T. R. DULEY, Livingston County, was born in Scott County, Ky., March 19, 1807, and is a son of Enoch and Polly (Ray) Duley. The father was born within two miles of Georgetown, Md., December 28, 1773, and the mother was born in northern Maryland in June, 1778. Both parents were probably of Welsh descent. About 1792 the father came to Scott County, Ky., where he remained one year, then returning to Maryland, he subsequently brought his father's family to these then unknown wilds. In 1815 he removed to Livingston County, and about a year after his arrival he purchased 300 acres in the Dyer's Hill Precinct; this he subsequently increased until he owned at one time 500 acres. He died here in August, 1864. Subject is the oldest of six children, of whom three are now living: T. R., Mary Ann, wife of John Hamilton, and E. M. T. R. remained at home until be reached his twenty-ninth year, and then settled about five miles from his present farm. In December, 1839, he came to his present place; here he now owns about 470 acres. He also pays some attention to stock raising and trading. Mr. Duley was married April 19, 1836, to Miss Adeline Fort, a daughter of Elias and Elizabeth (Morris) Fort natives of North Carolina. From this union fourteen children have sprung, of whom nine are now living: Mary E., wife of Joseph Tolley; Dr. H. H., at Smithland; Martha, wife of Freeman Scott, of Johnson County, Ill.; Penelope, wife of Dr. Samuel Leeper, of Hopkins County, Ky.; Sylvester, wife of John Ray, of Henderson, Ky.; C. C.; George W. and William G. Mr. Duley and family are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Page 817.