Nancy Perrigo was born in Mason County, Kentucky, along the banks of the Ohio River. Her parents, James Rock Perrigo and Drusilla Babcock, had migrated from upstate New York through Pennsylvania and Ohio. After Nancy was born the family moved again to Clinton County in southern Illinois, and finally to Lafayette County, Wisconsin, where they settled on a farm near the village of Wiota sometime between 1850 and 1855. Nancy later moved to Darlington, the county seat, and in February 1870, while still unmarried, she gave birth to twins, John and Mary. Nancy married Albert Braley in 1872 and the twins took his surname.
Albert and Nancy lived in a small house built into the bluff on the south side of the Pecatonica River. Albert had a disability and Nancy tried to make ends meet for her family by selling lace and trinkets. In the first years of their marriage Nancy gave birth to two more children, who were apparently put up for adoption. One of these was Josephine Hill, while the other has not been identified. Her twins, John and Mary, ended up being fostered by another couple, Terrence Doyle and his wife Mary. This may have happened around the time Nancy gave birth to her last two children, twins Edwin and Edward in 1878, who remained with their parents.
As the children grew, Nancy became an active member of the local chapter of the Salvation Army. She gained local notoriety in 1891 when she sued the Town of Darlington after the group was suspiciously drenched by a fire department hose during a march down the main street.
Albert and Nancy left Darlington in 1900 and relocated to the south side of Chicago, living with Edwin and Edward for a few years. Nancy worked as a washerwoman; Albert was unable to work. When the twins left the city, the couple remained. When their circumstances became dire, they were moved to the Oak Forest Infirmary, where Nancy died in 1921.
Father: James Rock Perrigo (1795-?)
Mother: Drusilla Babcock (1797-?)
Siblings:
James R Perrigo (1817-1849)
Harriet Perrigo (1818-?)
Ambrose Perrigo (1820-1821)
DeWitt Clinton Perrigo (1825-1902)
John Babcock Perrigo (1827-1892)
Albert and Nancy lived in a small house built into the bluff on the south side of the Pecatonica River. Albert had a disability and Nancy tried to make ends meet for her family by selling lace and trinkets. In the first years of their marriage Nancy gave birth to two more children, who were apparently put up for adoption. One of these was Josephine Hill, while the other has not been identified. Her twins, John and Mary, ended up being fostered by another couple, Terrence Doyle and his wife Mary. This may have happened around the time Nancy gave birth to her last two children, twins Edwin and Edward in 1878, who remained with their parents.
As the children grew, Nancy became an active member of the local chapter of the Salvation Army. She gained local notoriety in 1891 when she sued the Town of Darlington after the group was suspiciously drenched by a fire department hose during a march down the main street.
Albert and Nancy left Darlington in 1900 and relocated to the south side of Chicago, living with Edwin and Edward for a few years. Nancy worked as a washerwoman; Albert was unable to work. When the twins left the city, the couple remained. When their circumstances became dire, they were moved to the Oak Forest Infirmary, where Nancy died in 1921.
Father: James Rock Perrigo (1795-?)
Mother: Drusilla Babcock (1797-?)
Siblings:
James R Perrigo (1817-1849)
Harriet Perrigo (1818-?)
Ambrose Perrigo (1820-1821)
DeWitt Clinton Perrigo (1825-1902)
John Babcock Perrigo (1827-1892)
Nancy Perrigo was born in Mason County, Kentucky, along the banks of the Ohio River. Her parents, James Rock Perrigo and Drusilla Babcock, had migrated from upstate New York through Pennsylvania and Ohio. After Nancy was born the family moved again to Clinton County in southern Illinois, and finally to Lafayette County, Wisconsin, where they settled on a farm near the village of Wiota sometime between 1850 and 1855. Nancy later moved to Darlington, the county seat, and in February 1870, while still unmarried, she gave birth to twins, John and Mary. Nancy married Albert Braley in 1872 and the twins took his surname.
Albert and Nancy lived in a small house built into the bluff on the south side of the Pecatonica River. Albert had a disability and Nancy tried to make ends meet for her family by selling lace and trinkets. In the first years of their marriage Nancy gave birth to two more children, who were apparently put up for adoption. One of these was Josephine Hill, while the other has not been identified. Her twins, John and Mary, ended up being fostered by another couple, Terrence Doyle and his wife Mary. This may have happened around the time Nancy gave birth to her last two children, twins Edwin and Edward in 1878, who remained with their parents.
As the children grew, Nancy became an active member of the local chapter of the Salvation Army. She gained local notoriety in 1891 when she sued the Town of Darlington after the group was suspiciously drenched by a fire department hose during a march down the main street.
Albert and Nancy left Darlington in 1900 and relocated to the south side of Chicago, living with Edwin and Edward for a few years. Nancy worked as a washerwoman; Albert was unable to work. When the twins left the city, the couple remained. When their circumstances became dire, they were moved to the Oak Forest Infirmary, where Nancy died in 1921.
Father: James Rock Perrigo (1795-?)
Mother: Drusilla Babcock (1797-?)
Siblings:
James R Perrigo (1817-1849)
Harriet Perrigo (1818-?)
Ambrose Perrigo (1820-1821)
DeWitt Clinton Perrigo (1825-1902)
John Babcock Perrigo (1827-1892)
Albert and Nancy lived in a small house built into the bluff on the south side of the Pecatonica River. Albert had a disability and Nancy tried to make ends meet for her family by selling lace and trinkets. In the first years of their marriage Nancy gave birth to two more children, who were apparently put up for adoption. One of these was Josephine Hill, while the other has not been identified. Her twins, John and Mary, ended up being fostered by another couple, Terrence Doyle and his wife Mary. This may have happened around the time Nancy gave birth to her last two children, twins Edwin and Edward in 1878, who remained with their parents.
As the children grew, Nancy became an active member of the local chapter of the Salvation Army. She gained local notoriety in 1891 when she sued the Town of Darlington after the group was suspiciously drenched by a fire department hose during a march down the main street.
Albert and Nancy left Darlington in 1900 and relocated to the south side of Chicago, living with Edwin and Edward for a few years. Nancy worked as a washerwoman; Albert was unable to work. When the twins left the city, the couple remained. When their circumstances became dire, they were moved to the Oak Forest Infirmary, where Nancy died in 1921.
Father: James Rock Perrigo (1795-?)
Mother: Drusilla Babcock (1797-?)
Siblings:
James R Perrigo (1817-1849)
Harriet Perrigo (1818-?)
Ambrose Perrigo (1820-1821)
DeWitt Clinton Perrigo (1825-1902)
John Babcock Perrigo (1827-1892)
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