BIOGRAPHY: Jonathan B. HOOLEY, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, page 589.

  JONATHAN B. HOOLEY, Reedsville, Mifflin county, Pa., son of John D. and 
Barbara (Yoder) Hooley, is of German-Swiss ancestry.  Andreas Hooley, his great-
great-grandfather, came from Switzerland to this county, embarking at Rotterdam, 
Holland, on the ship Brotherhood, John Thorp, captain, stopping at Cowes, Isle 
of Wight, and arriving in the port of Philadelphia, Pa., November 3, 1750.  
Andreas Hooley settled in Lancaster county, Pa., but the place of his settlement 
is now within the boundaries of Lebanon county.  He was accompanied from 
Switzerland to Philadelphia by his brother, Michael Hooley, but the family does 
not possess any certain information with regard to the latter from the time of 
their landing.  Andreas Hooley is remembered as a consistent and earnest member 
of the Amish Mennonite church.  Among his sons was John, who is said to have 
purchased the tract of land in Brown township, Mifflin county, which is now the 
homestead of the family.  The purchase was made of John Culbertson, May 23, 
1793, and patented in March, 1798;  and in this township John Hooley passed the 
rest of his life, a hardy, energetic and pious farmer.  One of his sons, David 
Hooley, succeeded to the homestead in 1816.  He married, and died comparatively 
young, being only thirty-six years of age.  His children were:  Jacob;  David;  
Martha;  Elizabeth;  Barbara;  Mary;  and John D., father of Jonathan B. Hooley.
  John D. Hooley attended the common schools of the township, and learned 
farming in the most practical way on the homestead;  there he passed his boyhood 
and early manhood, and to the possession of that home he succeeded, January 22, 
1853.  To it he brought his wife, Barbara, daughter of David Yoder.  Here their 
four children were born, one of whom died while still very young, and another, 
Eli, at the age of twelve.  The two surviving children are Jonathan B. and Mary.  
The latter was married, January 13, 1885, to Josiah Peachey, by Bishop Christian 
K. Peachey.  Mr. And Mrs. Peachey have five children:  John, born in 1886;  
Barbara, born in 1887, died in early childhood;  Rufus, died July 10, 1889;  
Molly, born July 25, 1891;  and Josiah, born in 1892.
  Jonathan B. Hooley was educated in the common schools, and passed all his 
earlier years in faithful and diligent work on the home farm, as his father's 
assistant.  He succeeded to the homestead March 30, 1893, and is therefore still 
the possessor of the inheritance of four generations.  He has many friends, and 
is kindly regarded by all his neighbors and acquaintances, being of genial 
temperament and manners, with a kind word for every one.  His political opinions 
are those of the Republican party.  Jonathan B. Hooley was married, February 17, 
1880, by Bishop Christian K. Peachey, to Catharine, daughter of Solomon and 
Catherine (Hostetter) Peachey.  They have one child, Rebecca, born August 31, 
1882.  Mr. And Mrs. Hooley are consistent members of the Amish Mennonite church.  
Mrs. Hooley is one of five children of Solomon and Catharine Peachey;  the 
others are:  Solomon D., married Kate Speicher, has four children;  David S., 
married Sarah Glick, has two sons;  Sarah (Mrs. Moses Zook), has three children;  
and Rebecca (Mrs. John Glick).