
[S1492] 1840 U. S. census, Polk County, Missouri, p. 193 (stamped, recto), line 6, James "Hartly" [Hartley], Sr. household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M704, roll 228; FHL film no 0014857.
[S1392] 1850 U.S. census, Cedar County, Missouri, population schedule, district 17, p. 159 (stamped, verso), dwelling 465, family 465, James Hartly [Hartley] household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 Sep 2009); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 395. .
[S1618] "William Hartley Crosses Plains in Early Days," The (Boise) Idaho Statesman, 2 August 1914, p. 9, col. 1-2; digital image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 22 September 2011).
[S1615] 1870 U. S. census, Ada County, Idaho Territory, population schedule, Boise City, p. 28-29 (penned), p. 15B-16A (stamped), dwelling 241, family 240, William Hartley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 September 2011); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, roll 185.
[S1613] "Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho," database and digital images, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 September 2011), entry for William C. Hartley (1871).
[S99] Esther Pratt (6408 Worchester Drive; Nashville, Tennessee) to Sandra Johnston (Oklahoma), letter, 13 May 1997, regarding the Elijah Walker family of Dickson County, Tennessee. Privately held by Ms. Johnston. The author has lost contact with Ms. Johnston and no longer knows her whereabouts.
[S2956] History of Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri (Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889), 739-740, for John E. Hartley, Stockton, Missouri.
[S1614] “Missouri Marriage Records, 1805–2002,” digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 19 September 2011), Cedar County, [vol. not stated]: 181, for Hartley-Paynter (1861).