"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA.  HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

BLOOMINGTON TOWNSHIP & CITY, MONROE CO., IN.
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JAMES C. WORLEY, native of Indiana, was born November 6, 1838, in Richland
Township, Monroe County.  He is the youngest son of eight children born to
Zimry and Sallie (Legg) Worley, natives of South Carolina and Kentucky
respectively.  He was reared in his native township until eight years of
age, when he came to Bloomington with his parents, where he received a good
English education in the public schools, and in 1852 he entered the State
University, continuing for two years and a half.  In February, 1862, he was
married to Sarah McCollough, daughter of Johnson and Rebecca McCollough,
early settlers of Monroe County.  After his marriage, he embarked in the
livery business here, and continued until 1865, when he sold out, and the
same year went into the same business again, continuing until March, 1877,
when he sold out and went into the grocery business, continuing one year,
when he again embarked in the livery business.  In 1879, John T. May
purchased one-half interest, and the business was continued under the firm
name of Worley & May until January 1, 1884, when he sold to John H. Cole,
and has since been engaged in buying, selling and trading in horses.  He has
three children--Edith, Alice and an infant child.  Mr. Worley is a
Republican, and is quite prominent with his party.


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Date: 13 Nov 1997