In 1850, James and Fanny McSorley are living in District 21, Iroquois
County, Illinois. They have one child living with them, James.
In 1860, James and Fanny McSorley are living in Beaver Township, Iroquois
County, Illinois. They have four children child living with them;
James, Polly Ann, Abigail, and John T.
In 1870, James and Fanny McSorley are living in Beaver Township, Iroquois
County, Illinois. They have three children child living with them;
Polly A., Ada M., and Thomas.
In 1880, Fanny McSorley is living in Beaver Township, Iroquois
County, Illinois. She is living with her son James and James's two
sons, James and Roy.
These blurbs were printed in the Iroquois County
Times.