JONATHAN EALY, One of the industrious and successful farmers of East Finley township, is a grandson of George Ealy. Henry Ealy, son of George, was born in 1807, in East Finley township, this county, and remained on the form of his father until twenty-one years of age, when he began life for himself with 25 cents in his pocket, as capital with which to begin the world. He at once engaged in farm work, and by combining industry with energy, soon saved a small sum of money with which he bought a tract of land situated about two miles down the creek from East Finley postoffice, and having paid for this, purchased more. In 1830 he was married to Hannah Barney, of Greene county, Penn., who bore the following children: Jeremiah (farming East Finley township), George (deceased), Philip (a successful farmer of Greene county, Penn.) Jonas (a farmer of East Finley township), and Delilah (deceased after marriage). At the time of his death Mr. Ealy owned over 1,200 acres of land, the result of his own industry and enterprise. He died in 1882, having been preceded to the grave by his wife in 1873. Jonathan Ealy was born July 3, 1844, in East Finley township, Washington Co., Penn., where he received a common school education, and passed his youth in farming with his father, studying a little with his mother in the evenings. On September 12, 1869, he was married to Nancy Jane Sampson, who was born February 13,1842, daughter of David Sampson, of East Finley township, and to them were born seven children, five of whom died in infancy; the two still living are Libbens W., born December 12, 1871, and Fanny E., born June 16,1874. Fanny has had charge of the household since the death of her mother. which occurred March 12,1890, and Libbens assists on the farm. Soon after his marriage Mr. Ealy moved to the "old home farm," living there about fifteen years, when he came to his present home, about one mile farther down Gordon's fork of Wheeling creek, on which place he has since resided. Mr Ealy has been a very successful farmer , and in politics is a Democrat. He is a member of no church, but attends the Fairmount United Brethren Church. His wife was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Text taken from page 1386 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Justin Tharp of ??? as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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