MORLEY FAMILY GENEALOGY: Albert Morley Family, of Painesville, Ohio, his parentage, siblings, and descendants This genealogy was begun in 1999, as part of the centennial celebration of Morley Library, in Painesville, Ohio. Since that time many resources have become available, especially on the internet. These were used in updating the original version. Compiled by Carl Thomas Engel, Reference Librarian, Adult and Teens Services, Morley Library, 1992 to 2020. PROGENITOR OF THIS BRANCH OF THE MORLEY FAMILY THOMAS MORLEY a.k.a. Thomas Morley, Jr. b. 20 MAR 1763, in Westfield, Massachusetts son of Thomas Morley he b. 1724 d. 20 SEP 1795 bur. Sennett Rural Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga County, New York “In the 72 year of his age” (first burial in the cemetery) [WWW.CAYUGAGENEALOGY.ORG] m. to Sarah (Phelps) Morley she b. 1730 d. 1779 d. 2 MAR 1813, in Cayuga County, New York of what was then termed as cold fever, an epidemic prevailing in New York State that winter bur. Sennett Rural Cemetery, Cayuga County, New York “In the 50 year of his age” [WWW.CAYUGAGENEALOGY.ORG] m. 17 MAR 1793 to Penelope W. Remington a.k.a. Nelly or Nellie she b. 16 AUG 1775, in Brutus, New York d. 13 SEP 1863, “In the 89 year of her age,” retired to rest in apparent good health, found dead the next morning bur. Sennett Rural Cemetery, Sennett, Cayuga County, New York [WWW.CAYUGAGENEALOGY.ORG] children: 1. JULIA (MORLEY) GILLET b. 3/31 DEC 1793, in Brutus, New York member of the Disciple Church of Painesville at the time of its organization in 1843 "She was a woman of strong personality, and held very decided views of life. She was among the first to take a firm stand for temperance. Her sympathies were enlisted for the enslaved colored race, and many a runaway slave found refuge in her home; among others Lewis Clarke, the George Harris of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass were welcomed guests." [Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve / Gertrude Wickham, editor. Cleveland, 1896. p. 43] d. 23 MAR 1886, age 92, in Painesville [PT 8 APR 1886, p. 3, col. 5] bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville [ECSR] m. 28 MAY 1822, near Auburn, New York, to Isaac Gillet he b. 1788/1789, in Springfield, Massachusetts of Huguenot ancestry, family settled in Boston lived in Lockport, New York; moved to Painesville in 1822 occupation: taught school in Auburn, New York; after 1822 merchant in Painesville (general exchange and mercantile business with Simon Healy and Lewis Morley); the copartnership of Isaac Gillet and Lewis Morley dissolved [PT 21 JUN 1831, p. 3, col. 3]; new copartnership of Isaac Gillet and Aaron Wilcox [PT 27 MAR 1835, p. 3, col. 3]; copartnership between Isaac Gillet and Aaron Wilcox has expired by limitation [PT 21 APR 1837, p. 3, col. 4]; I. Gillet & Co., copartnership of Isaac Gillet, E. B. Adams and A. I. Gillet [PT 29 APR 1846, p. 3, col. 3]; dissolution of firm of I. Gillet & Co. [PT 5 MAY 1847, p. 3, col. 1]; I. & A. I. Gillet, dry goods [PT 2 JUN 1847, p. 3, col. 5]; dissolution of I. & A. I. Gillet [PT 25 APR 1849, p. 3, col. 2]; manufacturing (one of the men to develop an iron industry from native bog ores; and established one of the first brass foundries in Painesville); farming member of Ohio state legislature, the House of Representatives during the 29th and 30th Sessions (6 DEC 1830-3 DEC 1832); member of Town of Painesville council 1832 and 1833; Mayor of Painesville 1840 in 1842 suffered a stroke, loosing the use of one arm, and was never strong thereafter d. 10 May 1850, age 61y., in Painesville, result of a second stroke [PT 15 MAY 1850, p. 3, col. 1] bur. Washington Street Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio [WSCSR]; probably removed to Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville [LCCI] children (6 in all): 1. Julia Eliza Gillet a.k.a. Juliet E. Gillet b. 1824 d. 20 APR 1842, age 18y., 10m., 11 d. [PT 27 APR 1842, p. 2, col. 7] bur. possibly removed to Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio [LCCI] 2. [a son] b. 1825 d. Spring 1825, age 17d. [LCCI] 3. Albert Isaac Gillet b. circa 1826, in Ohio [1860 CENSUS] occupation: in business with his father under the name I. Gillet & Co., copartnership of Isaac Gillet, E. B. Adams and A. I. Gillet [PT 29 APR 1846, p. 3, col. 3]; dissolution of firm of I. Gillet & Co. [PT 5 MAY 1847, p. 3, col. 1]; I. & A. I. Gillet, dry goods [PT 2 JUN 1847, p. 3, col. 5]; dissolution of I. & A. I. Gillet [PT 25 APR 1849, p. 3, col. 2]; then by himself, operating the Buckeye Store [PT. 5 JUN 1850, p. 3, col. 3] elected Recorder of the Village of