Jonathan Cilley1
#151, b. 5 January 1791, d. 29 December 1874
Jonathan Cilley|b. 5 Jan 1791\nd. 29 Dec 1874|p151.htm|Major Jonathan Cilley|b. 8 Mar 1762\nd. 21 Mar 1807|p138.htm|Dorcas Butler|b. 9 Oct 1766\nd. 9 Oct 1857|p147.htm|General Joseph Cilley|b. 1734\nd. 25 Aug 1799|p133.htm|Sarah Longfellow|b. 17 Nov 1739\nd. 23 May 1811|p135.htm|Reverand Benjamin Butler|b. 9 Apr 1729\nd. 26 Dec 1804|p1864.htm|Dorcas Abbott|b. 11 May 1729\nd. 19 Apr 1789|p1865.htm|
Jonathan Cilley was born on 5 January 1791 at Nottingham, Rockingham, New Hampshire.2,1 He was the son of Major Jonathan Cilley and Dorcas Butler.1 He married Sarah Lee, daughter of Rensalaer Lee and Sarah Heisted, on 24 October 1830.1 He died on 29 December 1874 at age 83.1
Jonathan Cilley resided in 1804 at Colerain, Hamilton, Ohio.1
Jonathan Cilley and Sarah Lee appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of 8th ward, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, enumerated 19 July 1850.3
Moved west with his father in 1804, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 21 years of age. Studied law. Took an active part in politics, and was an ardent Jackson Democrat. Was a State Senator in Ohio, an Elector for President Martin Van Buren, and Judge of Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in Cincinnati; retired in 1840, and in 1855 removed to Glendale, OH. He was an indulgent father, "of high moral character, smooth culture, one of the old school gentleman."1
Jonathan Cilley resided in 1804 at Colerain, Hamilton, Ohio.1
Jonathan Cilley and Sarah Lee appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of 8th ward, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, enumerated 19 July 1850.3
Moved west with his father in 1804, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 21 years of age. Studied law. Took an active part in politics, and was an ardent Jackson Democrat. Was a State Senator in Ohio, an Elector for President Martin Van Buren, and Judge of Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in Cincinnati; retired in 1840, and in 1855 removed to Glendale, OH. He was an indulgent father, "of high moral character, smooth culture, one of the old school gentleman."1
Children of Jonathan Cilley and Sarah Lee
- Josephine Maria Cilley+1 b. 10 Apr 1832
- Rensselaer Lee Cilley+1 b. 27 Mar 1834
- Henry Cilley1 b. 16 Apr 1836
- Jonathan Longfellow Cilley+1 b. 25 Jan 1838, d. 18 Mar 1903
- Greenleaf Cilley1 b. 25 Aug 1840
- Sarah Lee Cilley+1 b. 29 Dec 1843
- Caroline Louise Cilley1 b. 31 Dec 1846, d. young
Citations
- J. P. Cilley. The Cilley Family. Augusta, ME: n.pub., 1878.
- Bailey Stewart Rogers. "The Poetic, Royal and Bewitching Ancestry of Major Jonathan Cilley", Colerain Pageant 33 (Oct. 1997).
- 1850 Federal Census of Hamilton County, Ohio, population schedule. Micropublication M432:690. Washington: National Archives.