Painesville 1852 during Civil War appointed paymaster on Admiral Foote's flagship "Benton" d. 5 AUG 1862, age 36 y., of yellow fever on board the hospital ship "Red Rover", at Helena, Arkansas [LCCI] bur. on the east bank of the Mississippi River opposite Helena, Arkansas; possibly brought back to Painesville for burial in Evergreen Cemetery [LCCI] m. 27 AUG 1851, in Cleveland, by Rev. Adams, to Laura A. Sexton, of Cleveland [PT 3 SEP 1851, p.3, col.2] she b. circa 1830, in Ohio [1860 CENSUS] d. 17 NOV 1861, age 31 y., of a tumor [PT 21 NOV 1861, p. 3, col. 5] bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio [ECSR] 4. Jane Ann (Gillet) Wilkes b. 10 MAY 1829, in Painesville, Ohio educated at Willoughby Female Seminary and Lake Erie Female Seminary d. 5 MAY 1894, age 65 y. [PT 16 MAY 1894, p. 3, col. 5] bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio [ECSR] m. 22 SEP 1853, in Painesville [LCMR] to Frederick Wilkes he b. 25 MAR 1817, in Portsmouth, England son of William Wilkes (d. 16 JAN 1853, age 70 y., in Painesville, Ohio [PT 19 JAN 1853, p. 3, col. 4]) and Elizabeth Fry Wilkes (d. 17 JUL 1872, age 85 y., in Brooklyn, New York [PT 25 JUL 1872, p. 3, col. 7]) grandfather and father engaged in iron business as a youth the family lived in Portsmouth, Devonshire, Hungerford in Berkshire, Faversham in Kent, and London in 1827 the family came to the United States; spending a year in Buffalo, four years in Monroeville, Ohio; thence to Green Creek, Sandusky County, Ohio, where the Wilkes operated a grist and saw mill in MAR 1832 left home and became a clerk for his brother-in-law, John Wilkeson, who was engaged in a blast furnace business at Arcole, in Madison Township, Geauga County, Ohio; he was there five years returned to Green Creek for one or two years in 1838 was employed in a general store for four years in 1845 went into partnership with John Wilkeson to erect the blast furnace of Wilkeson, Wilkes and Company at Lowellville, Mahoning County, Ohio, which went into operation in AUG 1846; "It was a great success but a financial failure, and I there lost eight years of the best of my life and nearly $3,000."; the company was dissolve AUG 1853 moved to Painesville, where his recently widowed mother was living after wedding journey decided to make Madison, Wisconsin, their home in DEC 1853 became a member of the North Western Iron Company at Mayville, Wisconsin, as cashier and general manager; in summer of 1864 sold his interest in the company he and his wife spent the summer of 1865 in a trip to England, Scotland, and Paris; and then settled in Painesville in JUL 1866 became assistant cashier at the First National Bank of Painesville, staying there 14 months; in SEP 1867 bought out Leonard Anderson's half interest in the machine works of Anderson & Coe and forming a partnership with Henry H. Coe calling the firm Coe & Wilkes [PT 26 SEP 1867, p. 3, col. 7], manufacturers of portable and stationary steam engines Anderson's patent pulleys, and all kinds of saw mill machinery; Coe & Wilkes to dissolve [PT 1 AUG 1900, p. 3, col. 5] d. 21 JAN 1901, age 83 y., in Jacksonville, Florida; he left Painesville ten days before his death to spend the winter in Florida for his health and caught a cold en route which developed into pneumonia [PT 23 JAN 1901, p. 3, col. 1] bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio [ECSR] children: 1. Juliet Gillet Wilkes a.k.a. Juliette G. Wilkes b. 13 FEB 1859, [FINDAGRAVE] in Mayville, Wisconsin d. 13 JUL 1871, age 12 y., 5 m., of consumption of the bowels, in Painesville, Ohio [PT 20 JUL 1871, p. 3, col. 5] bur. Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Ohio [ECSR] 2. Frederica Louise (Wilkes) Austin a.k.a. Louise F. or Flora Louise b. 10 SEP 1860, in Mayville, Wisconsin graduate Painesville High School 1878 member First Church Congregational, Painesville charter member Fortnightly Club, in Painesville member of Morley Library board of trustees supported the American Farm School of Solonika, Greece (established by John Henry House, a missionary, from Painesville, Ohio) "She possessed a keen mind and a phenomenal memory for poems, which she loved and could quote at length." d. 8 MAY 1948, age 87 y., in Painesville [PT 10 May 1948, p. 2, col. 2] bur. Evergreen Cemetery,Painesville, Ohio [ECSR] m. 24 NOV 1903 [LCMR] to William Carey Austin he b. 3 JUL 1850, in Geneva, Ohio in 1869 went to Conneaut, Ohio, to learn the drug business; 1872-1889 had a drug store in Geneva; moved to Painesville in 1889 and became manager of Moodey's Pharmacy; in MAY 1905 bought the business and renamed it Austin Pharmacy member of First Baptist Church d.